[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] shepherds in central Poland

[Rose Ingram]

Recently I have been looking at records in Wladyslawow (by Kolo) parish and 
Shepherd is mentioned several time as an occupation.

Rose Ingram


From: "Jerry Frank" Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:54 PM


> Shepherd is such an uncommon occupation in Poland that it is not
> included in my list of occupations by Frazin.  Are you certain you
> have the right translation?
>
> My dictionary says that the root word would be pastuch or pasterz.
>
>
> Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
> FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
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> At 09:16 PM 11/01/2006, Sue Eipert wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>One of my ancestors (Georg (Jerzy) Kopp - or Kopf) is identified as a
>>shepherd in records from the Chodecz parish in Poland around 1855. He
>>lived in Wichrowice at that time. At least two other men, Andrzej amd
>>Michal (perhaps his brothers?), also shepherds, are listed as witnesses
>>in Georg's children's births and deaths. They were from other towns -
>>Wilkowice (nearby) and Dabzelowa (??)
>>
>>I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about shepherds in that
>>place and time. Were they most likely to work as shepherds for some
>>noble, or own their own sheep?
>>
>>Has anyone run across many shepherds in that area or others in Poland?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Sue Eipert
>>seipert at eipertinfo.com
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