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![Show Contents]() Finklestein History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Israel
The name Finklestein is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. As a Jewish surname, the name Finklestein derives from a variety of sources. It is thought to have been an occupational name, deriving from the German word finch, which referred to the bird, and would have been given to someone who raised or sold finches. Another possible origin is from the female given name Finkle, which was a popular name in medieval Germany. It could also be an ornamental surname deriving from the Old German word finkelstein, which means diamond. Lastly, the name could be derived from the Yiddish word funk, which meant spark. The word funkenstein translates as sparkle stone, or diamond. Finklestein Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: finkleman and others.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Finklestein Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Grbriel Finklestein, who landed in Mississippi in 1895 1
- Harry Finklestein, who arrived in Mississippi in 1895 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Finklestein (post 1700) | + |
- Nathan B. Finklestein, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1915 2
- 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, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Finklestein migration to the United States 
