The surname Werk was first found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1260 when Richard Work held estates.
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Early History of the Werk family
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Werk Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Work, Werk, Wirk, Worge and others.
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Early Notables of the Werk family
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Werk migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Werk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Marie Luise Werk, aged 38, who landed in America in 1845 1
Friedrich Werk, aged 25, who arrived in New York, NY in 1893 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Werk (post 1700)
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Robert Werk, American politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Kings County 3rd District, 1935 2
G. W. Werk, American politician, Member of California State Assembly 27th District, 1862-63 2
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)
Werk migration to the United States 
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