{"id":125,"date":"2010-08-21T20:11:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T01:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/biographies\/furst-family\/"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:25:00","slug":"furst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/","title":{"rendered":"Furst"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4137\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"Furst Family\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0272.jpg\" alt=\"Furst Family\" width=\"900\" height=\"875\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0272.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0272-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0272-768x747.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furst Family of Bellefonte, PA, circa 1925. Standing, left to right: William Sanderson Furst, Walter &#8220;Bud&#8221; Benedict Furst, John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Shuman Furst. Front row: Walter &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Whittier Furst, Caroline Watson Chamberlin Furst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>About the Name<\/h3>\n<p>Furst is a nickname from Old High German furisto &#8216;the first&#8217;, &#8216;most noble one&#8217;, and a cognate of Old English fyrest &#8216;first&#8217;, &#8216;foremost&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcrst is a title which is held by the sovereign ruler of a principality or the head of a noble family. The (non-reigning) descendants of a reigning sovereign prince or F\u00fcrst, monarch, hold the title of Prinz (prince) or Prinzessin (princess).<\/p>\n<h3>My Line<\/h3>\n<p>Hans Furster<br \/>\n..John George Furst (1759-1821)<br \/>\n&#8230;.John Furst (1785-1859)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;Austin Owen Furst (1834-1906)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;.James Chamberlin Furst (1882-1968)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Ellwood Harrar Furst (1917-2002)<\/p>\n<h3>Biographies<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-132\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/austin-owen-furst-1832-1906\/\">Austin Owen Furst (1832-1906)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-2454\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/austin-owen-furst-1914-1998\/\">Austin Owen Furst (1914-1998)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-4165\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/ellwood-harrar-furst-1917-2002\/\">Ellwood Harrar Furst (1917-2002)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5071\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/hans-furster\/\">Hans Furster<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-251\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/james-chamberlin-furst-1882-1968\/\">James Chamberlin Furst (1882-1968)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-2053\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/john-furst-1785-1859\/\">John Furst (1785-1859)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-244\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/furst\/john-george-furst-1759-1821\/\">John George Furst (1759-1821)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Related Lines<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/\">Aitken <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/chamberlin\/\">Chamberlin <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harrar\/\">Harrar <\/a>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/fay\/\">Fay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Name Furst is a nickname from Old High German furisto &#8216;the first&#8217;, &#8216;most noble one&#8217;, and a cognate of Old English fyrest &#8216;first&#8217;, &#8216;foremost&#8217;. F\u00fcrst is a title which is held by the sovereign ruler of a principality or the head of a noble family. The (non-reigning) descendants of a reigning sovereign prince&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-21","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1326,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/aitken\/elizabeth-rebecca-aitken-1852-1925\/","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":0},"title":"Elizabeth Rebecca Aitken (1852-1925)","author":"Karen","date":"June 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Elizabeth \u201cLilly\u201d Rebecca Aitken Harrar (1852\u20131925) was the daughter of Joseph Aitken and Mary Margaret Loughead and my husband\u2019s great-grandmother. 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