Family Anecdotes
Thanks Stuart:You may be on to something with Prussion connection and religious background.
I can remember as a little boy,neighbirs calling my Dad as "Kirschstein" ; alos famil oral history says origin of name is "kerstenstein"where kersten is old German for Christian, and stein is rock...or Christiansrock, a place in Prussia. All this is somewhat unconfirmed, but I am keeping up the search.
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