Chastain Family History
Chastain Name Meaning
French: from Old French castan(h) ‘chestnut tree’ (Latin
castanea), hence a topographic name for someone living near a
particular chestnut tree or group of them, or possibly a nickname for
someone with chestnut-colored hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chastain
Name Distribution of Chastain Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chastain families
 127 - 252  43 - 126 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chastain families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chastain census records
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Chastain Family Origin
Chastain Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chastain
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Chastain Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chastain census records
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Chastain Civil War Service Records
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