Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Kierstead was born in 1846, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Alexander Kierstead, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Black, was 40. She died in February 1847, at the age of 1.
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Americanized form of the Norwegian surname Kjærstad, a habitational name from Kjærstad, Vestby.
History: Hans Kierstede was a barber-surgeon in New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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