Zastre Family Chronicles
The Zastre Family is more than a one surname family. Even the Zastre name has many incarnations... Zastre, Zaste, Zast, Zace, Sace, Szass and there are probably a few more.
But, of course with marriages, many more names are included in the family register. Below is a list of the surnames who are connected to the Zastre family. If you are part of this family, but you aren't listed below, just let us know - we'd be happy to include you.
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Louis Gonzague Zastre, was born in Quebec in 1800, worked for the Hudson Bay Company as a Steersman and married Angelique Parisien in 1833 in St Boniface, MB. They are the roots of our Manitoba family
Isadore Zastre, aged 72, was one of four men who formed the quartette to demonstrate the old Red River Jig at the old-timers ball on Nov 17, 1927 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel
There are at least fourteen Zaste/Zastre family members listed on the cairn in St Norbert, who were interred in the original St Norbert Cemetary, the actual location of which is no longer known
Zaste Island, Manitoba is named for Cpl Philias Zaste, a member of our family who died two months before the end of WWII.