Staubach History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Staubach

What does the name Staubach mean?

The name Staubach is thought to have been derived from the Old Norse, bokki which means "vir grandis, corpore et animo." Hence stortocki from side, great, "vir imperiosus." 1

Another source notes that "Starbeck (brook near where sedge grew), in Yorkshire; dweller at, or near, a stream where sedge or swamp grass grew." 2

Early Origins of the Staubach family

The surname Staubach was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire at Starbeck in Harrogate. One of the first records of the family is Robert Starbok who was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 3 Another source notes this entry in the Latin form: Robertus Starbok. 4 Starbeck is a hamlet between Ripon and Knaresborough.

Early History of the Staubach family

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Staubach Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Starbuck, Starbock, Stirbrock, Stalbrook, Sturbock, Styrbuck, Stirbuck and many more.

Early Notables of the Staubach family

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Staubach migration to the United States +

Staubach Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

J Henry Staubach, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Staubach (post 1700) +

Roger Thomas Staubach (b. 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America", and "Captain Comeback", an American former football quarterback who played for 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2018)
William Staubach, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1936

Sources +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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)