Luckner History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Luckner family

The surname Luckner was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The family name was first referenced in the year 1211 when Henry Leucnore held estates an that shire. Henry Lewkenore succeeded in 1273. "[The parish of Denham in Suffolk] was anciently an extra-parochial district, the property of the Lewkenor family. Sir Edward Lewkenor built a church here, which he endowed with tithes; and the place was consequently erected into a separate parish, comprising about 1300 acres, including a large wood. Denham Hall, the seat of the family, is now a farmhouse." 1

Early History of the Luckner family

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Luckner Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lewknor, Lewknore, Lewkner, Lewker, Leuknor, Leukner, Lewkenorm Lewkenore, Lucknor, Luckner, Lucknore, Looknor and many more.

Early Notables of the Luckner family

Distinguished members of the family include the Lewkenor family of Oxfordshire. Roger Lewkenor was a Sheriff of Sussex under King Henry VI. (reign1422-1460). Sir Lewis Lewkenor translated "The Commonwealth...
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Luckner migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Luckner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

W Luckner, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
John T Luckner, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Luckner (post 1700) +

Nicolas de Luckner, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 14) Nicolas Luckner. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html