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Adam Oster (German: Adem Oster) was an Austro-Hungarian businessman, prominent in Velimirovac. He was a leading society man, believed to have held public office during the late 19th century.

He first established a successful village store, and eventually owned land and other businesses. He was described as the paragon example of a burgher.

Oster married Elisabetta Becker, with whom he had five children, Adam Oster Jr., Fredrich, Margarethe, Theresa and Elisabetta. One of his grandsons, Adam Rettinger (1902 - 1921) was killed when a plane crashed his fishing boat at Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan.

Oster's descendants have had notable achievements in the fields of business, academia and religious leadership .

References

1. Croatian Public Archives - Adam Oster- Business
2. Dokumenti o Adam Oster - Narodna knjižnica Velimirovac
3. "Adam Oster". geni_family_tree. 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
4. "Teenagers Drowned at River". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
5. Stewards of Grace Excerpts - Grams, Rollin G. (2010) Wipf and Stock.

This article is associated with the extended Louton, Hughes, Oster, Rettinger, Ernst and Grams family involved in ministry, business and academia.

• Politicians from Austria-Hungary
• Croatian politicians
• 19th-century merchants
• 19th-century politicians
• Louton family
• Croatian businesspeople