| ![Show Contents]() Esker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland Irish surnames are all based on the Gaelic language native to Ireland. The original Gaelic form of the name Esker is Mag Uidhir, which is derived from the word odhar, meaning dun-colored; in the genitive case, the word is uidhir. Early Origins of the Esker familyThe surname Esker was first found in County Fermanagh (Irish: Fear Manach) in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster. Early History of the Esker familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Esker research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Esker History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Esker Spelling VariationsThose scribes in Ireland during the Middle Ages recorded names as they sounded. Consequently, in this era many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Esker family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including MacCosker, MacCusker, MacOsker, MacOscar and many more. Early Notables of the Esker familyMore information is included under the topic Early Esker Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Esker migration to the United States | + |
During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Esker family in North America:
Esker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Elis Esker, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1842 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Esker (post 1700) | + |
- Esker Casto, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Upshur County Democratic Party, 1949 2
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Esker migration to the United States 
