90,000 Scottish Immigrants in Poland!

When you said "Napierkowski" is a polonised scottish name from the 17th century how certain are you? Is there any place I could research to better substantiate this. I ask this because I have always been told I have prominent celtic features & do not have anyone left in my family to inquire as to why, and because I'm the only surviving descendent it's obviously important to me to know about my heritage as much as possible. Thank you for your help in advance.

I think Ozi Dan is right, this name has been bandied about a bit.

There was no planes at that times and amount of people was much smaller than today. Bad example.

This might be of interest: warsaw-life.com/news/news/1228-Warsaw's_Scottish_Mayor_Remembered

I've also found a couple of places in Warmia-Mazury with Scottish connections.

Thanks Trevek, that was interesting.

This story is really inspiring!

Just imagine that, a man left the country and traveled whole Europe to a country he has never seen, in the times when the only way to travel was a ship or your own feet. No information about culture and language at all. But he learned the language and with help of hard work became a democratically chosen Mayor of the biggest city in that new, large country.

Being one, possibly he was a friend with the royal family as well! Such a big change in his life.. As I used to say, fear makes people small.

I wonder whether he spoke Latin as his working language when he first arrived. In Warmia there is a town, Braniewo, where once used to be a Jesuit College which was co-founded by a Scot. In a little village on the main road to Braniewo is a small chapel built (1617) by a Scot who started as a farm-labourer in East Prussia and gained an education at Braniewo, later becoming a rich merchant. I have some photos if anyone is interested.