When Janet Esther Koch was born on 29 October 1924, in Orangeville, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, her father, George August Koch, was 33 and her mother, Ida Kuhl, was 29. She had at least 1 son with Edward Fankhauser. She lived in Stephenson, Illinois, United States in 1935 and Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. She died on 4 September 2014, in Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Brooklyn, Green, Wisconsin, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Klaus, Helmut, Fritz, Heinz, Gerhard, Wolfgang, Ernst, Florian.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German koch, German Koch ‘cook’. The name in this sense is also established in some other European countries, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
Czech and Slovak: from Koch, a pet form of Kochan or of any other personal name beginning with Ko-.
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