Holstein Family History
Holstein Name Meaning
German: regional name from the province of Holstein, long disputed
between Germany and Denmark. This gets its name from holsten,
the dative plural, originally used after a preposition, of
holst, from Middle Low German holt-sate ‘dweller in the
woods’ (from Middle Low German holt ‘wood’ + sate,
sete ‘tenant’). The final syllable has been erroneously altered
by analogy with North German Steen ‘stone’, which in South
German and standard German has the form Stein. JXE.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Holstein
Name Distribution of Holstein Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Holstein families
 49 - 96  17 - 48 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Holstein families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holstein families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Holstein census records
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Holstein Family Origin
Holstein Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Holstein
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Holstein Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Holstein census records
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Holstein Civil War Service Records
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