Allied Families

The following allied families are in our direct Boettcher ancestry: Schramm, Allmer, Schorzmann (Schortzmann), Sperr, Laitenberger, Seuffer, Theurer, Schwenk, Ringle, Ade, Ebinger, Fandrich (Wandry), Hoffmann, Ehrmann, Strieb, Haug (Hauck), Schmidt, Knoertzer, Strueber, Boschitzky (Boschatzke), Boepple, Fritz, Mueller-Bader, Suess, Feuerbacher, Anhorn, Lutz, Schaupp, Frey, Graf, Benz, von Ohlhausen (von Olnhausen), Gruen, Mueller

Surname




The basic term today for Cooper in German is Böttcher. Coopers produce wooden vessels which are made of staves, bound together with hoops.  In older times, a variety of German words were used to describe coopers, and use of these terms was typically based on the regional dialects as follows:
  • Northern Germany:  Bädeker, Baedeker, Böde(c)ker, Bödiker, Böttger
  • Northern and East Central Germany:  Böttcher
  • Franken, Böhmen, Schlesien, Sachsen, Thüringen, Hessen:  Büttner
  • Northwestern Germany: Küpper
  • Rheinland:  Fassbender
  • From Southwest to Southeast:  Kiefer,Küf(n)er, Schäffler, Binder, Binter
A map showing regional dialect variation for the German word "cooper"

Many different terms evolved regionally, most of them derived from the different words for the vessels they made.  The following variations of Boettcher names came from the terms Bode (barrel) and Bottich (tub): Bätjer, Bettcher, Betcher, Betger, Bettger, Bettker, Betker, Bädeker, Bädker, Bättger, Bättcher, Bitger, Boddeck, Boddek, Boddeker, Böddecker, Böddeker, Bödeker, Bödecker, Böddicker, Bödiker, Bödicker, Bodniker, Böker, Böcker, Bottiger, Bottner, Bötjer, Bötger, Böttcher, Bötticher, Böttiger, Böttger, Böttner, Böttjer, Böttker, Kleinböttcher, Buddiger.
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