The fackler Surname
fackler Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a torchmaker or for someone whose job was to light or carry a torch, from Middle High German vackel ‘torch’ + agent suffix -er.
- Eastern German: from a short form of the Slavic personal name Wenceslaw or other Slavic names beginning with Vech- or Vach.
- Americanized spelling of Fachler, an occupational name for a surveyor of fish pens (see Fecher).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| George Fackler, will, Dauphin Co, Penn |
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| Fackler Genealogy Books? | Lisa | 21 |
| Elias J Fackler |
mtmazanek
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| FACKLER from Chicago | Kay Brusati | 34 |
| Seefried/Fackler, Laub, Bavaria, Germany |
Rosie_Corrigan
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| Daniel Fackler |
MaryPayne97
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| Invitation to descentents of Minerva Elizabeth Nicholson Fackler |
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| Sarah Fackler & Jacob Mumma | Doug Mumma | 0 |
| Fackler-Thomson decescendants | Deb Smith | 0 |
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