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The earliest occurrence of the Leist surname in our family history documents is from 1605, and we currently have 13,490 records where Leist appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
5 Leists were recorded as working in farming in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Leists were most likely to live in Norfolk.
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7 Leists served in the First World War.
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