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Where did the German Drescher family come from? What is the German Drescher family crest and coat of arms? When did the Drescher family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Drescher family history?
The name Drescher derives from a few different sources. In some instances, it was a local surname, derived from a place named Dreshcer in the region of Thuringia. In the Holy Roman Empire, hereditary surnames derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Drescher was also an occupational surname derived from the word German word "drescher," which denotes a thresher of grain. As surnames began to be used, many adopted the name of their feudal occupation as their surname.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Drescher, Dresch, Dresche, Dresher, Dresh, Dreshe, Dresher and many more.First found in Thuringia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Drescher research. Another 186 words(13 lines of text) covering the year 1728 is included under the topic Early Drescher History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Drescher. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Drescher Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Christoph, Drescher Jr., who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734
- Friderich Drescher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1734
- Georg Drescher, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734
- Christoph Drescher settled in Philadelphia in 1734
- H. Jerg Drescher, his wife Anna Maria and their children settled in Pennsylvania in 1746
Drescher Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Reinhard Drescher, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1803
- Charles Drescher, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1840
- Charles Hugo Drescher, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1869
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- Bahlow, Hans and Edda Gentry. Translation Dictionary of German Names 2nd Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2002. Print.
- Bahlow, Hans. Abhandlungen zur Namenforschung und Buchgeschichte. 1980. Print. (ISBN 978-3768690522).
- Strassburger, Ralph B. Pennsylvania German Pioneers The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 3 Volumes. Baltimore: Picton Press, 1992. Print. (ISBN 978-0929539980).
- Karlsruhe. Badisches Generallandesarchiv Baden Emigration lists 1866-1911. Salt Lake City: Microfilm of Card Index by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Bahlow, Hans. Mecklenburgisches Namenbüchlein Ein Führer durch Mecklenburgs Familiennamen. Rostock: Carl Hinstorffs Verlag, 1932. Print.
- Jones, George F. The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 Revised edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0806311614).
- Preuss, Otto. Die Lippischen Familiennamen mit Berücksichtigung der Ortsnamen. Detmold: Meyer'sche Hofbuchh, 1887. Print.
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The Drescher Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Drescher Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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