Munster Family History
Munster Name Meaning
German and Dutch (Munster, Münster):
habitational name from places called Munster or Münster, derived
from Latin monasterium ‘monastery’, or a topographic name for
someone who lived near a monastery.Irish: see Moynihan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Munster
Name Distribution of Munster Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Munster families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Munster families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Munster census records
You can see how Munster families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Munster Family Origin
Munster Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Munster emigration records
You can find out when most of the Munster families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Munster Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Munster census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Munster ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Munster
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