Furstenberg Family History
Furstenberg Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Furstenberg Families
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United States
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Number of Furstenberg families
 6 - 9  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Furstenberg Family Origin
Furstenberg Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Furstenberg
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Furstenberg Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Furstenberg Civil War Service Records
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| Levi Furstenberg and rosa Warburg family |  | johntyner2001 | 0 |
| Christina Furstenberg and Andreas Euler | | 0 | |
| Franz Fuerstenberg - came to US in 1877 - 22 yrs old - SS Frisia | | jhamilton360 | 0 |
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