The moes Surname
moes Name Meaning and History
- Limburg variant of Maas.
- (de Moes): nickname, or metonymic occupational name for a cook, from Middle Dutch moes ‘food’, ‘porridge’, ‘stewed vegetables’.
- (van Moes): possibly a habitational name from Moerzeke in East Flanders, or a topographic name for someone who lived by the Maas river.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 8 - Messages: 18
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| MOES, Mary |
 CooooCayemberg
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| Katherine (Moes) Beckers |
mlyen
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| great great grandfather | Emil Jacques Moes | 5 |
| Ann Moes (born approx 1864 - Germany) near Dubuque Iowa |
| 0 |
| Amelia (Hepp) Carl Moes | Renee | 1 |
| Jan or Albert Moes History |
daldak
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| Otto Moes | Chris Moes | 0 |
| Christina Moes |
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