Pester Family History
- Pester Name Meaning
- English (Devon), Dutch, and German: occupational name for a baker, from Anglo-Norman French pestour, pistour, Middle Dutch pester, pister ‘baker’ (Old French pestor, pesteur, German Pistor, from Latin pistor). Jewish (Ashkenazic): unexplained. Possibly a habitational name from someone from Pest, the eastern half of the city of Budapest, Hungary.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 59,051 Historical Documents with Pester on Ancestry
- 21,746 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 14,686 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,447 Military Records
- 1,635 Immigration Records
- 19,537 Member Trees
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Number of Pester families
 44 - 86  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Pester 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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