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Wrest Family History

Wrest Surname Meaning

from Middle English wrest ‘noble magnanimous’. from Middle English wrest wrast *rest ‘something twisted’ (Old English *wrǣst) perhaps with the sense ‘thicket’.

The surname may be topographic for a person who lived at or near a thicket or toponymic from any place so named such as Wrest Park in Silsoe (Beds) and Wrest Wood in Bexhill (Sussex).

variant spelling of Rest.

Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021


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You can see how Wrest families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Wrest family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1851 and 1920. The most Wrest families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 29 Wrest families living in Yorkshire. This was about 45% of all the recorded Wrest's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Wrest families in 1891.
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What did your Wrest ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Wrest. 100% of Wrest women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Passenger Lists

There are 196 immigration records available for the last name Wrest. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 396 military records available for the last name Wrest. For the veterans among your Wrest ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Wrest lifespan?

Between 1963 and 2003, in the United States, Wrest life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2003, and highest in 1995. The average life expectancy for Wrest in 1963 was 79, and 23 in 2003.

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