Oyster Family History
Oyster Name Meaning
Origin uncertain. Possibly an English occupational name for someone
who cultivated and sold oysters, or a respelling of German
Auster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Oyster Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oyster families
 31 - 60  11 - 30 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oyster families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Oyster last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oyster census records
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Oyster Family Origin
Oyster Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Oyster
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Oyster Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Oyster census records
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Oyster Civil War Service Records
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