PULKER

PULKER One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Pulker

Variants: Pulcher

Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

Website: www.pulker.info

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Pulker

Contact: Dr Wendy Archer

About the study

I started to research the PULKER name about 50 years ago. My grandfather, Henry PULKER, was born in Oxford.

As far as I have established, PULKERs currently living in England, South Africa, Canada, and the US all have a common ancestor, John PULKER, born around 1720, probably in the Oxford area. The area of Iffley & Cowley in Oxfordshire was the focus for holders of the name 1500-1900.

Variant names

Before about 1850 the variant PULCHER appears.

In 1279 there is mention of POLCRE in Radcot.

Name origin

The word PULCHER is Latin for beautiful.

Historical occurrences of the name

In the Bampton Hundred Rolls of 1279 there is mention of POLCRE in Radcot, where Walter PULCRE held a messuage & 5 acres of arable land, and, it is surmised, made profit out of the traffic crossing the bridge.

Name frequency

There were 71 PULKERs in England & Wales in 1881.

There were less than 100 PULKERs in the Electoral Register in Great Britain in 1998.

Distribution of the name

As far as I have established, PULKERs currently living in England, South Africa, Canada, and the US all are part of the same tree.

PULKER is also an Austrian surname.

Data

I have details of PULKERs -

* in the GRO indexes
* in the censuses of England, Wales & the US
* in Jackson's Oxford Journal
* in parish registers, primarily those of Oxfordshire & London

and in both PCC & Oxfordshire wills.

Links

My One Name Study web site can be found at
www.pulker.info

There are some PULKER wills at
http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/

Contact Details

Dr Wendy Archer

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Pulker in the Guild Indexes

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Global Marriages 12
Modern Newspaper Index 1

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