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Walker (Andrew) - Polish version?



mej1948Threads: 1
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Does anyone know the Polish version of surname Walker or anything close it may have been changed from ? I have an Andrew Walker born in Poland 1855,lived in Sheridan Ny,Thanks
SvenskiThreads: 3
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Surname Walker in Poland is "Wędrowiec" ....according to that link anyways...
Polonius3Threads: 1,005
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There were different ways immirgants Anglicised their hard-to-pronounce Polish surnames. One was to choose a similar-sounding English name. If it was Walker, then perhaps its original form had been one of the following: Walkoski, Walkosz, Walkoś, Walkowiak, Walkowicz, Walkowiec, Walkownik, Walkus or Walkusz.
Another way was to translate the general meaning. Since walk in Polish is chodzić, it migth have been something like Chodek, Chodak, Chodziło, Chodkiewicz, Chodakowski, Chodziński, etc.
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