Michael Kampa

This ancestor Michael Kampa was also known and recorded on church and civil records as Michael Nikiel. Nikiel was the name of the farm that he lived on. This meant that this farm/property was once owned by someone previously who was named Nikie. This custom of naming people by the farm that they lived on or were born on went back to the days when people didn't really have 2nd names and went by the names of the farms.