The finster Surname
finster Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German finster
‘dark’, ‘gloomy’, or Yiddish fintster (Middle High German
vinster). The name may have referred to a person’s habitual
character, or it may have been acquired as a result of some now
irrecoverable anecdote.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 28 - Messages: 114
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| FINSTER | JOYCE BERNARD | 2 |
| Finster Family Miami Co. Indiana |
 myercn621
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| Finsters of Indiana |
Michael_Fullmer
| 41 |
| Finster |
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| 0 |
| Simon Finster |
rebelbro
| 2 |
| Finsters/ UT from Breslau, Germany 1923 |
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| 0 |
| Mary Finster | Pat Morgan | 7 |
| Simon Finster of Perue |
TaylorCrowe60
| 18 |
| Robert Finster obituary |
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| John Finster buried near Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon | John | 0 |
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