Plester

Plester One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Plester

Variants: Pleister, Plesters, Plestow, Plestowe, Plister

Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

Contact: Mr John Plester

About the study

The purpose of this One-Name Study is to find and record all references to the Plester surname regardless of whether there is any known family connection and irrespective of the country in which the references are found.

Variant names

From my own research, I know that the surname has been spelt in a number of different ways at different times and my interest therefore extends to the following additional surnames: Plaster, Plastow, Plastowe, Playsted, Playstow, Playstowe, Pleaster, Pleastow, Pleister, Plesster, Plested, Plestedde, Plesters, Plesto, Plestor, Plestow, Plestowe, Plestwo, Pleysted, and Plister.

Name origin

It has been suggested that the surname is locative and has been linked to Plaistow. On the other hand, the 'er' ending could suggest an occupational origin. The only thing I know for certain is that the surname existed in both England and Prussia in the late 1500s.

Name frequency

Analysis of the first 150 years of GRO Indexes for England & Wales reveals that Plester births were just 5.7 per year. Calculations based upon the 1851 and 1881 census for England and Wales show the density or the Plester surname to be approximately 7 per million of the population.

Distribution of the name

At the time of the 1841 census, the 'Banburyshire' area accounted for 75% of those with the Plester surname, with a further 10% living in London. (Banburyshire is an old term used to describe those parts of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire that came under the economic and social influence of Banbury)

Links

More information about this study can be found at www.plester.info

Contact Details

Mr John Plester

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Plester in the Guild Indexes

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Marriage Index 1837-1945* 47
Probate Index* 5
World Wide Marriages Index* 1
BMD Index* 3
Members' Data Stores in which the name Plester appears* 2

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