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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oyster
Name Distribution of Oyster Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
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 Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Oyster Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Oyster census records
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Military Service by Oyster
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