The quast Surname
quast Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from any of several places so named in northern Germany.
- metonymic occupational name for a barber or nickname for someone who wore a conspicuous tassel or feather, from Middle Low German, Middle High German quast(e) ‘tuft’, ‘tassel’, ‘brush’, also ‘fool’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 56 - Messages: 166
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Jacob Quast, born in Prussia and settled in WI |
 TabbyMLP
| 0 |
| Quasts - Brooklyn NY |
Jane_Lichtig
| 0 |
| Emma Quast - Wisconsin |
| 0 |
| Quast of Michigan |
londer
| 3 |
| Peppy Quast from Minnesota?? |
pbbut
| 1 |
| Mildred E. Quast |
kalotac
| 1 |
| The quast family in texas/ Quast coat of arms | Patricia | 9 |
| Quast Family Geneology | Deanna | 6 |
| Gottlieb Quast - South Dakota |
alaskagammy2
| 12 |
| Gottlieb August Quast | Elizabeth Gossman | 23 |
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