Researching Jim Wacker
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 58 people with the Wacker surname? In that year Wacker was ranked number 3521 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Wacker on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Wacker and the Wacker Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Wacker surname in the USA? Wacker is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jim Wacker
Jim Wacker
James Herbert Wacker (April 28, 1937 – August 26, 2003) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Texas Lutheran University (1971–1975), North Dakota State University (1976–1978), Southwest Texas State University—now Texas State University (1979–1982), Texas Christian University (1983–1991), and the University of Minnesota (1992–1996), compiling a career college football record of 159–131–3. Wacker won two NAIA Division II National Championships with Texas Lutheran in 1974 and 1975, and two NCAA Division II Football Championships with Southwest Texas State, in 1981 and 1982.
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Other names that sound a bit like Wacker
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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