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Where did the German Turk family come from? What is the German Turk family crest and coat of arms? When did the Turk family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Turk family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Turcke, Turck, Turcke, Turk, Turke, Tuerck, Tuercke and many more.First found in Silesia, where the name came from humble beginnings but acquired a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Turk research. Another 236 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1654, 1798, and 1846 are included under the topic Early Turk History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Another 49 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Turk Notables 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 Turk. 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:
Turk Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Isaac Turk, who landed in New York, NY in 1708
- Robert Turk, who landed in Philadelphia, Pa in 1739
- Fredrick Turk, aged 29, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753
Turk Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Martin Turk, who landed in America in 1850
- Nik Turk, who arrived in America in 1850
- Agnese Turk, who arrived in America in 1850
- T Turk, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
- Christian Turk, who landed in America in 1855
Turk Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- John Paul Turk, who arrived in Alabama in 1920
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- Arthur Turk (b. 1938), prominent American physician and biomedical engineer
- Roy Kenneth Turk (1892-1934), American songwriter
- Matthew Edward Turk (b. 1968), American football punter
- Daniel Anthony Turk (1962-2000), American football center
- Clyde Turk (1907-1995), American jockey and trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses
- John Turk (b. 1962), American model, bodybuilder, personal trainer, former Chicago police officer, and actor
- Tommy Turk (1927-1981), American jazz trombonist
- Godwin Lee Turk (b. 1950), former American football linebacker
- Gordon Turk, prominent American concert organist
- Brian D. Turk, American actor
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- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Nied, Edmund. Fraenkische Familiennamen urkundlich gesammelt und sprachlich gedeutet. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1933. Print.
- Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 2000. Print. (ISBN 978-0806303024).
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Hopeful Journeys German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
- Strassburger, Ralph B. German Pioneers The Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia 3 Volumes. Baltimore: Picton Press, 1992. Print. (ISBN 978-0929539980).
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
- Bahlow, Hans and Edda Gentry. Translation Dictionary of German Names 2nd Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2002. Print.
- Tarneller, Josef. Zur Namenkunde Tirolen Familiennamen. Bozen: Buchhandlung, 1923. Print.
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The Turk Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Turk 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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