Stern History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Stern, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were:

Stern Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Jacob Stern, who landed in New York in 1709 2
• Philip Stern, who landed in New York in 1709 2
• Jean Stern, who settled in Louisiana with two sons and a daughter in 1720
• Jacob Stern, who arrived in Maryland in 1743 2
• Frederick Stern, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1753
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Stern Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Benedix P Stern, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 2
• Hirach Stern, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 2
• Mr. Carl Gustav Stern, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
• Mrs. Helene Stern, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
• Mr. Carl Stern, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Franziska"
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stern Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Mr. David Stern U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 3

Stern Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Thomas Stern, English convict from Hertfordshire, who was transported aboard the "Ann" on August 1809, settling in New South Wales, Australia 4
• H.E.F. Stern, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Steinwaerder" 5
• Mr. Thomas Stern, English convict who was convicted in London, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 27th August 1852, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 6

• Isaac Stern (1920-2001), Ukrainian-born American violinist and concert master and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Charles Baker "Chuck" Stern (1979-2023), American composer, musician, writer, and visual artist known for his work in experimental music
• Guy Stern (1922-2023), German-American decorated member of the secret Ritchie Boys World War II military intelligence interrogation team
• Irving M. Stern (1928-2023), American politician, Member of the Minnesota Senate from 1979 to 1982, Mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota from 1977 to 1979
• Gerald Daniel Stern (1925-2022), American poet, essayist, educator and author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays; he received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1998 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1991
• Fritz Richard Stern (1926-2016), German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography
• Bertram "Bert" Stern (1929-2013), American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer, best known for his work The Last Sitting, a collection of 2,500 photographs taken of Marilyn Monroe
• Howard Allan Stern (b. 1954), American radio personality best known for his controversial commentary
• Robert Arthur Morton Stern (b. 1939), American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture
• Otto Stern (1888-1969), German-born American physicist, who won the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physics
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• Crossroads in Kansas: A Stearns-Ross Genealogy by Phyllis Ross Kostner.
• Of Them that Left A Name Behind: A History of the Starnes Family's First 125 Years and Beyond America by H. Gerald Starnes.