Kaake Family History
- Kaake Name Meaning
- Dutch: perhaps an altered form of Dutch Kaak, from Middle Dutch cake ‘jaw’ or ‘cheek’, hence a descriptive nickname alluding to some facial peculiarity. Dutch: from Dutch kaag (earlier kaack), the same word as English keg. A bierkaacker was someone who used a beer hoist to carry and deliver kegs of beer. There was a Marten Hendricksz de Bierkaacker at Beverwijck (Albany) in the 17th century. North German: occupational name for a cook, from Kaack(er), Low German equivalent of German Koch.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 12,563 Historical Documents with Kaake on Ancestry
- 2,975 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,317 Census and Voter Lists
- 223 Military Records
- 283 Immigration Records
- 6,765 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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