The furstenberg Surname
furstenberg Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Fürstenberg):
habitational name from a place in Swabia, so named from the genitive
case of Old High German furisto ‘prince’, modern German
Fürst (see Furst) + berg ‘mountain’,
‘hill’. As a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Franz Fuerstenberg - came to US in 1877 - 22 yrs old - SS Frisia |
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