Pock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Pock family

The surname Pock was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where the family was found since the early Middle Ages. The name is generally understood to be an occupational name for someone who used a pick or made picks for use in the many agricultural areas of this county and adjacent ones. The name was originally derived from the Middle English work "pik." However, the name could also have been derived from the Norman French personal name "Picon." Further south in England, the name could also have been a local name, derived from locals like Langdale Pikes.

Early History of the Pock family

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Pock Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pick, Picke, Pickin, Picken, Pickins, Pickens, Pickon, Pickons, Pike and many more.

Early Notables of the Pock family

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Migration of the Pock family to Ireland

Some of the Pock family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pock migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Christopher Pock, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 1

Pock Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andres Pock, aged 25, who landed in America, in 1892

Pock Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Anton Pock, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States, in 1904
Fritz Pock, aged 5, who landed in America, in 1904
August Pock, aged 36, who settled in America from Kolki, Austria, in 1909
Eduard Pock, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States from Scheutzen, Austria, in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Pock (post 1700) +

Tobias Pock (1609-1683), Austrian Baroque painter
Horst Pock (b. 1967), Austrian slalom canoer

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)