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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Forster
Name Distribution of Forster Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Forster families
 1,361 - 2,719  454 - 1,360 |
 1 - 453  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Forster families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Forster census records
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Forster Family Origin
Forster Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Forster Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Forster Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Forster census records
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Military Service by Forster
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