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