Caulker (family name)

Caulker , also Corker, is a family name .

It is particularly common in Sierra Leone . In the 17th and 18th centuries, the settlement of Tombo was controlled by the British slave trade family Caulker. Many of them were chiefs on the Banana Islands .

Members include, among others

• Richard Conray-Ba Caulker (18 ?? - 1900), a tribal chief
• Skinner Caulker , slaver
• Stephen Caulker († 1810)
• Thomas Caulker
• Thomas Corker (Caulker) († 1785)
• Thomas Stephen Caulker († 1832), slave trader in the 18th century
• Thomas Neale-Caulker († 1898)
• William Corker (Caulker) († 1795)

Other persons with the surname are or were:

• Christian Caulker (* 1988), Sierra Leonean football player
• Steven Caulker (* 1991), English footballer with Sierra Leonean roots

literature

• Lovejoy, PE (2000). Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521784306 .

See also

• Cleveland gravestone

Website

• Sierra Leone Traditional States (English)