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Can anyone help with the surname RAKOWSTSCHIK please?
« on: Monday 25 February 08 04:42 GMT (UK) »
Has anyone heard of the following surname or know where it may originate:

Rakowstschik

There are a couple of people I may have an interest in but I need further information:

Riwka Rakowstschik 1908 Apr-May-Jun    St George in The East  London, Middlesex  

and

Samuil Rakowstschik 1908 Apr-May-Jun    St George in The East  London, Middlesex 

Googling hasn't really got me very far and the only occurrence of them that I have found is on Ancestry, England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983

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Re: Can anyone help with the surname RAKOWSTSCHIK please?
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 February 08 06:49 GMT (UK) »
Hi John

There's also
Hyman Rakowshick
on FreeBMD - born Mile End Old Town Sep Qtr 1890, died Dec Qtr 1891

1891: 21 Sion Sq, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex
Head: Lewis Rakowshek, Cabinet Maker, b Minsk, Russia
Wife: Rosie 24, b Minsk Russia
Son: Hyman 8 mths, b London?
RG12 /  Piece: 301 -  Folio 125/ pg 47

Therei s also a Boarder in a house
Barnett Rakowsctzick, 19, Tailor, b Russia
In Mile ENd Old Town 1901
RG12 /  Piece: 278 / Folio 27 /  pg  49

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Re: Can anyone help with the surname RAKOWSTSCHIK please?
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi AMBLY

Thank you very much for the info.  I'm dreading to think how many surname variations there may be.  It does look like Russia could be a good starter from whence the surname originated though.

Off to do some more searching again.

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Re: Can anyone help with the surname RAKOWSTSCHIK please?
« Reply #3 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:26 GMT (UK) »
I would think the name is likely to originate from the town of Rakovchik, Ukraine.

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