When John Peter Moser was born on 30 October 1874, his father, Petrus Peter Moser, was 33 and his mother, Eva Helfen, was 22. He married Theresa Helen Maas on 16 May 1899, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 27 October 1958, at the age of 83.
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.
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