[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schattschneider

[Reiner Kerp]

Hello fellowsearchers,

> According to Hans Bahlow's dictionary of German names,
> Schachtschneider means "one who cuts shafts" as in spear
> spears and lances.

Also boots have a "Stiefel-Schaft" (the boot-leg), so Schachtschneider
may be a bootmaker.

>  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.

 This would better korrespond to Cholewka/Cholowinska.


Reiner (Kerp)