Nestor Family History
Nestor Name Meaning
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an
Adhastair, formerly Mac Girr an Adhastair, a patronymic
from a byname meaning ‘short man of the halter’.Humanistic Dutch and German name from a classical Greek personal
name, borne by a king of Pylos who was one of the Greek leaders in the
Trojan war, noted for his age and wisdom. In Homer’s Odyssey, the aged
Nestor gives wise advice to Odysseus’ son Telemachos. According to
Debrabandere, in Dutch this was a nickname sometimes given to the
oldest person in a group. DEBNot Hispanic - RS.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Nestor
Name Distribution of Nestor Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nestor families
 56 - 110  19 - 55 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nestor families
|
16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nestor families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nestor census records
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Nestor Family Origin
Nestor Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Nestor
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Nestor Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Nestor census records
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Nestor Civil War Service Records
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