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Question:Does anyone know of the origins of the last name Kopischke?I know we are Prussian (when Prussia was still a country). But I have also heard people say Kopischke sounds Polish.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Does anyone know of the origins of the last name Kopischke?I know we are Prussian (when Prussia was still a country). But I have also heard people say Kopischke sounds Polish.

West Prussia was a big part of what we now call Poland. It encapsulated everything from Berlin east to just about Warsaw.

Here are several marriages from the Prussian region of Poznan that might be of use to you:

Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 4 in 1843
Johann Seehafer (27)
Eva Kopischke (29) father: Michael Kopischke


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 34 in 1863
Wilhelm Pubanz (38)
Florentine Kopischke (21) father: Georg Kopischke, mother: Caroline geb. Lutze


Protestant community in Nak?o [Nakel], entry # 53 in 1863
Wilhelm Zinter (46)
Caroline Lieg nee Kopischke (36)


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 6 in 1837
Christian Muller (25)
Klara Kopischke (23) father: Georg Kopischke


Approximate matches
Protestant community in Chodzie? [Chodziesen/Kolmar], entry # 17 in 1844
Franz Ludwig Kapischke (36)
Anna Rosina Wilhelmine Kassner (20) father: Martin Additional information: widower


Protestant community in Wrze?nia [Wreschen], entry # 30 in 1845
Adolf Kupschke (24)
Caroline Richter (27) father: Johann


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 18 in 1866
Peter Ringert (28) father: Jacob Ringert, mother: Eva geb. Erdmann
Emilie Kopiske (24) father: Daniel Kopiske, mother: Susanne geb. Kolander


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 43 in 1851
Carl Friedrich Gums (29)
Caroline Wilhelmine Kopiske (19) father: Daniel Kopiske


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 88 in 1872
Wilhelm Kopiske (25) father: Michael Kopiske
Julianne Doring (22) father: David Doring


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 33 in 1867 Traugott Hermann Kopiske (27) father: Christoph Kopiske, mother: Wilhelmine geb. Schroder
Mathilde Louise Adam (20) father: Friedrich Wilhelm Adam, mother: Veronika Emilie geb. Smolinska


Protestant community in Koronowo [Polnisch Krone], entry # 18 in 1868
Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Kopiske (28) father: Daniel Kopiske, mother: Susanne geb. Kolander
Emilie Auguste Huhnke (16) father: Friedrich Huhnke, mother: Rosina geb. Hass


Protestant community in Nak?o [Nakel], entry # 2 in 1850
Johann David Sieg (30)
Caroline Kopiske (22) father: Johann Kopiske


Protestant community in Nak?o [Nakel], entry # 5 in 1844 Heinrich Friedrich Lehmann (33)
Eva Rosina Kopiske (25) father: Daniel Kopiske

Protestant community in Nak?o [Nakel], entry # 43 in 1839 Bride:Rosina Kopiske (35) Carl Hein (26)
father: Jacob Kopiske

Protestant community in Nak?o [Nakel], entry # 13 in 1835 score: Groom: Johann Gottlieb Kopiske (23)
Julianne Kunfner (19) father: Jacob Kunfner

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Kopischke
German: from a Slavicized variant of eastern German Kopisch, a derivative of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob).
hope this helps.

Poland lost its national identity in the 18th century. It was divided between Prussia, Russia and Austria. For instance, Warsaw had been part of Russia, then later it became part of Prussia. Poland was brought back into national existence by the Treaty of Versailles. So you probably have some Polish ancestry. It might be a case of it being so many generations back, you would say you are Polish in name only.
Today what was Prussia is now part of Germany and Poland.