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muster Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch: variant of Munster 1.
  2. English: variant of Musters, a habitational name of Norman origin, from Les Moutiers-Hubert in Calvados, France.
  3. Slovenian (eastern Slovenia): old form of Mostar ‘bridge keeper’, an agent derivative of must, an archaic spelling of most ‘bridge’. This name is also found in German-speaking countries.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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muster Family Facts

Distribution of muster Families in the US in 1920
Number of muster families
 17-31
 6-16
 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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information on a elvia muster reynolds Don Schortemeier 2
MUSTER family: Switzerland>NY>Valparaiso, IN jcwyn 1
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Augusta Muster Schoechert obit Lannie_T 0
John R. Muster AWilkinsHa6714 0
Richard Muster RyanMuster 0
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