Rist Family History
Rist Name Meaning
metonymic occupational name for a farmer, from
rist, riester ‘plow handle’.variant of
Ruest.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rist
Name Distribution of Rist Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rist families
 37 - 72  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rist census records
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Rist Family Origin
Rist Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rist Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Rist Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rist census records
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Military Service by Rist
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