Show ContentsBottger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Bottger family

The surname Bottger was first found in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, where the name Botticher contributed greatly to the development of an emerging dukedom which would later play a large role in the tribal and power struggles of the area. In later years the name branched into many houses, each playing a significant role in the local, social and political affairs.

Early History of the Bottger family

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Bottger Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boetticher, Bottcher, Boticher, Boettiger, Boettger, Bottikker, Botikker, Boticker and many more.

Early Notables of the Bottger family

Notables of the time included Johann Böttger (also Böttcher or Böttiger) (1682-1719), a German alchemist, known as the co-inventor of porcelain (China) in Meissen; Adolf Boettger (1815-1870) was...
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United States Bottger migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bottger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann Wilhelm Bottger, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 1
  • Johan Matheus Bottger, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1772 1
Bottger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Adolph Bottger, who landed in Mississippi in 1842 1
  • Joh Berle Bottger, who landed in America in 1843 1
  • Emilio Bottger, aged 11, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1854 1
  • Anna Dorothea Bottger, aged 40, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1854 1
  • Nina Bottger, aged 18, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1854 1
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Bottger Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Johannes Bottger, aged 24, who arrived in Peru in 1903 1

Canada Bottger migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bottger Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Anna Bottger, aged 29, who arrived in Quebec in 1868

Contemporary Notables of the name Bottger (post 1700) +

  • Lorna Bottger, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1960 2
  • Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682-1719), German ceramist


  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 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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