Breitenstein Family History
- Breitenstein Name Meaning
- German: topographic name from Middle High German breit ‘broad’ + stein ‘rock’, or a habitational name from a place named Breitenstein or Breidenstein (with the same meaning), for example in Hesse.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 44,290 Historical Documents with Breitenstein on Ancestry
- 24,324 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,706 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,563 Military Records
- 1,112 Immigration Records
- 12,585 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Breitenstein census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Breitenstein census records
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