Catrin Moser

Brief Life History of Catrin

When Catrin Moser was christened on 23 January 1640, in Biglen, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Jost Moser, was 24 and her mother, Katharina Iseli, was 25.

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Family Time Line

Jost Moser
1616–
Katharina Iseli
1616–
Barbara Moser
1635–
Margret Moser
1636–
Jost Moser
1638–
Catrin Moser
1640–
Niklaus Moser
1641–
Niclaus Moser
1644–1681
Katharina Moser
1646–
Vinzenz Moser
1648–
Samuel Moser
1651–
Christoffel Moser
1653–

Sources (1)

  • Kirchenbücher Biglen BE Schweiz, Buch 3, Taufrodel 1627-1674, S67 (Staatsarchiv Bern)

World Events (1)

1648

All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.

Name Meaning

South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a peat bog, Middle High German mōs, or a habitational name for someone from a place named with this word. Compare Mosser and Musser .

North German (Möser): metonymic occupational name for a vegetable grower or seller, from an agent noun based on Middle Low German mōs ‘vegetable’.

German (Möser): habitational name from any of several places called Möser, or for someone from any of several places called Möse, Moese, and Mösen.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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