Brief Life History of Magnus
When Magnus Oster was born on 18 August 1691, in Reusten, Herrenberg, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Johann David Oster, was 42 and his mother, Agnes Gauss, was 36.
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- Magnus Oster, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1985
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Name Meaning
Swedish (Öster) and German: topographic name from Swedish öster, Middle Low German and Middle High German ōster ‘eastern’, denoting someone who lived to the east of a settlement or who had come there from the east. In many cases the Swedish name is probably ornamental. Compare Ester and Oester .
German: nickname for someone who had a connection with the festival of Easter (for example, someone who was born or baptized at that time), from Oster ‘Easter’ or a topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German ōster ‘easterly, to the east’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic or artificial name from German Ost ‘east’ or artificial name from German Oster ‘Easter’; compare 1 and 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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