Kastner Family History
- Kastner Name Meaning
- German (also Kästner): from Middle High German kastner, kestner, an occupational name for the steward of a granary (kornkasten) and hence, since general taxation developed from taxes on grain, a steward or treasurer responsible for financial matters at a court, monastery, or other institution. German (also Kästner) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a joiner or furniture maker, from South German Kasten ‘box’, ‘chest’. Compare Kistner.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 160,023 Historical Documents with Kastner on Ancestry
- 89,932 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 17,863 Census and Voter Lists
- 13,535 Military Records
- 5,914 Immigration Records
- 32,779 Member Trees
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Number of Kastner families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Kastner census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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