Pougher History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Pougher family

The surname Pougher was first found in Lincolnshire where John Poucher was listed in the Modern Domesday Book. 1 While this is the first listing of the name in England, we must look further back to Brittany to find another origin of the name. For it is there that Poher was an ancient principality in the Early Middle Ages in Cornouaille in west-central Brittany. Judicael (died c. 888) held the title "princeps Poucher," controller of Poher. The aforementioned Bardsley reference claims that the name was an occupational name as in "the poucher, a maker of pouches, pokes or bags." 1

Early History of the Pougher family

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Pougher Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Poucher, Pouchar, Powcher, Poacher and others.

Early Notables of the Pougher family

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Pougher migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pougher Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hendk Pougher, aged 24, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1748 2

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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)