Adam Oster

{{short description|Austro-Hungarian businessman and politician}}

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| occupation = {{Plainlist|*Politician

• businessman
• society leader}}

| relations = Louton family (descendants)

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| birth_place = Austria-Hungary

| birth_name = Adem Oster

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| spouse = Elisabetta Becker

| children = 5

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Adam Oster ({{langx|de|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. Croatian Public Archives - Adam Oster- Business

He first established a successful village store, and eventually owned land and other businesses.Dokumenti o Adam Oster - Narodna knjižnica Velimirovac He was described as the paragon example of a burgher.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-09 |title=Adam Oster |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Adam-Oster/6000000203927193821 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Teenagers Drowned at River |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/119063999/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}

Oster's descendants have had notable achievements in the fields of business, academia and religious leadership .Stewards of Grace Excerpts - Grams, Rollin G. (2010) Wipf and Stock.