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Koch Family History
Koch Genealogy & Family TreeKoch is a German name from Bavaria, Germany. It comes from the Latin word coquus which means "the art of cookery" and referred to someone with the occupation of a cook. The earliest known ancestor--Burchart Coch--was recorded in 1224. The family motto is Juvat dum lacerat which means "It helps while it tears."
Other spellings include "Koche," "Koech," "Koeche," "Coch," "Coche," "Coech," "Coeche," "Kock," "Kochs," "Kocks," and "Koechle." Notable people with the surname include American screenwriter Howard Koch (Casablanca, Sergeant York, The Sea Hawk), American baseball player Billy Koch (Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox), and American actor Alexander Koch (Under the Dome, The Ghosts). The first Koch to come to America was Anna Maria Koch in New York in 1709.
Koch Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Klara Koch -- --, 1776 April 18, 1854 Rheinland-Pfalz
- Anna Margaretta Dorothea Koch -- --, 1676 November 13, 1736 Hessen
- Hans Koch -- --, 1725 October 17, 1762
- Maria Ursula Koch -- --, 1684 June 4, 1774
- Johann Jakob Koch -- --, 1722 March 10, 1747 Baden-Wuerttemberg
Koch Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Maria Katharina Koch -- --, 1714 August 21, 1778 Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Hans Koch -- --, 1572 December 0, 1632 Rheinland-Pfalz
- Henry Koch -- --, 1850 September 9, 1936
- Mattison Toman Koch -- --, 1851 April 22, 1925 Indiana
- Hazel M Koch -- --, 1899 October 23, 1989 Wisconsin
