Pouch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Pouch family

The surname Pouch was first found in Lincolnshire where John Poucher was listed in the Modern Domesday Book. 1 While this is the first listing of the name in England, we must look further back to Brittany to find another origin of the name. For it is there that Poher was an ancient principality in the Early Middle Ages in Cornouaille in west-central Brittany. Judicael (died c. 888) held the title "princeps Poucher," controller of Poher. The aforementioned Bardsley reference claims that the name was an occupational name as in "the poucher, a maker of pouches, pokes or bags." 1

Early History of the Pouch family

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Pouch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Poucher, Pouchar, Powcher, Poacher and others.

Early Notables of the Pouch family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Poucher family of Lincolnshire

Pouch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pouch Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edward Pouch, who landed in Virginia in 1662 2

Pouch Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Arnold Pouch, aged 13, who landed in America from Yarmouth, in 1905
Harold Pouch, aged 11, who immigrated to America from Yarmouth, in 1905
Alonzo B. Pouch, who immigrated to the United States, in 1909
Alfred Pouch, aged 57, who settled in America, in 1917

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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)