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![Show Contents]() Beckers History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Beckers Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Bakker, Becker, de Bakker, Bekere, de Becker and others. Beckers RankingIn Netherlands, the name Beckers is the 286th most popular surname with an estimated 5,105 people with that name. 1
| Beckers migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Beckers Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Cath Beckers, who arrived in North America in 1832 2
- Casper Frederick Beckers, who arrived in Mississippi in 1840 2
- Phillip Jacob Beckers, aged 19, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1848 2
- Joseph Beckers, who landed in Chile in 1851 2
| Beckers migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Beckers Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Eliza Beckers, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Adelaide" in 1858 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Beckers (post 1700) | + |
- Florence J. Beckers (1911-1990), American Republican politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1951-56 4
- Anthony Beckers, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1896 4
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- 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)
- Shadow Time Settlers (Retrieved 5th November 2010), retrieved from http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/settlers.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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