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polster Name Meaning and History

German: from Middle High German polster ‘cushion’, ‘pillow’, ‘bolster’ (Old High German polstar), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of pillows, or a nickname for a plump man.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The polster name in History

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Distribution of polster Families in the US in 1920
Number of polster families
 18-33
 7-17		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 11 - Messages: 27
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Polster - DeCossy family JudiAnn55 2
elizabeth polster tjbillard 4
Otto em_otto 0
Polster em_otto 0
Seymour Polster Joseph Polster 0
Therese/Teresia Polster Zinpatico 0
1912: Wm. F. Cox m. Elizabeth J. Polster JLBURKET 0
Polster family immigrated in 1839 Claudia 0
Polster Family marlenepolster 3
Polster name Polster 7
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