[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Paholke Surname

[Günther Böhm]

Am 08.10.2012 18:04, schrieb Beth Burke:
> As many of you know, I spoke to the Oconto County (Wisconsin) Genealogy
> Society in September.  There is a pod of Lublinites in Oconto County,
> including both sides of my own family.  Additionally, many of the surnames
> that occur in the Lublin records on the SGGEE website reoccur in Oconto
> County, Wisconsin.
>
> Is anyone in the SGGEE group researching the surname Paholke?  I have
> received an e-mail from someone up there who has hit a brick wall (welcome
> to the club!) in their research.  A quick overview of the SGGEE records
> shows Tucholke (I've already e-mailed Bill) and a variation of Paholke -
> Baholke (along with several other close matches starting with the letter
> 'B').
>
> If any of you have the Paholke surname - or something close in your
> genealogy - could you please contact me.

Hello Beth,
just something on the original meaning of the surname PACHOLKE:

[Polish] pachołek = [German] Stiefelknecht, Knecht = [English] boot-jack, skivvy.
The name is wide-spread over all Poland and seems to have its origins in a more eastern region.

Günther