| ![Show Contents]() Welcker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of WelckerWhat does the name Welcker mean? The Welcker surname is derived from the Middle High German term "walker" denoting a person who cleaned and thickened cloth, a fuller. One of the chief industries in Germany during the centuries when surnames became hereditary was the weaving of coarse woolen cloth. After the raw cloth left the loom, it had to be cleansed, scoured, and thickened, and this was done by the walker. Early Origins of the Welcker familyThe surname Welcker was first found in Germany where records of the name date back to the thirteenth century. In 1253 one Sigelo dictus Welkere was recorded in Weissenburg, and in 1209 Bruno Welkiner was a citizen of Cologne. Early History of the Welcker familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Welcker research. The years 1333, 1784 and 1868 are included under the topic Early Welcker History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Welcker Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Walker, Welker, Walcher, Welcker and others. Early Notables of the Welcker family- Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1784-1868), German philologist and archaeologist, who was born at Grünberg in the grand Duchy of Hesse
| Welcker migration to the United States | + |
Welcker Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John George Welcker, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1727 1
- Georg Welcker, who settled in America in 1744, along with his wife Fran and their two children
- Georg Welcker, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1744 1
- Jacob Welcker, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1751 1
- Michael Welcker, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1768 1
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Welcker (post 1700) | + |
- Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1784-1868), German philologist and archaeologist
- Carl Theodor Welcker (1790-1869), German Jurist and Politician
- Gertrude Welcker (1896-1988), German silent film actress in the 1920s
- Hermann Welcker (1822-1897), German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist
- Caius Welcker (1885-1939), Dutch football player
- 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)
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