Poster History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Poster family

The surname Poster was first found in Hampshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1148 when William Post held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Poster family

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Poster Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Post, Poste, Paust and others.

Early Notables of the Poster family

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Poster migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Poster Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

James Poster, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 1

Poster Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Justine Poster, who landed in Texas in 1844 1

Historic Events for the Poster family +

SS Atlantic

James Poster, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking

Citations +

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)