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Lepik Surname - meaning and origins


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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 03:29  #1

Hello :)

Can anyone help me with the meaning of the surname Lepik please? I'm almost sure it isn't Łepik because of the pronunciation handed down.

Is there a particular area where my relative is likely to have come from in the 1830's?

Thank you

Nico

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Polson
  Sep 21, 07, 05:29  #2

I looked in Google, it seemed that it's more an Estonian name...are you sure it's Polish ? :p

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Jola
  Sep 21, 07, 06:02  #3

Im also convinced that in Estonia is Lepik a popoular surname.

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Polson
  Sep 21, 07, 06:25  #4

So why do you think there is a Polish meaning ? ;) If it's Estonian, it's not Polish :p

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 09:32  #5

I believe it's Polish because he was a soldier, fought in the November Uprising and was a recipient of the Virtuti Miltari in 1831 but - I may be wrong of course. I had seen elsewhere that the name is possibly Estonian. He sailed on the Marianne from Gdansk in 1834 in a company of 211 Polish soldiers and unfortunately I think it's unlikely that I will find many records for him in the UK.

I guess that's why I asked for opinions and thanks for your replies :)

If anyone has any ideas how I can find his origins I'd be very glad to hear.

Thanks,

Nico

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Polson
  Sep 21, 07, 09:39  #6

Ok ;) so good luck, hope you'll find what you want ;)

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Ronek
Edited by: Ronek  Sep 21, 07, 10:01  #7

He could have been polish from the east or from what is Lithuania nowadays.
And NicoUK I will have great deal of trouble finding where your family exactly came from since in the XIX century there was a lot going on in Poland: Wars, Uprisings so people moved a lot.

But if you are sure as for the virtuti militari medal he received the there might be more information about it.
That sort of medal narrows the group of ppl that could have been your anscestors a lot!

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 10:13  #8

Yes, a lot of trouble indeed and I believe the 211 soldiers had to leave Poland because of it :( It's so very sad to have to leave your country and family and I'd like to learn more about him.

He is listed as being a recipient of the Virtuti Miltari - Lepik Tomasz - zolnierz - batalion saperów - Srebrny - 26 Wrzesnia 1831 and I hope it wiill narrow the search. I've written to the Polish archives and am hoping!

Thanks for your reply Ronek :)

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Ronek
Edited by: Ronek  Sep 21, 07, 10:25  #9

Quoting: NicoUK
I believe the 211 soldiers had to leave Poland because of it


ok clearly a lot worse things happened then the fact that 211 soldiers had to leave poland. c'mon u cant be that thick skinned.

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 10:36  #10

I'm not. I was speaking of this one 'incident' at this time and in connection with my ancestor. I'm sorry if you have interpreted it differently because quite obviously it is a very, very minor 'happening' in the whole of Poland's history.

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Wroclaw [Moderator]
  Sep 21, 07, 11:41  #11

Quoting: NicoUK
Lepik Surname - meaning and origins


Does this family have a connection with Portsea, Hampshire ?

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 11:49  #12

Hello Wroclaw - yes the family was living in Portsea. Do you have any connection?

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witek
  Sep 21, 07, 11:58  #13

Quoting: NicoUK
Can anyone help me with the meaning of the surname Lepik please?


Lepik seems to be an Estonian surname and means alder grove

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Wroclaw [Moderator]
  Sep 21, 07, 12:03  #14

Quoting: NicoUK
Do you have any connection?


No.

I checked FreeBMD and found about a dozen of them. Have you checked there ?

If not: When you do a search click.. All types and only enter the surname Lepik, then press search. You will find births, deaths and marriages.

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 12:06  #15

Thanks witek :) so maybe he was Estonian originally then and that's where I should look for his origins. It does seem that most people think so! I only found my connection to him a few weeks ago and am very new to research other than in the UK and Eire so any help is much appreciated.

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 12:11  #16

Wroclaw, thanks but yes I have checked FreeBMD and also FamilySearch. I've connected with one or two of his descendants and found a few more of his children but it's his ancestors I'm looking for.

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Wroclaw [Moderator]
  Sep 21, 07, 12:22  #17

NicoUK,

Have you tried: rootschat.com

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NicoUK
  Sep 21, 07, 12:25  #18

I think that's one I haven't tried yet, thanks!

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Steveyray
  Sep 23, 07, 10:18  #19

Tomasz Lepik is the right spelling and he did come from Estonia although he changed his name to Thomas. As for his ancestors, difficult, I am also a descendent.

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witek
  Sep 23, 07, 11:28  #20

Quoting: Steveyray
Tomasz Lepik is the right spelling and he did come from Estonia although he changed his name to Thomas


if the name is Tomasz Lepik then most likely he was a Pole or Polonized Estonian living in Estonia.

if he was Estonian then his first name would be Toomas, not the Polish Tomasz

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NicoUK
  Sep 23, 07, 18:17  #21

Steveyray, can I ask how you know he came from Estonia? It seems we are distant 'cousins'.

Witek, thanks for that info. So, since it's the Polish spelling, it's probable that his family came from Estonia but he may or may not have actually been born in Poland.

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Edited by: Wroclaw  Sep 23, 07, 18:50  #22

If it helps 'Lepiku' is a place in Estonia. It may or may not be relevant.

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NicoUK
  Sep 24, 07, 02:29  #23

Thanks Wroclaw :)

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pamshappydays [Guest]
  Oct 7, 07, 15:32  #24

I believe Thomas Lepik is my Great, Great Grandfather and he did indeed live in Portsmouth.

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NicoUK
  Oct 21, 07, 04:18  #25

Quoting: pamshappydays
I believe Thomas Lepik is my Great, Great Grandfather and he did indeed live in Portsmouth.


pamshappydays, do please get in touch? Tomasz/Thomas is my 3rd GGrandfather.

I've enabled email.

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mrwash8
  Dec 16, 07, 16:37  #26

My name is Thomas Lepik my family is from Russia

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