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  • Bent Hemingsson Fuskeland (c.1470 - 1532)
    Henningsen. Født ca. 1470 på Blaker i Lom. Drept på tinget i Høllen i Søgne i 1532 av kvinnesdølen Stig Bagge . Bent var enkemann da han kom til Holum i 1507, og ikke så lenge etter sin ankomst til kro...
  • Mikkel Larsen Blaker (c.1535 - c.1640)
    Michel Lauritzen Blaker [Munk], blev den rikeste mand i sin tid i Gudbrandsdalen næst efter fogden Lars Gran paa Steig, I 1574 foretok han et ovenfor nævnte jordbytte med sin bror Olufs enke og datter,...
  • ??? Blaker (deceased)

About the Blaker surname

Blaker Name Meaning English: variant of Blacker.

Blacker Name Meaning English: probably an occupational name for a bleacher of textiles, from Middle English blaken ‘to bleach or whiten’. Compare Bleacher. Alternatively, it could be an agent noun from blæc ‘black’, an occupational name for an ink maker.

German (Bläcker): probably from Middle Low German black ‘black ink’, hence an occupational name for an ink maker.