Krueger Scottish?

[slohairt]

Dia Dhuit, A Gary!

Kerracher (also MacKerchar and MacErchar) is actually an anglicisation of Mac Fhearchair, the vocative case of the original Scottish Gaelic form of Farquharson (which is in itself a Lowlands Scots rendering of Mac Fearchair, meaning son of Fearchar "dear one").

Hope this helps your search!

[Deil the Yin]

ai though Krueger wuz the German form o' the 'merican word "Kegger"..

as in; "ya'll havin' a kegger this weekend?"

Did somebody say there's a kegger this weekend???

[gilmore]

To my mind there is nothing at all wrong with being descended from a Prussian waiter, if that is the case. We are what we are. But there is something very wrong with pretending to be something one is not.[/QUOTE]

Be careful here, Mr. Gilmore. You seem to be making an unwarranted assumtion. I am what I am and am a bit resentful that anyone would suggest otherwise. I found it interesting that in doing a search of the surname "Krueger" I came up with a scottish connection...TO THE SURNAME ONLY AND NOT TO MY FAMILY HERITAGE.[/QUOTE]

I don't understand the difference. One's surname IS one's family heritage for the most part, and either there is a true familial connection in fact with other surnames, rather than a mere similarity in sounds, or there is not. There are probably millions of Chinese people with the surname "Li," but it doesn't necessarily follow that there is any connection or "association" with the English surname "Liegh," even though they are pronounced similarly.

[Gary Krueger]

Kinda sorry I mentioned this. My family came from Stolpe in Prussia and migrated directly to the US, namely to Michigan. My mother's family migrated in a wave that arrived prior to my father's family. Oddly enough, they both came from the same area (Stolpe [Stolp] ) I have a map of the area and I think my memory of how to spell the name is correct, since I can't put my hands on the information that my cousins and I possess.

So, to set Mr. Gilmore straight... I am german through and through and claim no knowledge of scottish heritage. I find it interesting that a german name could find its way to other countries, but then thinking of how the spelling of our name underwent so many changes here in the US, I guess finding scottish, brittish or any other varriation isn't that odd.

Enough said...let's get on with our lives. Thanks to those who added positively to this thread.

[gilmore]

So, to set Mr. Gilmore straight... I am german through and through and claim no knowledge of scottish heritage. I find it interesting that a german name could find its way to other countries, but then thinking of how the spelling of our name underwent so many changes here in the US, I guess finding scottish, brittish or any other varriation isn't that odd.

Whether you are of German, Scottish, or other descent isn't the point. I imagine you are a fine fellow whatever your heritage. The point is that merely because names sound alike is not enough to claim that they are variations of each other. The human voice is capable of producing only so many sounds, and it is inevitable that sounds that are the names of people, places and things in different languages will sound similar. An example is Boyer (French for "archer," an occupational name) and Bayer (Bavaria.) Very different meanings and etymologies. However, family stories sometimes confuse similarites like this, they are passed down for generations, and can result in a great deal of frustration for genealogists who spend literally years looking in the wrong places for evidence that just isn't there and never was.

[slohairt]

Dia Dhuit!

Etymological origin of a surname does not always have much to do with someone's heritage, Gilmore. In previous posts you might remember that I wrote about certain Highland clans having Norse progenitors. The same is true of Ireland and probably many other countries. Do the MacDougalls thinks of themselves as Norsemen? Do the O'Loughlins? No, of course not. They are as Gaelic as they come. One person founded the name/clan but his descendants intermarried and became so interwined within the native culture that they could not be regarded as anything other than that.

[gilmore]

Dia Dhuit!

Etymological origin of a surname does not always have much to do with someone's heritage, Gilmore. In previous posts you might remember that I wrote about certain Highland clans having Norse progenitors. The same is true of Ireland and probably many other countries. Do the MacDougalls thinks of themselves as Norsemen? Do the O'Loughlins? No, of course not. They are as Gaelic as they come. One person founded the name/clan but his descendants intermarried and became so interwined within the native culture that they could not be regarded as anything other than that.

Of course. I am not sure what your point is in the context of this thread. Mine is that there is no quick---or even slow---substitute for painstaking, generation by generation research backward in time.

[Gary Krueger]

And my point was and is...I wasn't intending to suggest any thing about researching for my family heritage... but that I find the change of name spelling interesting... that's it.