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Wester Surname History
Wester RankingIn the United States, the name Wester is the 4,210th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name Wester is ranked the 977th most popular surname with an estimated 2,116 people with that name. 2
Wester migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Wester Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan Wester, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1727 aboard the ship "William and Sarah" 3
- Willis Wester, who landed in Georgia in 1737 3
- Johann Georg Wester, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751 3
Wester Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Ferdinand Wester, aged 28, who arrived in St Louis, Missouri in 1848 3
- Anna Maria Wester, who landed in America in 1854 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Wester (post 1700) | + |
- Peter Jansen Wester (1887-1931), Swedish-American botanist
- Keith A. Wester (1940-2002), American six-time Academy Award nominated sound engineer
- John Charles Wester (b. 1950), American prelate of the Catholic Church, the twelfth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe
- Jennifer Nicole Wester (b. 1985), American former competitive ice dancer, the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion and 2008 World Championship first alternates for Team USA
- Curtis Wester (1951-1995), American football all-star guard in the Canadian Football League
- August Wester Jr. (1882-1960), American silver medalist wrestler at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Robert C. Wester, American politician, Mayor of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1956 4
- Carl Wester, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1948 4
- C. F. Wester, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944 4
- Oscar Wester (b. 1995), Swedish freestyle skier
- ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Historic Events for the Wester family | + |
Arrow Air Flight 1285 - Mr. John Charles Wester (1966-1985), American Private 1st Class from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA who died in the Arrow Air Flight 1285 crash 5
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- American War Memorials - Flight 1285. (Retrieved 2016, August 24) . Retrieved from http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=317&MemID=550
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