When John Frederick Ackerman was born in 1874, in Morrow, Ohio, United States, his father, Leander Ackerman, was 31 and his mother, Deborah J Simons, was 22. He died in 1874, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
Do you know John Frederick? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Dutch: occupational name from akkerman ‘farmer, plowman’ (from akker ‘field’ + man ‘man’). Compare Akkerman , Aukerman , and Ockerman .
English: from Middle English acreman ‘cultivator of the soil, plowman’ (Old English æcerman, from æcer ‘field, acre’ + man ‘man’). Typically, an acreman was a bond tenant of a manor holding half a virgate of arable land, for which he paid by serving as a plowman. The term was also used generically to denote a plowman or husbandman.
Americanized form of German Ackermann 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.