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Aker Origin and Immigration
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Aker Surname Distribution
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Origin: George F?zenbaker, the original Fazenbaker immigrant to America, was among the 'Hessian' soldiers hired by England's King George III to fight against the colonial forces during the American Revolution. George was a private in the 6th Company of the 'Jager-bataillons' (that is, the hunter battalions). To be precise, George was not from that part of Germany known as Hesse, but the term Hessian is customarily applied to all the German soldiers hired by King George. German records show that George was labeled a deserter with full arms and equipment on 4/4/1781. His unit served in Virginia. Western Maryland genealogist Wayne Bittinger noted that 'a history of Germans in the state of Maryland ... reports that he had been taken prisoner of war and had refused return transportation to Germany.' The two accounts, one German and one American, appear to be different perspectives on the same event. George Fazenbaker married Elizabeth ----, who was born in the 1750s or 1760s in Germany. George eventually settled in what is today Garrett County, Maryland. The first known record of the Fazenbaker family in western Maryland was made in 1787, four years after the end of the Revolutionary War. The surname in German contains a letter not used in EngWalt Warnick
Surnames: Facenbaker, Fazenbaker
Submitted by: Walt Warnick
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: My Grandfather Was Leonard James Laker Born Approx 1880-1890 Resident Of Cocking,Midhurst, West Sussex.Uk, Relatives Known Horley Surrey
Surnames: Laker
Submitted by: Tony Laker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: world-wide one name study: origins in West Yorkshire, England
Surnames: PEAKER
Submitted by: Roy Peaker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Elijah d.Danville Vermillion, Ill. early 1800's at 26 yr. w.Mary Sharp f. James whitaker of Danville. children, William & John B.Whitaker.Above James whitaker came from Dearborn co. Ind.as did this family. found in 1820 census in Dearborn Ind.& 1830 in Danville Ill. Other census shows other siblings yet unknown.
Surnames: Whitaker
Submitted by: Janet Whitaker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: looking for the baker family of thorpe le soken essex.they lived there from about 1840 to 1910.grateful for any information
Surnames: baker
Submitted by: robin walker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: the family of Harry James Baker of Elwood Indiana and Jefferson County Indiana
Surnames: Baker
Submitted by: Gilbert F Russell
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: World-wide one name study. All information welcome.
Surnames: PEAKER
Submitted by: Roy Peaker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: My Grandfathers name is Lashbrook Hymas Laker. Who also told me that it was of english origin. (England)
Surnames: Laker
Submitted by: Kyle Laker Gardner
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Derived from Amager, a small Danish island to the east of Copenhagen.
Surnames: Amaker
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Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: tile maker
Surnames: Pennebaker, Pfannebecker, Pannebecker
Submitted by: Paul E. Pennebaker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Lake (pronounced LahKa) is a German term for a marinade used for pork. One who did this would presumedly have been a Laker. The name is Saxon in origin from the area of Nord Rhein-Westfalen in northern Germany. Many of these Saxons ended up in England in Sussex.
Surnames: Laker
Submitted by: Jim laker
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Cumbrian dialect for some who "plays" in Lakeland
Surnames: Laker
Submitted by: Steve
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Fazakerley - village in Lancashire, England, now a suburb of Liverpool. - from Old English means 'a cultivated plot of land at the edge of a forest clearing.'
Surnames: Fazakerley
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Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: "Baker Coat of Arms:
Silver with a black saltire on which there are five silver escallops, and at the top a silver lion on a black chief.
Spelling variations include: Baker, Bakere and others.
First found in Durham where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D."
We need to check this with the Burkes source. It would also be good to find out which line of Bakers are entitled to use it.
the surname Baker ?Definition: Occupational name which originated in medieval times from the name of the trade, baker. From the Saxon "bacan," to dry by heat. Surname Origin: Saxon Alternate Surname Spellings: BAXTER, BECKER, BAXLEY, BACKSTER, PACKER?
source: http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/b/bl_name-BAKER.htm
Surnames: Baker
Submitted by: Zohre Brown
Origin of Aker, Meaning of Aker
Origin: Handschumacher - German Origin Handschumaker Handshumaker
Meaning: Glove Maker
Surnames: Handschumacher, Handschumaker, Handshumaker
Submitted by: Linda
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