| ![Show Contents]() Walduck History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Since the Anglo-Saxons had originally come from the German Rhineland, their language was similar to the dialect of that region. Thus the Anglo-Saxon and German name Walduck, both come from the same root words, from the Old High German "wald" for wood and "ecka" for corner or "eiche" for oak. Early Origins of the Walduck familyThe surname Walduck was first found in Germany, where the descendents of Widukind III, Count of Schwalenberg (1116-37) named themselves for the Castle of Waldeck, acquired around 1150. Early History of the Walduck familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Walduck research. The years 1300 and 1379 are included under the topic Early Walduck History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Walduck Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Walduck family name include Waldock, Waldeck, Walduck and others. Early Notables of the Walduck familyMore information is included under the topic Early Walduck Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Walduck migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Walduck surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Walduck Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Walduck, aged 40, who arrived in New York, NY in 1855 1
| Walduck migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2Walduck Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century- Mary Walduck, who married Thomas Rehoe in Barbados in 1736
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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Walduck migration to the United States 
Walduck migration to West Indies 
