Beckert Surname History

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Beckert family

The surname Beckert was first found in Blois, a city and the capital of Loir-et-Cher department in central France where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Loire and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Beckert family

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Beckert Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Baccaart, Bacaart, Bacart, Baccart, Baccaartt, Bacaartt, Baccartt, Bacarte, Baccaarte, Bacall, Bacal and many more.

Early Notables of the Beckert family

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Beckert migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beckert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andrew Beckert, who settled in New York in 1830
Fredk. Beckert, who settled in New York in 1832
Chretien Beckert, who settled in America in 1834
Clemens Beckert, who settled in New York, NY in 1856
Lorenz Beckert, who arrived in St Clair County, III in 1857 1
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Beckert migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Beckert Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Abram Beckert, who arrived in Manitoba in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Beckert (post 1700) +

Glenn Alfred Beckert (1940-2020), American Major League Baseball player who played from 1965 to 1975, four-time All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner
John Beckert Jr., American politician, Member of Missouri State House of Representatives from St. Louis City 1st District, 1903-04 2
Charles A. Beckert, American politician, Mayor of Cullman, Alabama, 1875-76 2

Citations +

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html