Jester Family History
Jester Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a jester, Middle English
gester.German: from the Germanic personal name
Gastharo, composed of the elements gast ‘warrior’ +
heri ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Jester Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jester families
 47 - 92  16 - 46 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Jester families
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20 - 38 7 - 19 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Jester families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Jester Family Origin
Jester Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Jester
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Jester Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Jester Civil War Service Records
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