Kesten Family History
- Kesten Name Meaning
- from the personal name Kesten, a short form of Christian. habitational name from a place near Wittlich on the Mosel river. shortened form of Kestenbaum.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,043 Historical Documents with Kesten on Ancestry
- 8,630 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,250 Census and Voter Lists
- 542 Military Records
- 1,022 Immigration Records
- 1,599 Member Trees
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Number of Kesten families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kesten census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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