Roster Family History
Roster Name Meaning
German (also Röster): occupational name for a lime burner, smelter, or blacksmith, a variant of Rost, with the addition of the agent suffix -er.
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Name Distribution of Roster Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Roster families
 19 - 36  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Roster families
|
22 - 42 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Roster last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Roster census records
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Roster Family Origin
Roster Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Roster
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Roster Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Roster census records
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Roster Civil War Service Records
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