Anker Family History
Anker Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German anker ‘anchor’, applied
either as an occupational name for a smith who made ships’ anchors or
as a habitational name from a house identified by an anchor.English: from the Old French personal name Anchier (see
Angier).Norwegian
and Swedish: probably originally a Swedish soldier’s name meaning
‘anchor’. This is the name of a powerful and influential Norwegian
family, who came to Christiana (Oslo) from Sweden in 1668.Danish: from a personal name, of which the first element means
‘eagle’ and the second (probably) ‘violent’.Americanized form of
northern French Anquier, from a personal name of Germanic
origin (see Angier).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Anker
Name Distribution of Anker Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Anker families
 33 - 63  12 - 32 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Anker families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Anker census records
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Anker Family Origin
Anker Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Anker Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Anker families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Anker Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Anker census records
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Military Service by Anker
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