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About Catherine Yingst
Surname was changed from Juengst to Yingst so that it would be pronounced more like it was in Germany. The English speaking people in Pennsylvania were calling them Jinx. When they found out what 'jinx' meant in English, they changed the J to a Y. To this day there are people with a surname of Juengst, Yuengst, Jingst and Yingst, all of which are related.
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Catherine Yingst's Timeline
1803 |
1803
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Lebanon County, PA, United States
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1872 |
October 1872
Age 69
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