Researching Hans Horst
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 66 people with the Horst surname? In that year Horst was ranked number 3513 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Hans means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Hans Horst on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hans Horst and the Horst Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Hans Horst
Hans Jacob Horst
Hans Jacob Horst (7 November 1848 – 17 March 1931) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He graduated with a master's degree in liberal arts in 1874, becoming a teacher and later principal. He became active in the Liberal Union and the Workers' Union in Tromsø in 1881, and was then elected to the municipal council. He was one of the founders of the newspaper Nordposten. He sat in the Parliament of Norway from 1889 to 1903 and from 1906 to 1909, when he sat in the Ecclesiastical Affairs Committee. He was President of the Odelsting from 1892 to 1900 and President of the Lagting from 1900 to 1903. He was chair of the parliament Peace Association from 1900 and a member of the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague from 1906 to 1929. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to 1931.
Source: Hans Jacob Horst, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Horst
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Gharst Ghrist Hairston Harajda Harast Hargadine Hargadon Hargate Harget Hargett Hargitt Hargood Hargot Hariston Harreston Harrisstudy Harrist Harstad Harston Hayhurst Hearst Herget Herst Herston Hiracheta Hirst Hirsthouse Hoerst Hoerster Horsewood Horstead Horsted Horsthemke Horstick Horstman Horstmann Horstmeyer Hourstan Hourston Hurkett Hurst Hurster Hurstfield Hursthouse Hurston
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