Burk surname in Chicago
My mother's family in Chicago did several name changes in order to Americanize their name.Originally Germans from the Sudentenland (Bohemia) they came to Chicago with a surname that they had gotten as a spoils of war: BURCIKOWSKI.The two immigrant brothers, Martin and Joseph each changed the name.Martin assumed the shortened version of BURK and Joseph legally changed his name to BARNES.This is further complicated by numerous spelling/misspellings of Burcikowski.Family was Catholic. Most buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, IL.I have extensive family tree.
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Re: Burk surname in Chicago
5/05/99
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Re: Burk surname in Chicago
Barbara (Fomby) Burke 2/23/99