Welcker Surname History

Origins Available:
Germany
Israel

Etymology of Welcker

What does the name Welcker mean?

The surname Welcker indicates that its original bearers were fullers of cloth (one who prepares cloth.) But for many Jews during the Middle Ages, this name was adopted, despite no familial link to the original bearers. Jews would often assume names popular within lands in which they lived to remain inconspicuous. Traditionally, this name is pronounced Valkar.

Welcker Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Walker, Walkker, Walcker, Welcker and many more.

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
Caius Welcker (1885-1939), Dutch football player
Gertrude Welcker (1896-1988), German silent film actress in the 1920s
Hermann Welcker (1822-1897), German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist

Sources +

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)