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heckle Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Cheshire): from Middle English hekel ‘heckle’, an implement for combing or scutching flax or hemp for spinning, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used heckles.
  2. French (Alsace; Hecklé): from a diminutive of German Heck 2.

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Distribution of heckle Families in the US in 1920
Number of heckle families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
 0
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Threads: 6 - Messages: 24
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HECKLE Sikes 16
Heckle, Pearlman, Bloomenthal, Ebert family in New York LQuinn67 0
William Heckle D Young 0
richard hugh heckle derek heckle 2
Pearl Heckle JeanRatley91 1
Heckle family Cathy Costello 0

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