Magnus Oster

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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Family Time Line

Johann David Oster
1649–1731
Agnes Gauss
1655–1728
David Oster
1674–1675
David Oster
1676–1686
Anna Maria Oster
1677–
Catharina Oster
1678–
Johannes Oster
1681–
Anna Oster
1684–1684
Anna Oster
1685–
David Oster
1687–1758
Magnus Oster
1691–
Agnes Oster
1696–1697
Johann Jacob Oster
1698–1699

Sources (2)

  • Magnus Oster, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Württemberg, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1985

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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