[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] shepherds in central Poland

[gpvjem]

    I have found several instances in the Polish Lodz Trinity records where the occupation of an individual was given as shepherd.
    I have even found one instance where the man's occupation was given as an executioner's apprentice.  That was not in the Lodz Trinity records however.

John Marsch

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  I thought it was a curious occupation also, but I got this from:
  In Their Words - A Genealogist's Guide Translation Guide to Polish 
  Documents - which lists the following:

  owczarz, owczarza: (m.) shepherd, sheepfarmer (fem. owczarka, owczarki)

  'Owczarz' or 'owczarza' is in several records describing one of these 
  three Kopp men. In some, the handwriting is very clear.

  Sue

  Jerry Frank wrote:
  > 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.
  > 
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  > 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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