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ochs Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Ochs ‘ox’, Middle High German ohse; probably a nickname for a strong or lumbering individual, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who tended or drove oxen, or for a cattle dealer. In some cases the surname was a habitational name derived from an inn sign. As a Jewish name it is often ornamental.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ochs Families in the US in 1920
Number of ochs families
 58-113
 20-57		 1-19
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Threads: 100 - Messages: 233
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Obit: John A. Parker (mother a Ochs) CLanza1234 0
Ochs / Mathieson family connection Rickm3731 1
Ochs relations Ann Marie Schalm 4
Ochs Cherie Doellman 13
Bernice Marie Ochs - SE Ohio - early 20th c Russell_Haug 0
Ambrose Ochs Germany>Fremont Oh ~1844 Carol Keller 18
Hans Ochs b. 1901 Germany 4mylady 0
OAKES FAMILY MARGARETANNDOWNEY 0
Frieda Mae Ochs Nancy (Kinzler) Foreman 1
Wm. & Pauline (Schick) Ochs, NYC, c. 1896 erinsgrammie 0
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