What can you tell me about the surname "Dukeshier"?

Question

I have seen it spelled both "Dukeshire" and "Dukeshier". It is the surname of my great-great grandfather. For some reason, I originally thought it was British. But now I've found evidence that his ancestors came from Germany and that the name was originally something like "Tuchsherrer". I think "tuch" means "cloth" in German, so maybe this name originally meant "taylor"? Does anybody have any other insights into this surname?

Answer 1

http://www.surnameweb.org/Dukeshier/surn...

Answer 2

Schneider is German for tailor.

As you mention, tuch, is cloth or fabric, schere, is scissors or shears,

so maybe it means somebody who works with, or cuts, cloth but is not a tailor.

Edit :

Schneider : Last name origin & meaning:

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, literally ‘cutter’, from Middle High German snīder, German Schneider, Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes used to denote a woodcutter.

Edit 2 : Well, how about that ?

Tuchscherer : Last name origin & meaning:

German: occupational name for a cloth cutter or merchant, from Middle High German tuoch ‘cloth’ + an agent derivative of schern ‘to cut’.

So there you have it !!