Information from Old country
All I know about my greatgrandfather is that he came to Chicago around 1860. I would like to find out more about him and his family prior to that.
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The surname of my greatgrandfather was Chochol. One brother of my greatgrandfather was emigrated to USA. he lives in east part of Poland. from 1794 to 1918 this part of Poland was under Russian occupation. Many documents (administration documents) for citizens was in russian language. In 1918 this documents was translated to polish language, frequentlly with mistakes. From 1918 in our family (big family) we used surnames Chochol, Chachol and Hachol (phonetic identically, depending on translation)because in russian all was Xoxol (x is russian h or "ch"; h and "ch" is phonetic h). Maybe we have the same ancestors. With best regards Andrzej (Andrew) Hachol, Pl 51-645 Wroclaw, Canaletto str. 15
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Re: Information from Old country
Jan Chochol and his parents are my ancestors from Volyne Czech Republic. He lived in Chicago and was married there about 1872. Followup if you'd like more info.
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Hi, my greatgrandmother was Pauline Chochol (born 1881), she went by Hochul. She was from Dembowicz, Poland. She had a brother Andrzej (born 1873). I believe their father was Szgymond. Any relationship?
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David, I don't see a direct relationship. I know Jan Chochol came from Volyne?, Czech Republic around 1860.
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Re: Information from Old country
Just wondering if your know if your ancestor Jan Chochol had a brother Tomas. My great grandfather was Tomas and I'm looking for any information I can find.
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I do know that Jan Chochol came from the village of Velka Poloma and had a sister Julia. Sylvia
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Re: Information from Old country
My Jan Chochol never lived in Chicago. From New York he went to Western Pa. to work in the coal mines, from there he went to Lorain, Oh. to work in the steel mill. Thank you.
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I'm confused. Was there a Czech Republic twice???? In 1892, what country was Velka Poloma in????
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Volyne, which is where my ancestor Jan Chochol came from, is in South Bohemia 11 km south of Strakonice. Don't know what it was then, or the town you talk about, but now its Czech Republic. Different Jan's.
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