The Boettcher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,659 people carried this name — #5,238 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,646).

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In Poland’s population register

90 people named Boettcher have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 126 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 37
Warmian-Masurian 23
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 11
West Pomeranian 8
Greater Poland 6
Silesian 3
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 24 people named Boettcher.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Bas-Rhin 6
Paris 6
Haut-Rhin 3
Moselle 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Boettcher in American newspapers,
1905–1923.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Boettcher
Fergus County Democrat 1916-07-27
Newspaper page from Evening Capital carrying the name Boettcher
Evening Capital 1923-04-11
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Boettcher
The Billings Gazette 1905-05-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,910 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boettcher in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

2,259 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boettcher. The most, 712, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,668
South Australia 414
Victoria 61
New South Wales 48
Western Australia 18
ACT (Canberra) 15
Tasmania 6
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boettcher.

Who carried it

People named Boettcher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian Eduard Boettcher
    Christian Eduard Boettcher 1818–1889 · painter
  • Daniel Boettcher d. 1766
  • Friedrich Böttcher 1842–1922 · politician
  • Émile Boettcher 1850– · civil engineer
  • Charles Boettcher 1852–1948
  • Georg Boettcher 1863–1915 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boettcher,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,528 records

1,528 records of the Boettcher name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 950
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • Other U.S. records 404
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter R. Boettcher

    Born 1944; from Concord, California. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry M. Boettcher

    Born 1911 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa; auto mechanic from Winnebago County, Iowa. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at West Cemetery, Rake, Iowa.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Minna Boettcher

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Neckar from Bremen, aged 19; servant. From Neustadt, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,528 records for Boettcher in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany81 records

81 records of the Boettcher name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 77
  • German emigration and citizenship files 4
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Boettcher

    Born 1896; from Neukölln. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 29 August 1916; then reported dead in the list of 4 January 1917 (Infantry Regiment No. 58).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Michael Friedrich Boettcher

    Emigrated to America in 1854.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Friedrich Boettcher

    Emigrated to Poland in 1818.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)

Showing 3 of 81 records for Boettcher in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Boettcher name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 29
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Other Australian records 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Marie Martha Boettcher

    Clerk of East Ivanhoe, Victoria; died 1996.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Carl Edward Boettcher

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1890.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick Boettcher

    Retired farmer of Bridgewater, Victoria; died 1963.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Boettcher in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands24 records

24 records of the Boettcher name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 13
  • Dutch population registers 11
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Albert Boettcher

    Born 1917 in Rotterdam. Died 1918 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Carolina Christina Elizabeth Boettcher

    Born 1858 in Ijsselmonde. Married in 1877 in Kralingen.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Elli Marie Boettcher

    In the population register of Best; seamstress, born 1906 in Chemnitz (D).

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Boettcher in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Boettcher name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 9
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Cecilia Winnifred Boettcher

    Buried in 1992 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ludwig Boettcher

    Died 1964; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Douglas William Boettcher

    Died in service in 1962.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Boettcher in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France8 records

8 records of the Boettcher name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Charles Boettcher

    Born 1891 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Paris); died 1975 in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Michel Robert Boettcher

    Born 1942 in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis); died 2001 in Amiens (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Alfred Boettcher

    Born 1930 in Strasbourg; died 1985 in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Boettcher in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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