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in reply to a message by Lonny Pulkrabek
You'll find an explanation here -
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Pulkrabek
which suggests to me that the name started out as the German Burg graf. My dictionary defines burgrave as "the governor or hereditary ruler of a town or castle". The -ek ending probably denotes descent from a pulkrabi, though it could be a diminutive ending to a nickname.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Pulkrabek
which suggests to me that the name started out as the German Burg graf. My dictionary defines burgrave as "the governor or hereditary ruler of a town or castle". The -ek ending probably denotes descent from a pulkrabi, though it could be a diminutive ending to a nickname.
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