Post

What does the name mean?


  • Last Name: Post
    • North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
    • North German: occupational name for a mounted messenger or courier. Middle Low German post.
    • Probably an altered spelling of German Pfost.
  • Last Name: Pfost
    • German: from Middle High German pfost "stake", "post", hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of stakes or posts or a topographic name for someone living near a prominent stake.

Phillip Joseph

  Great great great great grandfather

Born 1802, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Married Clara Josepha KRAUS, 1825, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Died .

Elizabeth.

Born 1825, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Married Jacob SCHAFER.

Died .

George

  Great great great grandfather

Born 1826, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Married Katherine MAURER, 1848, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Immigration 1854, Parland

Married Catherine BUTLER, 1870, Armidale, NSW.

Died 1875, Kellys Plains, NSW.

Katharina.

Born 1828, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Married Heinrich SCHMUTTER, 1948, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Immigration 1854, Parland

Died 1997, Armidale, NSW.

Phillip.

Born 1830, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Married Charlotte Louisa BREDEL, 1854, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Immigration 1855, Louise

Died 1904, Uralla, NSW.

Gottfried.

Born 1833.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Immigration 1855, Louise

Died 1864, Kellys Plains, NSW.

Georg Joseph.

Born 1843, Eltville, Hesse, Germany.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Immigration 1855, Louise

Married Helena VAUPEL, 1868, Armidale, NSW.

Died 1902, Kellys Plains, NSW.

Martin.

Born 1846.

Parents Phillip Joseph POST and Clara Josepha KRAUS.

Immigration

Married Elizabeth CATTEL, 1869, Armidale, NSW.

Died 1925, Macksville, NSW.

Thomas.

Born 1850, Paterson, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Died 1950, Paterson, NSW.

Phillip.

Born 1851, Paterson, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Married Rosina REIFSTÄNGER.

Died 1919, Armidale, NSW.

Catherine.

Born 1857, Paterson, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Died .

Clara.

Born 1859, Armidale, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Married Thomas OLIVER.

Died .

Mary Lucy.

  Great great grandmother

Born 1860, Armidale, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Married Charles Henry ECKERT, 1882, Armidale, NSW.

Died 1938, Barraba, NSW.

More info on Charles and Mary

Martin.

Born 1862, Kellys Plains, NSW.

Parents George POST and Katherine MAURER.

Married Elizabeth JONES.

Died 1939, Armidale, NSW.