[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaschube; Was Re: Schmidt family from Sompolno region

[Jerry Frank]

My apologies for the misinformation.  I now checked our Master Database and it indeed can be a surname.

The explanation as it fits certain German peoples, however, still stands.



Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: "barry krueger" <bgkrueger1 at gmail.com>
To: "Jerry Frank" <franklyspeaking at shaw.ca>
Cc: "Martin Schmidt" <g8orz03 at gmail.com>, ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:42:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaschube; Was Re: Schmidt family from Sompolno region


Not so sure about this. I am currently working through the records for Wreschen and there are a number of incidences of the Kaschube surname at Nekla Hauland 
Barry Krueger 



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Jerry Frank < franklyspeaking at shaw.ca > wrote: 


Martin, 

I noted your reference to Kaschube and thought I should clarify that this is neither a surname or a place name. Kaschube is a somewhat derogatory reference to Germans with origins typically in eastern Pomerania or western West Prussia. The Kaschube (like the Prus) were originally a Slavic tribe closely associated with the Poles yet with a unique culture and language or dialect. They have in essence disappeared though I think there are efforts to try to save the language. 

Germans who lived in this Kaschuban region were tagged with that name, in part, I think, because of the German dialect they used. They were considered to be of a lower class by Schwabians and other "high German" speaking Germans. 


Jerry 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Schmidt" < g8orz03 at gmail.com > 
To: "Edelgard Strobel" < udo-edelgard at freenet.de > 
Cc: ger-poland-volhynia at sggee.org 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:03:35 PM 
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schmidt family from Sompolno region 

Thank you Petra and Edelgard, 

I'm certain that Friedrich Wilhelm must be my great grandfather. I would 
have never been able to decipher that document without your assistance. I 
could barely make out the word Kalis. I'm not certain which of the two 
Emil Nikolais might be my relative, although I do recall the name of 
Kaschube being mentioned by my grandparents. 

Martin 



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