. A partial history and genealogical record of the Bancker or Banker families of America and in particular the descendants of Laurens Mattyse Bancker. lies it is not true ot Dutchfamilies. *Mt \ \ Vorsterman van Ojen of Arnhem, Steynstrasse .7, ^rrl ^-^ able to funiish considerable information concermng tne liouuniSii of the naLe. I did not feel able to avail mysek ot re- searches. INTRODUCTION I-.) The most remarkable experience I have ever had ^ns faiind m Xew YorK City a family oi Rus&ian Jews by the name oi:Banker. The father, Lewis Banker, came to this country fromRussia in IsTl.
. A partial history and genealogical record of the Bancker or Banker families of America and in particular the descendants of Laurens Mattyse Bancker. lies it is not true ot Dutchfamilies. *Mt \ \ Vorsterman van Ojen of Arnhem, Steynstrasse .7, ^rrl ^-^ able to funiish considerable information concermng tne liouuniSii of the naLe. I did not feel able to avail mysek ot re- searches. INTRODUCTION I-.) The most remarkable experience I have ever had ^ns faiind m Xew YorK City a family oi Rus&ian Jews by the name oi:Banker. The father, Lewis Banker, came to this country fromRussia in IsTl. \Yhen his children be^ran to atrend the pubiivischools of the citv, they pronounced their name to the teacherwho spelled it as easily as she eould according to the sound,Banker, and they have continued to use the name so spelled eversince. Precisely what the Russian name may have been it wouldbe difficult to tell, but by this means we have started here inAmerica a Jewish line of Bankers. The name Baukert occurs occasionally in this country, butI have not had an opportunity to trace any of the-se families orto learn the origin of their fa:mily insignia. No citizen of the United Stateshas any right that could be rec-ognized either by the laws of thiscountry or of Europe to bearcoat armor of any kind whetherby assumption or inheritance;nor is the use of heraldic insig-nia as indicative of family rankconsistent with American prin-ciples. Xevertheless, as pertain-ing to the history of ones an-cestry under different social con-ditions, the question as to what armorial devices they may haveborne is a proper subject of enquiry and rightfully belongsto a family history. To an American family coat armor hasmuch the character of a rare antique; it is of little or no use,often difficult to prove and taken largely on faith, but orna-mental and gratifying to the possessor. rjy as to the coats of arms which may have beenborne by Banckers have not been extended verj^ far and
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