Gerst Family History
Gerst Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in
barley, or possibly more generally for a farmer, from Middle High
German gerste ‘barley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gerst
Name Distribution of Gerst Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gerst families
 31 - 60  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gerst families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Gerst last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gerst census records
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Gerst Family Origin
Gerst Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gerst
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gerst Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gerst census records
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Gerst Civil War Service Records
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