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Origin of Acker Total Records: 16  Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: As far as I know, the name Ackermann means 'farmer man', although I don't know the origin of it. My grandfather, Alois Ackerman, dropped the second 'n' when they moved to the U.S. Surnames: Ackerman, Ackermann Submitted by: Joyce Ackerman Cornibe Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker 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 Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Henry Blacker family of Frederick Co., Va. is of German origin. Surnames: Blacher, Blackart, Blacker Submitted by: Sandy Neder Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Albert Acker born ? abt. 1757. Married Sarah Hart in NJ 1786. Lived in Groveland, Livingston county NY 1804-1831 Surnames: Acker Submitted by: Geof Acker Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: I am currently looking to find the origin of the name Thacker, I would be very interested to know, my father's father's name is Ralph Thacker, deceased. Thank-you. Surnames: Thacker Submitted by: Carey Thacker Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: I am researching the Mackerall family from Fugglestone St Peter, Wiltshire. Mary Mackerall married John Boon.I'd be pleased to hear from other researchers. Surnames: Mackerall Submitted by: Sue Howes Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Netherlands Surnames: Overacker Submitted by: Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Steinacker is a little town in the Bergische Land in Germany, about 50 km away from Cologne. Surnames: Steinacker Submitted by: Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: From Acker, oaken, made of oak, and man. The brave, firm, unyielding man. Surnames: Ackerman Submitted by: Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Camden derives this surname from the Latin Ager, a field. The name, however, is Saxon, and signifies the place of oaks, or oak-man; ac and ake being old terms for oak. The termination er, in many nouns has the same signification as the Latin vir, a man--as Plower, i. e., Plowman; Baker, Bakerman. Like oak, the first Acker might have been firm and unyielding in his disposition, or he might have used or sold acorns. Surnames: Ackers Submitted by: Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Cats Elbow Surnames: Oberacker/Overacker Submitted by: Joan Reichling Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Our family came from wood cutters. Our family seal is two crossed axes for the Hacker name. Surnames: Hacker Submitted by: Amy Hacker Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: -Mackert simply is a variant of Markert/Marckert/ Marckhardt (e.g. inTauberbischofsheim/Germ.) -so look up at Markert Surnames: Mackert/Markert Submitted by: Hartmut Markert Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Celtic - 11th / 12th century. MacIlherron - meaning "protector of the church" sept of clan MacDonald Surnames: Herron, MacIlherron, MacKerron, MacCarran, Heron Submitted by: William Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Scotland Original gaelic form MacIlherron meaning protecter of the church. Herron is a sept of clan MacDonald and other reconized spellings in Scotland are MacKerron, MacCarran. Herron was originally located in the western isles one of which was Arran. The name goes back to the 1100's. Surnames: Herron, Heron, MacKerron, MacCarran Submitted by: William Herron Origin of Acker, Meaning of Acker Origin: Acker is german for "Field", so in the tradition of medieval europe where one's family surname was a description of the bread winners occupation (i.e. Smith, Oeber, Wienstien, et al), the term "Ackermann" describes the field workers of the germanic regions of europe (i.e. Austria, Bavaria, Germany, Switzerland, Swedan, Prussia, et al). As there were many people working in the fields of that time, "Ackermann" is a common name. The name "Ackerman", is just an americanization of that Germanic name. Many people chose to change it to that during the early part of the 20 century due to the world wars and Germany;s negative invovlement. My grandfather(1893) was an Ackermann, but my father is an Ackerman (1929 single n). Surnames: Ackerman Submitted by: Allen Ackerman 11/21/2008 3:57 PM Page 1 of 1

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