My father's Flesher line goes back to West Virginia...I think in Germany they used Fleisher, perhaps with a c in it...many surnames were changed when they arrived in America because as they immigrated and gave their names, the people couldnt spell them correctly...just from memory (have a document I could check) my immigrant was Johan Peter Fleisher...one of his sons married Susan Popejoy and they went to Ohio as I recall --one of their sons Harrison Flesher to Indiana and then Missouri... Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Flesher > I think Fleischer is the German spelling. There was a Flesher spelling in what is now West Virginia > in the 1780's in Lewis County. He was a farmer who lost two horses to an Indian raid two days > before my ggg-uncle was butchered by the Indians. Flesher was only mildly injured. There should > be many Fleshers in that area today. > > Gary Radcliffe > West Covina, CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ellen Byrne > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:21 PM > To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Flesher > > The name Flesher I believe meant meat cutter in Germany...but wasnt it originally Fleischer? > Does anyone know more about that name? > Ellen Flesher Byrne > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >