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It's a female name found in Woburn, Massachusetts (about 12 km from Boston) - I've seen at least 3 different women with this name, all born in the first decades of the 19th Century.
Could it be another surname-turned-name? Or it could have another origin?
TYIA
Reach for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars
Could it be another surname-turned-name? Or it could have another origin?
TYIA
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A fascinating name! When you Google it, almost all the references are on geneology sites, and, just looking at the first four pages, the earliest one is Anstris Palfrey, who was born in Salem, Massachusetts way back in 1691:
http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/salem/birth-38.htm
Anstice was a medieval English form of Anastasia. I suppose there's some chance that Anstris is a variation of that -- but I don't know how on earth the "r" got into the name if that's the case! Hope someone else has some more information.
http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/salem/birth-38.htm
Anstice was a medieval English form of Anastasia. I suppose there's some chance that Anstris is a variation of that -- but I don't know how on earth the "r" got into the name if that's the case! Hope someone else has some more information.
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