Tooker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

The Tooker surname is derived from the Gaelic Ó Tuathair or Ó Tuachair meaning "people dear." According to Woulfe, this was the name of two distinct septs, one of the Ely-O'Carroll territory of north Tipperary and South Offaly, and the other of north Connacht. Both of these septs have had their names Anglicized to several similar variations of Tooker over the years.

Early Origins of the Tooker family

The surname Tooker was first found in Tipperary, Offaly and Ulster. One of the ancient septs of this name was mentioned in the Annals in Ulster as early as 1126; thus pre-dating the Anglo-Normans.

Early History of the Tooker family

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Tooker Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Toher, Togher, Tougher, Taugher, Toukere, Togher, Taugher, Tucker, Tooker, ó Tuachair and many more.

Early Notables of the Tooker family

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Tooker migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tooker Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Henry Tooker, who arrived in Virginia in 1737 1

Tooker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J. M. Tooker, aged 40, who settled in America, in 1892
Emily M. Tooker, aged 22, who landed in America, in 1893
Gabriel M. Tooker, aged 40, who landed in America, in 1895

Tooker Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Margaret Tooker, aged 18, who immigrated to the United States, in 1905
Gertrude H. Tooker, who landed in America, in 1905
Frank Tooker, aged 30, who immigrated to America, in 1906
Gertrude Tooker, who immigrated to the United States, in 1907
Anne Crawley Tooker, aged 40, who landed in America from London, England, in 1908
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Tooker migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Tooker Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Laurence Tooker, (b. 1831), aged 29, British farm labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Tooker (post 1700) +

Gary L. Tooker, American CEO of Motorola (1993 to 1995)
George Clair Tooker Jr. (1920-2011), American figurative painter, one of nine recipients of the National Medal of Arts in 2007
Rhiannon Rosalynd Tooker (b. 1990), Australian female volleyball player, member of the Australia women's national volleyball team in 2015
Edward Whalley- Tooker (1863-1940), English cricketer
Tooker Gomberg (1955-2004), Canadian politician and environmental activist

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html