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Bouck History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Bouck History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Scottish annals reveal that the Bouck surname came from a place name in Scotland, named with Viking elements. The name was no doubt taken on when they lived in a place noted for the presence of a ridge that formed a boundary between two distinct areas. It comes from a variant of the word boak or balk, of the same meaning. While historians generally agree upon the aforementioned topographical derivation, most believe that this name actually came from the area called Boak in the parish of Kirkholm. 1

Another source claims the name is "probably a variant of boak, a northern form of balk, a ridge (as a boundary.)" (Weekley)

Early Origins of the Bouck family

The surname Bouck was first found in Boak in the parish of Kirkcolm, Dumfries and Galloway, part of the former county of Wigtownshire. Early entries for the family are relatively rare as we must look to the 16th century to find the first recorded entry, that of Andrew Boog who witnessed instrument of sasine in 1550. David Book was a merchant in Edinburgh, 1610 and Thomas Baok was a merchant burgess of Stirling in 1622. 1

Early History of the Bouck family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bouck research. Another 321 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1523, 1546, 1576, 1595, 1605, 1613, 1626, 1629, 1632, 1636, 1643, 1652, 1664, 1666, 1668, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1697, 1709, 1775, 1786, 1793, 1797, 1812, 1863 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Bouck History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bouck Spelling Variations

Spelling variations are extremely common among Scottish names dating from this era because the arts of spelling and translation were not yet standardized. Spelling was done by sound, and translation from Gaelic to English was generally quite careless. In different records, Bouck has been spelled Boag, Boig, Book, Boack, Boge, Bogue, Boak, Bouk, Bouck, Bogues, Bogg, Boggs and many more.

Early Notables of the Bouck family

Notable amongst the family at this time was John Boag (1775-1863), Scottish compiler of the ‘Imperial Lexicon,’ born at Highgate in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, on 7 Jan. 1775. He matriculated at the university of Glasgow in 1797, and completed his academical course with a view to taking orders in the church of Scotland, but joined the body of independents or Congregationalists, who in 1812 formed themselves into the...
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Bouck Ranking

In the United States, the name Bouck is the 17,434^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Bouck family to Ireland

Some of the Bouck family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bouck migration to the United States +

Those who made the voyage were greeted with ample opportunity to acquire land and a political climate far away from the oppressive monarchy of the old country. They settled along the east coast of what would become Canada and the United States. In the American War of Independence, those who remained loyal to England traveled north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. In this century, many Scots living in North America have begun to recover their rich heritage through festivals, highland games, and Clan societies. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has shown early immigrants bearing the name Bouck:

Bouck Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Henrich Karstens Bouck, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1661 3

Bouck Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Matthias Bouck, aged 23, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1736 3

Bouck migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bouck Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Adam Bouck U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 4
Mr. Christian Bouck U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 4
Mr. Frederick Bouck U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Bouck (post 1700) +

Lyle Bouck Jr. (1923-2016), American military officer and war veteran of the Battle of the Bulge
William J. Bouck, American politician, Farmer-Labor Candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1920, 1930 5
William C. Bouck (1786-1859), American politician, Member of New York State Senate Middle District, 1820-22; Governor of New York, 1843-45; Defeated, 1840; Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention, 1846 5
Tobias Bouck, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Schoharie County 1st District, 1857 5
Thomas L. Bouck, American politician, Member of South Dakota State Senate 31st District, 1897-1900 5
Joseph Bouck (1788-1858), American politician, Representative from New York 12th District, 1831-33 5
I. W. Bouck, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916 5
Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904), American Democratic Party politician, Wisconsin State Attorney General, 1858-60; Member of Wisconsin State Assembly, 1860, 1874; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1877-81 5
Francis Eugene Bouck (1873-1941), American Democratic Party politician, District Judge in Colorado 5th District, 1918-33; Justice of Colorado State Supreme Court, 1933-41; Chief Justice of Colorado Supreme Court, 1941 5
Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920), American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 53rd District, 1915-18 5
... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html