Ficke History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Germany

The surname Ficke and its many variants can be found today in many countries, including England, Holland, and Ireland, but its origins lie in the Saxony region of Germany. The name was first derived as a diminutive of the first name Friedrich, which was itself derived from the Old High German words "Fridu," meaning "peace," and "Rihhi," meaning "power."

Early Origins of the Ficke family

The surname Ficke was first found in cities in the Saxony region, where Ficke was first used as a surname. The use of the diminutive as a personal name was first recorded in Lüneburg, where Ficko de Wesera lived in 1352.

Early History of the Ficke family

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Ficke Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fike, Feick, Veick, Fick, Ficko, Ficke, Ficka, Vicka, Feck, Fecke, Fix, Ficks and many more.

Early Notables of the Ficke family

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Ficke migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ficke Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Gottfried Ficke, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 1

Ficke Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Fr Ficke, who arrived in North America in 1832 1
Christ Ficke, who landed in North America in 1832 1
Frederick Ficke, aged 42, who arrived in Missouri in 1839 1
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Ficke, aged 27, who arrived in Cincinnati, Oh in 1848 1
Thomas Ficke, aged 43, who landed in Missouri in 1849 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Ficke (post 1700) +

Charles August Ficke (1850-1931), American Democratic Party politician, Scott County Attorney, 1886-88; Mayor of Davenport, Iowa, 1890-91 2
Charles Ficke (1850-1931), American lawyer, politician and art collector, Mayor of Davenport, Iowa

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html