Flock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Flock family
The surname Flock was first found in
Austria, where the name Floch became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. In their later history the name became a power unto themselves and were elevated to the ranks of nobility as they grew into this most influential family.
Early History of the Flock family
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Flock Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Floch, Floche, Flochen, Flocher, Flochermann, Flochenhaus, Flock, Flockenbach, Flockh, Flöckher and many more.
Early Notables of the Flock family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Flock family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Flock Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Johan Adolph Flock, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Flock Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Eugen Flock, who arrived in America in 1850 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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) - Karl Flock, who landed in America in 1854 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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) - Catharina Flock, who settled in New York in 1857
- Heinrich Flock, who arrived in New York in 1866
Flock Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
- Susan Flock, who settled in Ontario in 1871
Flock Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- William Flock, a bricklayer, who arrived in Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) sometime between 1825 and 1832
Contemporary Notables of the name Flock (post 1700)
- Robert Herman Flock (b. 1956), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (2013-)
- Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock (1924-1998), American stock car racer, two-time NASCAR series champion
- Truman Fontello "Fonty" Flock (1920-1972), American stock car racer
- Robert Newman "Bob" Flock (1918-1964), American stock car racer
- Hans Flock (b. 1940), Norwegian jurist
- Janine Flock (b. 1989), Austrian skeleton racer at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the first Austrian woman to win an overall World Cup skeleton title
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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)