Show ContentsWinckler Surname History

Winckler Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winckler, Winkler, Winkel, Winckeler, Winkeler, Winck, Wincker, Winker, Winkele and many more.


United States Winckler migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winckler Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Eve Elizabeth Winckler, who settled in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1732
  • Andereas Winckler, who arrived in Georgia in 1732 1
  • Andrew Winckler, aged 23, who landed in South Carolina in 1732 1
  • Anna Susan Winckler, aged 23, who landed in South Carolina in 1732 1
  • Jacob Winckler, who landed in Georgia in 1732 1
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Winckler Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Stephan Winckler, who landed in New York, NY in 1826 1
  • Mr. Jacob Winckler, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Heinrich" in 1844
  • Johann Winckler, aged 30, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 1
  • Johannes Winckler, aged 38, who arrived in America in 1853 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Winckler (post 1700) +

  • William Winckler (b. 1964), American actor and independent filmmaker
  • Phyllis Winckler, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 2004; Chair of Lincoln County Democratic Party, 2011 2
  • Alex Winckler, British BAFTA Award nominated director and writer
  • Hugo Winckler (1863-1913), German archaeologist and historian
  • Gustav Frands Wilzeck Winckler (1925-1979), Danish singer, composer and music publisher


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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