[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schattschneider

[Gary Warner]

Robert,

My cousin's mother was a Schachtschneider.    He claims that the 
Polish equivalent was Cholowinska.    I have a Polish friend who 
cannot verify this, but she did say that the root word cholo means 
head, as in the working face of a mine shaft.    My understanding is 
that Schachtschneider means pit cutter, I assume as in a person who 
digs in a mine, so they may really be equivalents.

Gary Warner

At 02:06 PM 06/01/06, Robert Norenberg wrote:
>Greetings
>
>Would anyone know if there is a Polish equivalent for
>the name Schattschneider(Schachtschneider)? I am
>looking through some church records(Jezow) and this
>name should be here but isn't. I almost missed the
>name Hartwig as it is written as Twardowski so it's
>possible I'm missing Schattschneider as well because
>of a name change.
>                          Regards Robert Norenberg
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>_______________________________________________
>Ger-Poland-Volhynia Mailing List hosted by
>Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe http://www.sggee.org
>Mailing list info at http://www.sggee.org/listserv