Surname Saturday: Luckhart, Lukehart, Lookhart, Lueckhardt

The German & Swiss surnames in my family tree have been the most difficult to research in that there appears to have been  no consistent spelling of the surnames once the families reached the American colonies in the 1700s.  For example, HUBER can also be found in records as Hoover, Hover, and Hoober;  SCHREIBER can also be found in records as Shriver, Schriever, Schrivenor, Schriver and more. KEFFER can also be found as Keefer, Keifer, Kiefer, etc etc.

The most difficult name in this genre that I've had to trace is LUECKHARDT, which in US records can be found as Luckhart, Lukehart, Lookhart and even Luckett or  Lockhart.

Here is my branch of the Luckhart family (I'll use this spelling). This information is from wills, census and church records, and is what I have found so far, with my ancestors highlighted in Red:

1) CONRAD LUECKHARDT Sr b Feb 12, 1751 Vockerode, Pruessen, Germany;  d 1831 Ross Co OH;  m 1st) Anna Maria unk on Nov 12, 1780 Alsace, Berks Co PA; 2nd) m Margaret unknown.  Migrated before 1790 from Alsace twp, Berks Co PA  to Washington Co MD and can be found in census there. Migrated to Huntingdon Co PA and can be found in census there 1800-1820. Migrated after 1820 to Ross Co OH, with many of his children and their families, and can be found in 1830 census there. 

Children of CONRAD LEUCKHARDT & ANNA MARIA unk:

2) HANNAH LUCKHART b March 29, 1780  PA m Thomas Leasure (not sure about birthdate)

2) EVA LUCKHART b Oct 1, 1781 Berks Co PA m John Cherry; d Ross Co OH

2) CONRAD F LUCKHART Jr b Nov 17, 1782 Berks Co PA m Margaret Reese; d Indiana Co PA

2) VALENTINE LUCKHART b abt 1785 Berks Co PA d Dec 29, 1824 Ross Co OH

2) CATHERINA LUCKHART b Aug 16, 1786 Berks Co PA; m unk

2) JACOB LUCKHART b July 25, 1794 PA or MD; m Rebecca Chambers; d Madison Co Iowa

2) HENRY LUCKHART b abt 1798 MD m Mary Polly unk; d prob Fountain Co IN

2) MARGARET LUCKHART b Feb 27, 1800 Huntingdon Co PA m John Wacht/Waite; d Ross Co OH

2) JOHN LUCKHART b abt 1802 Huntingdon Co PA, d Sept 15, 1881 Ross Co OH  m Rachel Saggety

2) ANNA BARBARA LUCKHART b Sept 22, 1782 Alsace, Berks Co PA m Jacob Wacht/Waite

2) SUSANNAH LUCKHART b abt 1790 Washington Co MD d aft 1840 Hocking Co OH m Lewis Shriver b abt 1790 MD. Husband Lewis Shriver died April 1831  Hocking Co OH, and in 1840 Hocking Co OH census Susannah was head of household, operating a mill, living next to her son Frederick William Shriver. 

Children of LEWIS SHRIVER & SUSANNAH LUCKHART:

3) FREDERICK WILLIAM SHRIVER b 1810 PA; d aft 1880 Cass Co IN;  m Elizabeth Schreckengaust

3) PHILLIP SHRIVER b 1818-1822 OH; d bf 1870 Civil War? m Margaret unk, lived Montgomery Co IN

3) JOHN LUCKHART SHRIVER b 1810-1830 m unk; Civil War?

3) ELIZABETH SHRIVER b 1810-1830 m unk

3) MARGARET SHRIVER b abt 1820 OH, d Oct 15, 1887 Montgomery Co IN m Jacob Huber, Elijah’s brother

3) THOMAS SHRIVER b abt 1830; in household of Jacob Huber 1860; m unk? died Civil War?

3) CATHERINE SHRIVER  b 1812 PA, d May 28, 1888 Montgomery Co IN;  m Elijah Huber, Jacob's brother

As always, your comments appreciated. Have a great day!

Betty