| ![Show Contents]() Voelcker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of VoelckerWhat does the name Voelcker mean? The ancient and distinguished German surname Voelcker is derived from the Germanic personal name "Volkher," which is composed of the elements "volk," meaning "people," and "her," meaning "army." The name was popular during the early Middle Ages due to the famous Austrian epic poem "Nibelungenlied," which featured a character called "Volker the Fiddler." Both the surname and the given name could be found in many areas of Germany under a number of spelling variations. Early Origins of the Voelcker familyThe surname Voelcker was first found in the south, near the border of Austria, where the fame of the "Niebelungenlied" first reached Germany. The first recorded bearer of the surname was Conrad filius ("son of") Volkardi, who was living near Tuttlingen, Swabia in 1280. The young Voelcker family played a major role in the early history of the region, and contributed greatly to the development of medieval German society. Early History of the Voelcker familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Voelcker research. Another 193 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1280, 1331, 1383, 1434, 1626, 1677, 1761, 1767 and 1845 are included under the topic Early Voelcker History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Voelcker Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Volker, Voelker, Völker, Volkert, Folkart, Foutch, Folk, Volk, Folkerth, Fulchard, Volhard, Volchert, Folgert, Vollert and many more. Early Notables of the Voelcker familyMore information is included under the topic Early Voelcker Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Voelcker migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Voelcker Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Ciriacus Voelcker, who arrived in New York, NY in 1782 1
Voelcker Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- H H Voelcker, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Voelcker (post 1700) | + |
- Max Voelcker (b. 1864), American politician, U.S. Consular Agent in Manta, 1907-1911, Swiss ancestry 2
- John Christopher Auguster Voelcker (1822-1884), German agricultural chemist, born on 24 Sept. 1822 at Frankfort-on-Main, the fifth son of Frederick Adolphus Voelcker, a merchant of that city
- Augustus Voelcker (1822-1884), German agriculturist
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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