Show ContentsKirsten History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Kirsten migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kirsten Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Rosind Kirsten, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1762 1
Kirsten Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry Kirsten, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Kirsten (post 1700) +

  • Dorothy Kirsten (1910-1992), American operatic soprano
  • Jerald Kirsten, American politician, Mayor of Lodi, California, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1969-70 2
  • Wulf Kirsten (1934-2022), German poet, novelist, and publisher, known for his nature poetry and his essays on the history and culture of Saxony
  • Paul Kirsten (b. 1969), former South African first class cricketer
  • Benjamin "Benny" Kirsten (b. 1987), German footballer
  • Falko Kirsten (b. 1964), former German figure skater, five time East German Champion
  • Peter Noel Kirsten (b. 1955), former cricketer who represented South Africa
  • Ulf Kirsten (b. 1965), former German football striker
  • Ann Kirsten Carr-Boyd (b. 1938), Australian composer/teacher/music historian
  • Kirsten Spiteri (b. 1987), Maltese writer of science fiction-fantasy

HMS Cornwall
  • Monty George Walter Kirsten (d. 1942), British Able Seaman aboard the HMS Cornwall when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 3


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  3. Force Z Survivors Crew List HMS Cornwall (Retrieved 2018, February 13th) - Retrieved from https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listcornwallcrew.html#A


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