The kreischer Surname
kreischer Name Meaning and History
- habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische, Kreischa, or Kreischau in Saxony.
- nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German krischen ‘to shriek or cry’ or a metonymic occupational name for a torturer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kreischen ‘to make someone shriek (in pain)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| KREISCHER, WILFRED |
 mspurlock1975
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| Kreischer | COLIN KREISCHER | 3 |
| Ludwig Karl Kreyscher 1824-1872, Luzerne Co, PA |
sindolf
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| Balthasar KREISCHER of Staten Island, New York | Jacob Ruppert | 20 |
| Kreischer History | Will Raup | 4 |
| Henry Honabach |
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| Kreischer | COLIN KREISCHER | 1 |
| Kreischer Family - Central PA |
Marcy_Kreischer
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| Dorothy Kreischer obituary |
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| KREISCHER of 19th Century Staten Island and Brooklyn (NY) | Jacob Ruppert | 2 |
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