Brief Life History of Janet Esther
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.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Janet A Koch in household of George A Koch, "United States Census, 1940"
- Janet Koch Fankhauser, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Janet Esther Koch Fankhauser, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1918–1984 Male
1924–2014 Female
Children (1)
1955–2012 Male
Parents and Siblings
1891–1946 Male
1895–1971 Female
Siblings (2)
1924–2014 Female
1929–2010 Male
World Events (8)
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
Age 1
1927
Age 3
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 24
Name Meaning
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-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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