Forster Family History
- Forster Name Meaning
- English: occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest). English: Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘cutter’, an agent noun from forcettes ‘scissors’. English: occupational name, by metathesis, from Old French fust(r)ier ‘blockmaker’ (a derivative of fustre ‘block of wood’). German (Förster): occupational and topographic name for someone who lived and worked in a forest (see Forst). Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Forst ‘forest’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,814,641 Historical Documents with Forster on Ancestry
- 569,052 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 268,723 Census and Voter Lists
- 50,504 Military Records
- 112,982 Immigration Records
- 813,380 Member Trees
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Number of Forster families
 121 - 239  41 - 120 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Forster families
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1,361 - 2,719 454 - 1,360 |
1 - 453 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Forster families
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15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forster census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Forster census records
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- All Forster
- 295
- Confederate
- 72
- Union
- 223
from the Civil War Service Records
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