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Posted: 11 Sep 2000 8:07PM GMT
Edited: 15 Oct 2002 9:01PM GMT
MY GREATGRANDMOTHER WAS ISABELLE PODA HAD A SON NAME DAVID AND DUGHTER NAME CORA ANY HELP ON THE FAMILY LINEAGE BACK TO THE ORGIN WOULD BE GREAT
TERRY GRISHAM

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paula poda (View posts)
Posted: 13 Sep 2000 6:42PM GMT
Only one other time in my life have I come across someone with the last name as mine. Was your greatgrandmother from Poland? If so what city were her or her relatives from?
Posted: 13 Sep 2000 10:52PM GMT
Edited: 15 Oct 2002 9:01PM GMT
PAULA, I AM NOT REAL SURE ABOUT POLAND BUT I BELIEVE SO I AM TRYING TO GET MORE INFO FROM MY AUNT AND MY MOM WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED TERRY

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paula poda (View posts)
Posted: 14 Sep 2000 6:27PM GMT
Thanks. I'll check with my family as well.

Poda/Pody

Posted: 26 Feb 2001 4:02PM GMT
Edited: 22 Jun 2001 9:51PM GMT
Paula, I believe that we have a connection in Poda/Pody Line. The Arkansas Poda's originated in Alabama, so did the Colorado Poda's. I have information on both. What is your immediate link to Poda/Pody, do you mind telling me who your father/grandfather are/were? Our Poda/Pody lines begins outside the US.

June

podaski

Posted: 6 Jun 2001 5:01AM GMT
Edited: 31 Jul 2003 4:49PM GMT
In looking at other posts a lady named Deb said you were looking at a family named Podaski? I am from the Podaski family and would like to find out if this true.Please e-mail me and let me know if we are searching the same last name.

Podaraski/Podastra/Poda/Pody

Posted: 6 Jun 2001 3:01PM GMT
Edited: 22 Jun 2001 9:51PM GMT
Dawn, we are known by the name of Poda and Pody, which is believed to have been shortened from Podraski or Podestra. The name is German, and we believe that our ancestors emigrated circa 1776. Further research indicates that the name was spelled at least ten different ways. It has been very difficult to trace, and in more than one instance the P. in the name was read as a B. Has the name Louis Peter Podraski or Podestra come up in your research? It seems that the families are located in Wisconsin and Indiana. They are now called Pody or Poda. My search is for Henrich Bode, pronounced Bo-da in 1776. His brother was Fredrich Bode/Bo-da and the two were found in Rockingham, Virginia just after 1776. Fredrich stayed in Virginia where he married his German descent wife. Henrich left Virginia and came southward. Our family believes that Henrich's wife, Mary, was a daughter or a sister to Andrew Wolf, also of German descent. The next records we have are recorded as Henry and Mary Poda in Wilkes Co. Georgia. Henry died in 1795 and Mary died in 1822. Their children, Andrew, Susannah, and Francis settled in Alabama. I have no verification as to a record that the name was once Podaraski or Podastra, however, those in Wisconsin and Indiana who are now known by the name Poda and Pody do have the above names in their lines. Let me have your thoughts on this. How are you connected to either name?
June

poda/podaski/podgarsky

Posted: 8 Jun 2001 3:47AM GMT
Edited: 31 Jul 2003 4:49PM GMT
June,

I have just started researching my family last name of Podaski....I had no idea there were so many variations of where it came from..
I just made a trip to new york for research and found out from an Uncle that there were some letters dropped from the original name but he couldn't remember which ones. I have found a number of living Podaski's that I hope to get that spelling from. Your information is very helpful and interesting.

I have also found out that we probrably orginated in austria which in the late 1800's had absorbed the country of Poland. I do know for a fact the family originated from that area as Polish is still spoken by aunts and Uncles today...I have been told that my grandfathers parents came from poland but can find no Podaski's on any ships passenger lists..

Another variation I have found in the new york census of 1920 (which matches my grandfathers name and birth date) is Podgrasky. Lol....another variation to research...If I come up with anything else I will be happy to pass it on. thanks so much for passing your info on to me. I learn more and more everyday.

Dawn
Posted: 12 Jun 2001 8:07PM GMT
Edited: 12 Jul 2001 1:57AM GMT
Hello June, you appear the main contact on here when it comes to this surname or this variation of the surname. I have seen until tonight that the name was shortened from the other listed or that it could have been Boda.
Man this sure is confusing. I live here in Alabama and am connected through William James Campbell that married Elizabeth Pody; daughter of Andrew Jackson Poder(another variation). I did find information on the net showing that Henry Poder came to America fighting in the Revolutionary War as a Hessian soldier. Showed he was captured, then escaped to then fight for the Colonies. I then traced from there to Elmore and Coosa counties here in Alabama. If you need any information, which I doubt, I will freely give it. If you could share the info that you have about the original Pody family or it's origins from Germany,I would appreciate it. thanks

Pody/Campbell/Smith/

Posted: 12 Jun 2001 10:28PM GMT
Edited: 22 Jun 2001 9:51PM GMT
Adam,our research came by way of Latter Day Saints Library in Utah. I do have one page of a ship passenger list bound for America, dated 1776. On that list is Henrich Bode and brother, Fredrich Bode. They have been traced to Rockingham Co. VA. I have land records and militia records. The story about Henrich and Fredrich's German descent is well documented in Virginia, especially Fredrich's family. The two Bode's were listed as "Whereabouts Unknown" in their German Regiment after a battle in the colonies. Whether they were separated from the regiment or lost, no one knew at that time. It's evident from later records that they spoke little or no English. Serveral of the records were signed in German. I have that military document. Fredrich found his way back to the regiment, evidentally, for he settled in Virginia until his death and the death of his German wife. I have their marriage records. Andrew Wolfe served along side Henrich and Fredrich Bode in the war in Virginia, and a copy of his military records has been obtained. Henrich Bode has a military record of sorts, by this I mean, he served in the war again for another man named Pence. His record is found under the Pence War Record. I found Henry Pader in 1790 in Wilkes Co. Ga. land records. Living very near is Andrew Wolfe. Researching the land records for the next ten years, I found the same Henry Pader, listed as Henry Podder, Podar, Bodar, Body, Poda and several other spellings. The only way I was able to know this was Henry Pader was the same description of the land in Wilkes Co. Ga. It never changed from 100 acres on Fishing Creek. Henry died in 1795, leaving Mary ? Poda, and all the variations of the spelling of the name and the land. Andrew Wolfe moved on to her land and paid her taxes for several years until he oldest son, Andrew Jackson Pody could share in the land. Mary died in 1822 in Wilkes Co. Ga., but she left a will. Here three children were named: Andrew Jackson Pody, Francis Pody, and Susannah Pody. They all moved to Coosa Co. Al. in 1826. Andrew Jackson Pody was my great-great-great grandfather. Andrew married Nancy Dudley in Wilkes Co. Ga. Their first child was Elizabeth Pody who married James Campbell from Coosa Co. This is my line from Henry Pader/Pody.

1.Henry Pader/Poda/Pody ca.1750 German, d. 1795 Wilkes Co. Ga. (13 different spellings in Wilkes Co.)

2.Andrew Jackson Pody/Poda Wilkes, Ga./Coosa Co. Al.

3. Henry Jackson Pody, Coosa Co. Al.
This is Elizabeth Pody Campbell's brother)

4.David Wahington Pody, Coosa, Co. Al.
Coosa Co. Al.

5.Henry Jackson Pody 111,Coosa Co. Al.

6. Lowell Edward Pody, Coosa Co. Al.

The Andrew Jackson Pody is the same as Andrew Jackson Podar you mentioned in your post.

I have the old Campbell Line.
My Smith connection is through John Smith's marriage to Francis Pody, daughter of Henry J. Pody 11, above, and Mary Ann Pody's marriage to David L. Smith of Coosa Co. Al. I have a good bit of information on the Smiths. After the Pody line got to Coosa, it was not hard to follow, for the name is spelled "Pody" there. The same relatives in Arkansas spell their last name Poda. The P. and the B. in the old script handwritting was often mistaken for one another. Therefore, it is often read wrong. Our researchers strongly believe that Henry Pader's wife Mary ? was probably a sister or a very close relative of Andrew Wolfe/Wolf. He signed her will. I do have a copy of the will. This is all that I can tell you about the name, other than I have emigration and naturalization papers in 1909 for an Andy Pody listing Russia as his homeland. These were sent to me by Poda's in Wisconsin who researched their name as Podrasky, shortened to Poda. How are you connected to Elizabeth Pody Campbell and James Campbell? Their two children were William H. V. Campbell and Francis Jane Campbell. William H. V. Campbell has an impressive war record in Coosa. Elizabeth Pody Campbell remarried James Larkin Bailey after James Campbell died.
Do you have Pody ancestors also? How about the Smiths, have you worked your line on them?
June
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