Johann Christian
"Christ"
Jost
aka Yost
Born in Helmighausen, Waldeck, Electorate of Hesse, German Empire
Ancestors 
Brother of
August Jost, Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Christian (Jost) Yost, Maria Catharina Jost, Marie Friedericke (Jost) Bunse, Kasper Wilhelm Jost, Wilhelm Frededrich Jost, Johanne Koroline Catherine (Yost) Leonhardi, Karl Christian Jost, Karl Friedrich Yost, Ludwig Bernhard Yost, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Jost [half], Louisa Fredericke Tortorte (Yost) Hintz [half], Christiana (Jost) Katzung [half] and Marie Wilhelmine Jost [half]
Husband of
Elisabeth (Lucas) Jost
— married
11 May 1862 (to 4 Sep 1896) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Wilhelmine C (Gehl) Yost
— married
11 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Frederick William Yost, Mary Louise (Yost) Lindeman, Catharine Ann (Yost) Finke, Margaret A. Yost and Louis J. Yost
Died
at age 83
in Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Johann was born about 1837. He was the son of Freedrich Yost and Louise Gottheis. He passed away about 1922. [1]
1862 Marriage
- Name: Christian Jost
- Birth Date: 13 Mar 1837
- Birthplace: Roden, Waldeck
- Spouse's Name: Elisabeth Lucas
- Spouse's Birth Date: 4 Jul 1843
- Spouse's Birthplace: Dunkirchen, Luxemburg
- Event Date: 11 May 1862
- Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States[2]
1870 United States Federal Census
- Name: Christian Yost
- Sex: Male
- Age: 33
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
- Birthplace: Prussia
- Race: White
- Relationship Code: Head
- Event Place: Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
- Occupation: Farmer
- Household
- Christian Yost M 33 Prussia
- Elizabeth Yost F 27 Luxembourg
- Frederick W Yost M 6 Illinois
- Mary Yost F 2 Minnesota
- Catharine Yost F 4 months Minnesota[3]
1880 United States Federal Census
- Name Christian Yost
- Sex Male
- Age 41 years
- Birth Year (Estimated) 1839
- Birthplace Germany
- Marital Status Married
- Occupation Farmer
- Race White
- Relationship to Head of Household Head
- Father's Birthplace Germany
- Mother's Birthplace Germany
- Event Place Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
- Household
- Christian Yost Head M 41 years Germany
- Lizzie Yost Wife F 36 years Luxembourg
- Frederick W Yost Son M 16 years Illinois, United States
- Mary Yost Daughter F 12 years Minnesota, United States
- Katharine Yost Daughter F 10 years Minnesota, United States
- Margareth Yost Daughter F 8 years Minnesota, United States
- Louis Jr. Yost Son M 6 years Minnesota, United States[4]
1897 Marriage
- Name: Christian Yost
- Age: 60y
- Birth Date: 1837
- Residence Place: Cook, Illinois, United States
- Spouse's Name: Minnie Bast
- Spouse's Age: 43
- Spouse's Birth Date: 1854
- Event Date: 11 Dec 1897
- Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States[5][6]
1920 United States Census
- Name: Christian Yost
- Sex: Male
- Age: 82
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
- Birthplace: Germany
- Arrival Date: 1857
- Marital Status: Married
- Race: White
- Relationship to Head of Household: Father
- Father's Birthplace: Germany
- Mother's Birthplace: Germany
- Event Place: Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
- Household:
- J Louis Yost Head M 46 Minnesota
- Amelia Yost Wife F 43 Illinois
- Christian Yost Father 82 Germany
- Minnie Yost Step-Mother F 64 Germany
- Evelyn Dell Adopted Child F 8 Minnesota[7]
Death
- Name: Christ Yost
- Sex: Male
- Age: 84
- Birth Date: 1837
- Birthplace: Germany
- Father's Name: Frederick Yost
- Spouse's Name: Minnie Yost
- Event Date: 6 Sep 1922
- Event Place: Nunda Township, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States[8]
Burial
- Name: Johann Christian Yost
- Alias: Christ
- Birth Date: 30 Sep 1838
- Born in Helmighausen, Waldeck, Hessen, Germany
- Death Date: 06 Sep 1922
- Event Date: 1922
- Event Place: Bear Lake Cemetery, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States of America[9]
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Harold Garber, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HS6S-RRMM : 13 January 2020), Christian Jost, 1862.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHS-ZW1 : 28 May 2021), Christian Yost, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ9W-N4Z : Thu Oct 05 21:44:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Christian Yost and Lizzie Yost, 1880.
- ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GV-ZMN : 14 February 2020), Minnie Bast in entry for Christian Yost, 1897.
- ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7WX-YQZ : Sat Oct 21 12:07:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Christian Yost and Minnie Bast, 11 Dec 1897.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWYC-378 : Thu Jan 04 16:23:45 UTC 2024), Entry for J Louis Yost and Amelia Yost, 1920.
- ↑ "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZ97-RY2M : Sun Oct 15 11:42:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Christ Yost and Frederick Yost, 6 Sep 1922.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK1-KVBN : 3 June 2020), Christ, 1922; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #57056178
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johann Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Johann Christian:
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Yost-468 and Jost-687 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicated sibling.
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