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'''''Yoder''''' is a surname thatof [[Swiss German]] origin of which the original spelling is Joder. It originated from the [[Canton of Bern]] in [[Switzerland]]. The name dates back to at least 1260, and is a shortened version of the name ''Theodorus''.[[Theodore (disambiguation)|Theodore]].

[[Saint Yoder]] (died {{circa|400}}) is a patron saint of [[Valais]], probably the first [[Bishop of Sion|bishop of Octodurum]].

==Etymology==

The surname ''Yoder'' is an Anglicized spelling of the Swiss last name ''[[Joder (disambiguation)|Joder]]''. ''Joder'', in turn, is a shortened version of the name ''Theodorus''.

==Theodorus==

Theodorus was a 4th-century missionary-monk who crossed the Alps from Italy to establish a Catholic outpost in the [[Valais]] region of southern [[Switzerland]].

Records indicate Theodorus was appointed to be the [[Bishop of Sion|bishop of Octodurum]] in present day [[Martigny, Switzerland]]. He is known to have participated in the [[council of Aquileia, 381|Council of Aquileia]] in 381, his presence being preserved on the attendance list as "Theodorus Episcopus Octodorensis." Theodorus was also one of the signatories of a letter addressed by the [[Synod of Milan]] to [[Pope Siricius]] early in 390, informing him of their condemnation of the monk [[Jovinian]] and his followers.

==Origin of the surname==

''JoderhuebelJodershubel'' — German for ''Yoder Hill'' — is a natural fortresshill on the [[Emme River]] in the Swiss [[Canton of BerneBern]]. German researcher Karl Joder of [[Ludwigshafen am Rhein]] believes that the Yoder family was established in the region surrounding the hill before recorded history. The oldest known documentation of the Yoder family is a 1260 record of the birth of a Peter Joder in ''Joderhuebel''.

==Diaspora==

Yoders were a part of a larger German [[Historical migration|migration]] to America between 1650 and 1730. When the [[Quaker]] [[William Penn]] established the colony of [[Pennsylvania]], he opened it to all religious faiths, allowing complete religious freedom and worship. He sent agents into the [[Rhine|Rhine Valley]] and the [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] announcing the opportunities for settlement in his colony and assuring emigrants they would be allowed freedom of worship. Germans of all faiths came to the new colony by the thousands. They found their way down the [[Rhine River]] to [[Rotterdam]], the great [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] port, and embarked on slow sailing boats for [[Philadelphia]]. Between 1700 and 1775 more than sixty thousand Germans came to America. Some ethnic Germans from the Duchy of Baden, Alsace (Elsass) and Switzerland also left Europe at French ports like [[Le Havre]].

After taking the oath of allegiance to the English Crown, the Germans spread out into the area of southeastern Pennsylvania, looking for good land and places to make their new homes. They settled first in what are now [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks]], [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery]], [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester]], [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], and [[Berks County, Pennsylvania|Berks]] Counties. Today, Yoder is a common last namesurname among the [[Amish]] and [[Mennonites]]. There is also at least one Yoder who is of the [[Apostolic Christian]] faith.

==References==

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== External links ==

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* [http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/maurorig.html The Origin of the Cult of St. Maurice]

* [http://www.yodernewsletter.org The Yoder Newsletter, established 1983]

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