Brief Life History of Heinricus
When Heinricus Gass was christened on 27 August 1592, in Rümlingen, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, his father, Werner Gass, was 35 and his mother, Agnes Mangolt, was 34.
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- Heinricus Gass, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Parents and Siblings
1557–1635 Male
1559–1629 Female
Siblings (14)
1583–1640 Male
1584–1648 Male
1586– Female
1586–1627 Female
1588– Male
+9 More Children
World Events (1)
1648
Name Meaning
South German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in a street in a city, town, or village, Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, Yiddish gas ‘street, side street’.
Altered form of German Gast .
Scottish (southwestern): habitational name from Gasse (Kirkcudbrights).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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