The ballester Surname
ballester Name Meaning and History
- Catalan: occupational name for a maker of crossbows or a soldier armed with a crossbow, from Catalan ballester ‘crossbowman’ or ‘crossbow maker’, an agent derivative of ballesta ‘crossbow’ (Latin ballista ‘(military) catapult’).
- English and German: occupational name, cognate with 1, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French baleste ‘crossbow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| BALLESTER FAMILY | SILVER | 23 |
| Ramon's daughter |
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| Severiano Ballester y Pujols? |
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| Cruz Ballester y Gonzalez |
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| Are we related? | MILLY | 9 |
| BALLESTER FAMILY FROM P.R. AND SPAIN |
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| bioligical father Joseph Kellis Jordan |
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| bioligical father Joseph Kellis Jordan |
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| ballester | monica | 1 |
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