Castens History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Castens family

The surname Castens was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Castens family

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Castens Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Casten, Castin, Kestin, Kastin and others.

Early Notables of the Castens family

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Castens migration to the United States +

Castens Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Carsten Heinrich Castens, who arrived in America in 1860 1
Charles Castens, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Castens (post 1700) +

Herbert Hayton Castens (b. 1864), former South African rugby union footballer, and cricketer

Sources +

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)