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Early Origins of the Sucher family

The surname Sucher was first found in London where Riley's Memorials of London listed Adam le Sakkere as the first of the family. The surname is derived from an occupation as in 'the sacker,' a maker of sacks from the Middle English sak. 1

Early History of the Sucher family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sucher research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1307, 1576, 1630, 1661, 1667, 1681, 1693 and 1768 are included under the topic Early Sucher History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sucher Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Sucher family name include Sacker, Saker, Sakker and others.

Early Notables of the Sucher family

Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Secker (1693-1768), an English divine, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at Sibthorpe, a village in Nottinghamshire. William Secker (died 1681) was another English divine who preached at...
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United States Sucher migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Sucher surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Sucher Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johannes Sucher, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
Sucher Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Magdalena Sucher, who arrived in New York in 1837 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Sucher (post 1700) +

  • Sandra J. Sucher, American Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School
  • Dorothy Sucher (1933-2010), American author and psychotherapist
  • Robert LaFollette Sucher, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Wisconsin State Attorney General, 1956 3
  • Miles H. Sucher, American Republican politician, Member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from Lycoming County; Elected 1952 3
  • Rosa Sucher (1849-1927), née Hasselbeck, a German operatic soprano


  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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