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Origin of Acher Total Records: 8  Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Gaelic for 'son of the horse-lord.' Alan MacEachern was chief of the clan in 1499, the name is commemorated in the place name Kilkerran in Kintyre, the heart of the clan-lands (Collins Pocket Reference: 'Scottish Surnames') Migration to US in several waves including to NY in 1738-40, Cape Fear area of North Carolina in late 16th & 17th centuries. A small band settled in Rocky River area of NC (Cabarrus Co, which was in Mecklenberg, NC until 1790), apparently from the PA area. The name is sometimes spelled McCachren or McCachern as well as McEachern... in NC. Some of the early Cabarrus McE's migrated on to GA, MISS. TEX, TN. Surnames: MacEachern, McEacharn, McEachern Submitted by: Hoyt McCachren Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Thacker' and its cognates 'Thatcher' and 'Thacher' are English tradenames. The words stem ultimately from the Indoeuropean roots 'teg' and 'tog' meaning 'to cover from the top.' The Greek forms are 'stego' 'to cover' and 'stege' 'a covering.' Latin forms are 'toga' 'robe' and 'tegula' 'tile.' Other English words from the same root are 'deck,' 'integumentary,' stegnosis,' 'Stegosaurus,' 'thatch' and 'tog. Surnames: Thacher, Thacker, Thatcher Submitted by: Ralph W. Thacker Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Henry Blacker family of Frederick Co., Va. is of German origin. Surnames: Blacher, Blackart, Blacker Submitted by: Sandy Neder Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: The Goacher family has roots in the Sussex area of England back as far as 1544. British researchers believe that the Goachers were part of the Hugenot emigration from France to Britain at the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th Century. It is believed that they came as ironworkers. Iron was extensively worked in many areas of Sussex in the middle ages. Surnames: Goacher, Goatcher, Gochar, Gocher, Gotcher, Gotier, Goucher, Gudger Submitted by: Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Origin German Surname Langenbach or Langenbacher Surnames: langenbacher Submitted by: Stephen Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: From what I've heard, the name Farabaugh didn't exist until fairly recently when a couple brothers moved from Germany to Pennsylvania sometime between 1850 and 1857. The two brothers, that I know of, that moved to Cambria Co, PA were Augustin and Michael. Before they called themselves Farabaugh's, they called themselves Fehrenbacher's. Surnames: Farabaugh, Fehrenbacher Submitted by: Katie Rennie Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Harness Maker - Old German Family origin - Marienburg, Prussia (Malbork, Poland) Surnames: Schirrmacher Submitted by: Ann Gegan Origin of Acher, Meaning of Acher Origin: Handschumacher - German Origin Handschumaker Handshumaker Meaning: Glove Maker Surnames: Handschumacher, Handschumaker, Handshumaker Submitted by: Linda 2/17/2012 11:26 PM Page 1 of 1

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