Burkard Surname History

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The Burkard name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Cheshire, where they held a family seat near Birkenhead at the estuary of the River Birket. It is from the name of the river that their name is derived.

Early Origins of the Burkard family

The surname Burkard was first found in Cheshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Burkard family

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Burkard Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Burkard has undergone many spelling variations, including Birket, Birkett, Bircket, Burkett, Birckett, Burket, Burkert and many more.

Early Notables of the Burkard family

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Migration of the Burkard family to Ireland

Some of the Burkard family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 37 words (3 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Burkard migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Burkard were among those contributors:

Burkard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Burkard, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 1

Burkard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joh Joseph Eduard Burkard, who landed in America in 1857 1
Leonard Burkard, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1878 1
August Burkard, who landed in Iroquois County, Illinois in 1889 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Burkard (post 1700) +

Burkard Wilhelm Leist (1819-1906), German jurist

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)