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roster Name Meaning and History

German (also Röster): occupational name for a lime burner, smelter, or blacksmith, a variant of Rost, with the addition of the agent suffix -er.

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

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the roster family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of roster Families in the US in 1920
Number of roster families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 5 - Messages: 18
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Frederick Roster rosterr 0
ROSTER Families of PA DiCrandell1 7
frank roster, b germany 1830, immigrated to floyd co., indiana kclanin1 0
John Nikolas Roster (b.late 1800's-early 1900) Teri Roster Begay 1
Roster Family in North Dakota AngiRingland 5
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