Show ContentsGustafsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Gustafsen Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Etymology of Gustafsen

What does the name Gustafsen mean?

The origin of the distinguished Gustafsen family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Gustafsen is derived from the Old Norse personal name Gustav. This name is composed of the tribal name Gaut and the word staf, which means staff or cudgel. The tribal name is thought by experts to be identical with that of the Geats, the Scandinavian tribe to which Beowulf belonged, and it is also thought to be akin to that of the Goths. Thus, the name Gustav literally means staff of the Geats or staff of the Goths. The suffix -sen and its variants are translatable as son of.

Gustafsen migration to the United States +



Gustafsen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Gustafsen, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1891 1
Gustafsen Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • George Hildemar Gustafsen, who landed in Alabama in 1923 1
  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)

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