Bucker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the Bucker family. The Bucker surname evolved as a local name. It is a name for a family that lived near a beech tree, a beech wood, or a beech grove. The name Bucker is derived from the German word buohe, which means beech tree and the name Buchholz, which means beech grove, is also the name of several places in Germany. Bucher is also traceable to the German towns named Buch and Buchenwald and natives of these towns often adopted the name as their own.

Early Origins of the Bucker family

The surname Bucker was first found in Bavaria, where the name Bucher made a great early contribution to the feudal society of early Europe. The name Bucher became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses where members continued to play important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, which resulted a each group sought to enhance its power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.

Early History of the Bucker family

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Bucker Spelling Variations

In the medieval era, many different cultural groups lived in the German states. There are thus many regional variations of German surnames from that era. Westphalians spoke Low German, which is similar to modern Dutch. Many German names carry suffixes that identify where they came from. Others have phrases attached that identify something about the original bearer. Other variations in German names resulted from the fact that medieval scribes worked without the aid of any spelling rules. The spelling variations of the name Bucker include Bucher, Bucker, Bukker, Buchen, Buchert, Bucken, Buchere, Buckere, Buecher, Buecker, Buekker, Buechen, Buecken, Buchere, Buckere, Bocher, Bocker, Bochen, Bocken, Bochere, Bockere, Boecher, Boeker, Boecker, Boechen, Boeken, Boechere and many more.

Early Notables of the Bucker family

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Bucker migration to the United States +

Thousands of German settlers came to North America between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries. The hardships of the long voyage were balanced by the opportunity to escape poverty and religious persecution. The descendents of these settlers still populate the states of Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Many also live in Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Bucker or a variant listed above:

Bucker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joh Heinr Bucker, who arrived in America in 1814-1820 1
Herm Heinr Jos Bucker, who landed in America in 1836 1
Hames H Bucker, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1840 1
Ernst Bucker, aged 6, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1843 1
Maria Elisabeth Bucker all arrived in New Orleans in 1843
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Bucker migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bucker Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Henry Bucker U.E. who settled in Canada c. 1783 2

Citations +

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