Trost Family History
Trost Name Meaning
German: from a medieval personal name or byname often bestowed
on a child born after the death of a sibling, from German Trost
‘comfort’, ‘consolation’ (Middle High German trost,
‘confidence’, ‘trust’). EG This surname is also found in Slovenia,
where it is commonly spelled Trošt.Dutch: variant
of Troost.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from modern
German Trost ‘comfort’, ‘consolation’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Trost
Name Distribution of Trost Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Trost families
 17 - 32  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Trost families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Trost census records
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Trost Family Origin
Trost Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Trost Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Trost census records
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Military Service by Trost
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