Bacher History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Germany
Ireland

The founding heritage of the Bacher family is in the Anglo-Saxon culture that once dominated in Britain. The name Bacher comes from when one of the family worked as a peddler who would travel buying and selling goods for profit. Another source claims the name was derived from the French word bagagier, or baggage-carrier. 1 A 'badger,' a hawker, was also a dealer in corn and other commodities, buying in one place to sell in another. 2

Early Origins of the Bacher family

The surname Bacher was first found in Yorkshire where one of the first records of the name was Richard le Bagger, who was listed on the Assize Rolls of Lancashire in 1246 and later in Yorkshire in 1297. Later Yorkshire rolls included Adam Badger in 1324. 3

Badger was a Warwickshire name in the reign of Henry VIII.. There was a Thomas le Baggere in the adjoining county of Oxford in the 13th century. 4

Early feudal rolls provided the king of the time a method of cataloguing holdings for taxation, but today they provide a glimpse into the wide surname spellings in use at that time. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included Thomas le Baggere, Oxfordshire and later the Lay Subsidy Rolls listed Robert le Bagger, Lancashire, 1333. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Willelmus Bagger; and Ricardus Badger. 2

Interestingly, none of the dozen or so sources we consulted felt the name could have derived from badger, the animal.

Early History of the Bacher family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bacher research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1573, 1580, 1585, 1602, 1605, 1610, 1629, 1639, 1641, 1651, 1778 and 1816 are included under the topic Early Bacher History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bacher Spelling Variations

The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Bacher has been spelled many different ways, including Badger, Badge, Bagehot, Baghot, Badghot and others.

Early Notables of the Bacher family

Distinguished members of the family include George Badger, English bookseller in London who held a shop at St. Dunstan's Churchyard in 1641 and later at St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street, 1641-1651. He is thought to have been a relation of Richard Badger [q. v.] and Thomas Badger [q. v.]. Richard Badger was the son of John Badger, of Stratford-upon-Avon. The parish registers of the town do not confirm this, the only entries of a Richard Badger being Richard, son to George Badger, born September 14th, 1580, and another son of the same name, born August 17th, 1585. There is no mention...
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Bacher Ranking

In the United States, the name Bacher is the 17,064^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5 However, in France, the name Bacher is ranked the 5,506^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 6

Bacher migration to the United States +

Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Bachers to arrive in North America:

Bacher Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Mr. Gabriel Bacher, (d. 1740), who arrived in Georgia in 1734 aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" 7
Mr. Thomas Bacher, (d. 1748), who arrived in Georgia in 1734 aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" 7
Mrs. Maria Bacher, (Schweiger), (d. 1748), who arrived in Georgia in 1734 aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" 7
Miss Maria Bacher, (b. 1727), who arrived in Georgia in 1734 aboard the ship "Prince of Wales" 7
Mr. Balthasar Bacher, (b. 1710), who arrived in Georgia in 1741 aboard the ship "Loyal Judith" 7
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Bacher Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Adam Bacher, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Bohemia"

Contemporary Notables of the name Bacher (post 1700) +

Robert Bacher (1905-2004), American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project
Enrico "Heini" Bacher (1940-2021), Italian ice hockey player who competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics; he played eight games and scored three goals
Adam Bacher (b. 1973), South African cricketer
Edouard Bacher (b. 1846), Austrian jurisconsult and journalist
Aron "Ali" Bacher (b. 1942), administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa
Wilhelm Bacher (1850-1913), Hungarian scholar

Historic Events for the Bacher family +

Bismarck

Alois Bacher (1920-1941), German Matrose who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 8

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details