Casper JODER
1571 - ATB 1670 (98 years)-
Name Casper JODER Born 24 Feb 1571 Steffisburg, Switzerland 
Gender Male Reference Number 10946 _UID 1E52C030F3224D75B8DE9425A394FD8F496B Died ATB 1670 Steffisburg, Switzerland Person ID I10946 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2014
Father Casper JODER, b. Abt 1548, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Anni MOSER, b. Abt 1548, d. Yes, date unknown Married 17 Jan 1571 Switzerland Family ID F549247515 Group Sheet
Family Margaretha HENNIG, b. ATB 1595, Steffisburg, Switzerland , d. ATB 1671, Steffisburg, Switzerland (Age ~ 76 years) Married 4 Jul 1596 Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland Children 1. Niclaus JODER, b. 25 Mar 1609, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. 1680, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland (Age 70 years)2. Niclaus JODER, b. 17 Jul 1603, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown3. Barbli (Aka: Barbara) JODER, b. 28 Sep 1606, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown4. Peter JODER, b. 5 Jun 1597, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown5. Margret JODER, b. 8 Feb 1601, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown6. Heini JODER, b. 10 Oct 1599, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknown7. Jost JODER, b. 30 Nov 1607, Steffisburg, Canton Bern, Switzerland , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 17 May 2014 Family ID F2756 Group Sheet
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Notes - Casper Joder who served briefly as Statthalter of Steffisburg and the Freigericht Steffisburg, 1611-1612. The Statthalter was, like a Landvogt, a district governor and representative of the cantonal government of Bern. For Nicolaus Joder see my article, "The Kung-Gnaegi Connection," in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, VI: l(January 1983), 2-6."
Caspar-Joder-m-7/4/1596-Margreth-Henning
----Peter-----------b-6/5/1597
----Margreth--------b-2/8/1601
----Niclaus---------b-7/17/1603
----Barbli----------b-9/28/1606
(following-from-Karl-Joder-notes)
--|--Caspar-Joder-b-2/24/1571-m-7/4/1596-Margret-Hennig.
--|-------Peter--------b-6/5/1597
--|-------Heini--------b-10/10/1599
--|-------Margret------b-2/8/1601
--|-------Niclaus------b-7/17/1603
--|-------Barbara------b-9/28/1606
--|-------Jost---------b-11/30/1607
--|-------Nicolaus-----b-3/25/1609
Name Suffix:Junior
served as Statthalter of Steffisburg and the Feigericht Steffisburg, 1611-2.
(i.e. district governor and representative of the cantonal government of
Bern).
This Caspar:
Caspar Joder, the magistrate of Steffisburg, had a black eagle's
foot on golden ground. Caspar Joder was in office from the year
1611 into the first half year of 1613.
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As magistrates they were the representatives of the mayors of.
Thun and through them direct representatives of the regime.
On this Day in Yoder History in 1596 the likely common ancestors of us
all, Caspar Joder and Margret Henning, were married in Steffisburg( (4 July)
Simon Caspar Joder von Steffisburg (m) new name & device
Or, in fess an ear of wheat and a crow's leg couped a la quise sable.
Simon: dated to 1351-1400, from Gwynek's 'Late Period German Masculine Given Names' [1]. Caspar: dated to 1398, from Gwynek's 'Medieval German Given Names from Silesia' [2]. Joder: 12th C, J{o:}der 15th C, s.n. Joder from Bahlow p 277-278. Von Steffisburg: ‘of Steffisburg, which is a town near Thun in Switzerland. No changes except that 'von Steffisburg' may be dropped.
[1] <http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/germmasc/>
[2] http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/bahlow_v.htm
- Casper Joder who served briefly as Statthalter of Steffisburg and the Freigericht Steffisburg, 1611-1612. The Statthalter was, like a Landvogt, a district governor and representative of the cantonal government of Bern. For Nicolaus Joder see my article, "The Kung-Gnaegi Connection," in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, VI: l(January 1983), 2-6."