I am looking for information on this family line. I am pretty certain this
is the Polish spelling of a German name.

Chonita,

Now that you have discovered that Fröhlich is Wessalowsky / Wesolowski in Polish you are also certain that Bobrowski is the Polish equivalent of a German name. You might be right but I wouldn't be surprised if your Bobrowskis were just Bobrowskis . They may have been German but also of Polish or Baltic or Kashubian roots.

Polish language: bóbr = beaver
Baltic language: bebrus = beaver
Kashubian language: buobrovi = beaver

I did a search on genpol.com for BOBROWSKI. (Click on strony Serwis heraldyczny Ośrodka Dokumentacji Wychodźstwa Polskiego w Pułtusku, then search for Bobrowski, copy the result and go back to the first page, past it into the form, click on Pokaż mapę). Interestingly, most of the Bobrowskis are found in the Voivodeship Gdańsk, region of the Kashubians.

This is only one thing I was stumbling about. The rule of genealogical research remains the same: assume nothing and prove everything. Good luck for your search.

Irene

PS: I still have to uncover the roots of my Volhynian-German g-grandfather Johann, born 1838 in Poland. His family name was BUNKOWSKI - sounds not German to me...

I am pretty certain this is the Polish spelling of a German name.
I am looking for the German translation of this name.

Chonita,

I would suggest one of the following: Bieber, Biber, Bieberdorf, or Biberdorf.

Hope this helps,
Jan Textor

...... the German translation of Bobroske also spelled as Bobrowske?

no translation , but an explanation:

http://www.polishroots.com/surnames/surnames_16.htm#BOBROWSKI

Regina

I know that the Germans did change their name when going into Poland. For example my Froehlich line went from Froehlich (German) to Wessalowsky (Polish).

Does anyone know the German translation of Bobroske also spelled as Bobrowske?

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Übersetzung (durch admin)

Ich suche Informationen über diesen Familienzweig. Ich bin ziemlich sicher, daß [Bobrowski / Bobroske] die polnische Form eines deutschen Namens ist und suche die deutsche Übersetzung dieses Namens.

Ich weiß, daß Deutsche ihren Namen änderten, wenn sie nach Polen umsiedelten. So änderte sich zum Beispiel der Name meiner FRÖHLICHs von FRÖHLICH (Deutsch) zu WESSALOWSKY (Polnisch).

Kennt jemand das deutsche Äquivalent von Bobroske bzw. Bobrowske?