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                                        <title>Re: Surname meaning: Chelpa</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=3273'&gt;Doppler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:46 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Some Chlepa (CHEL/PA) was donator in 1587 of Arcybractwo Milosierdzia in Krakow.&lt;br /&gt;
Marcin Chelpa, 1775 has  lawsuit by Jakub Przewlocki in Uscie (Dep.468, str.32)</description>
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                                        <author>Doppler</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sat Oct 05, 2013 6:46 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Re: Surname meaning: Chelpa</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2'&gt;Zenon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:27 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Welcome to the Forum John08,&lt;br /&gt;
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I haven't found any mention about Chełpa or Chelpa surname in my sources. However, in our Polish Genealogical Society website genealodzy.pl I have found request for translation of a record from Latin into Polish where appears surname &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Chełpa &lt;/span&gt;and father of the newborn is from &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Dublany &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;images/smiles/icon_exclaim.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Exclamation&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt; (link to the post: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.genealodzy.pl/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;amp;file=viewtopic&amp;amp;p=18024&amp;amp;highlight=che%B3pa#18024&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.genealodzy.pl/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&amp;amp;file=viewtopic&amp;amp;p=18024&amp;amp;highlight=che%B3pa#18024&lt;/a&gt; ). &lt;br /&gt;
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Details of this birth record: &lt;br /&gt;
Janina Łobodzińska born Ocrober 27 18??, babtized November 1, house no. 136; died April 2 1948 in Jarosław (death certificate no. 94/4); &lt;br /&gt;
Father : Karol Łobodziński shoemaker, son of Jan and Franciszka &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Chełpa &lt;/span&gt;born (father) January 28 1884 in &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Dublany&lt;/span&gt; district Sambor.&lt;br /&gt;
Mother: Zofia Śliwa (born 1885)- daughter of Kacper (farmer) and Barbara.&lt;br /&gt;
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Author of the request is the genealodzy.pl forum member 'genek72'. &lt;br /&gt;
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In 2002 there were 232 people using the surname Chełpa and 11 using the surname Chelpa living in Poland. Detailed map can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Che%C5%82pa&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Che%C5%82pa&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
and here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Chelpa&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/Chelpa&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://polishorigins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=577#577&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Sources &lt;/a&gt;</description>
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                                        <author>Zenon</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:27 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Surname meaning: Chelpa</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='https://forum.polishorigins.com/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=499'&gt;JOHN08&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Looking for meaning of my mother's name: CHELPA. She listed her birth place as Dublany, Galicia, Poland on her naturalization papers in 1944. Thanks for any help. &lt;br /&gt;
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John</description>
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                                        <author>JOHN08</author>
                                        <pubDate>Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 pm</pubDate>
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