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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2013

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Where did the German Kaster family come from? What is the German Kaster family crest and coat of arms? When did the Kaster family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Kaster family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Kesten, Kersten, Kirstein, Kasten, Kistein and many more.

First found in Prussia and Denmark, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kaster research. Another 289 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1497, 1735, 1828 and 1832 are included under the topic Early Kaster History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 43 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Kaster Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kaster Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Casper Kaster, aged 37, landed in Pennsylvania in 1748
  • Peter Kaster, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765

Kaster Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Aalbert H Kaster, aged 30, arrived in New York in 1812
  • Andres Kaster, who settled in Baltimore in 1892

Kaster Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Carl Kaster, who arrived in Illinois sometime between 1857 and 1906

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  1. Steed, Henry Wickham . The Hapsburg Monarchy. London: Constable and Company, 1919. Print.
  2. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
  3. Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
  4. Neubecker, Ottfried. Wappen-Bilder-Lexikon der bürgerlichen Geschlechter Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Battenberg, München: 1985. Print.
  5. Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
  6. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  7. Jones, George F. The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 Revised edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0806311614).
  8. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2000. Print. (ISBN 978-0806303024).
  9. Bahlow, Hans. Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt Etymologisches Lexikon der Fluss- und Ortsnamen alteuropaischer Herkunft. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1985. Print.
  10. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
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The Kaster Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Kaster Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 29 January 2013 at 08:33.

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