Daily Ancestorcórka
Córka is Polish for "daughter"; córka Tomasza means "daughter of Tomasz," with the father's name in the genitive.
Córka means daughter. In marriage and death entries a woman is identified as córka followed by her parents' names, and the father's name takes the genitive ending -a: córka Tomasza is daughter of Tomasz.
The ending of córka itself also changes: córki is the genitive and córką the instrumental, common in marriage records after między, between. The word for a girl in general is dziewczyna, and a granddaughter is wnuczka.
As seen in a recordMarriage record in a Polish-language parish register, Russian Poland, 1840s
a panną Rozalią, córką Tomasza i Agaty z Lisów, małżonków Mazurków
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