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Ecker Origin and Immigration
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Origin: Originated in Hanover Germany as Ludeke - distorted during immigration and census - family using 'Lueddeke' basically all related due to split of family during court battle in Newark New Jersey
Surnames: Luddeke, Ludecke, Ludecker, Ludeke, Lueddeke
Submitted by: Barbara N Parker
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Descendants of Weyrich Rudisill (1679-??) from Lancaster County to York County to Adams County, PA.
Surnames: Eckert
Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Descendants of John Sykes (1780-1841) and Elizabeth Marsh (1780-1851)...from ?? to MD (??) to carroll County, MD. to Adams County, PA.
Surnames: Reinecker
Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Descendant of William Secker and Jane Grimsey m 1782
Surnames: Secker
Submitted by: Eric John Coppell
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: My father, David Lamecker, is the first child of Leo and Delores (Hinderman) Lamecker. I have a lot of information that is NOT listed in this site. So feel free to contact me if needed..
Surnames: Lamecker
Submitted by: Jill Eklund (Lamecker)
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: tile maker
Surnames: Pennebaker, Pfannebecker, Pannebecker
Submitted by: Paul E. Pennebaker
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Derived from Sagar (from a.s. saga, meaning saw). Occuational; a sawyer.
Surnames: Sagar; Sager; Seger; Saggar; Sagger; Segger; Sigger; Sicker; Secker; Sigher
Submitted by: Michael Saggers
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Origin: Scottish
Spelling variations include: Hendry, Hendrie, MacHendry, MacHendrick, MacKendrick and many more. First found in Fifeshire 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. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Daniel and James Hendrie arrived in Philadelphia in 1858; Joe Hendry settled in Virginia in 1635; Thomas Hendry settled in the Barbados in 1669; Robert Hendry settled in New Hampshire in 1719.
Surnames: Decker, Hendry
Submitted by: Kelly Decker
Origin of Ecker, Meaning of Ecker
Origin: Showecker's origin is Germany. The original name comes from a town called Schaubeck in Baden, Wurttemburg.
Surnames: showecker, wash
Submitted by: Shawna Showecker
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