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I should mention that Skala used to be a small town. Except of Ukrainians (Greek Catholics), large communities of Poles (Roman Catholics) and Jews lived there. Poles and Jews had their own religious centres, namely Roman Catholic Church and the synagogue. Ukrainians had three Greek Catholic churches at the beginning of the 18th century. Then only two of them continued to function. They were in the parts of town called “Skala Stara†and “Skala Novaâ€.
The Research is done on the base of Greek Catholic Registers from:
Ternopil archives: Skala Stara – registrations of births 1847-1923, marriages 1871-1912, deaths 1871-1913. Skala Nova – registrations of births 1864-1913, and marriages 1846-1919.
Borschiv Registry Office: Skala Stara – registrations of marriages 1913-1944. Skala Nova – registrations of births 1914-1944, marriages 1920-1944.
They wrote the Registers in Latin until 1909; I will write names until that year according to Ukrainian transcription and original names in brackets.
I will use letters SS – Skala Stara and SN – Skala Nova to identify residence of families.
I should mention there were many factors that formed surnames origin. The main were: 1) father’s name (“Semenivâ€, “Semchyshyn†– a son of Semen; “Hnativâ€, “Hnatyshyn†– a son of Hnat; “Pavlivâ€, “Pavlyshyn†– a son of Pavlo; “Prokopivâ€, “Prokopovych†– a son of Prokip etc.) 2) Occupation (if a man was engaged in tailoring, he had “Kravets†surname (tailor); in shoe-making, sewing – “Shvets’ †(shoemaker); in weaving – “Tkach†(weaver); if he threshed flour in a mill – “Melnyk†(miller) etc.) 3) Outward appearance (“Kryvyy†(lame), “Slipyy†(blind), “Bilyy†(white), “Khudyy†(thin), etc.) 4) Place of birth or living (from Nivra village – “Nivryanskyyâ€, from Lviv – “Lvivskyyâ€).
The surnames “Yatsyshyn†and “Stetsiuk†had been formed according to the first factor. So, the male name Yakiv, who could be fondly called Yatsko, was the origin of Yatsyshyn surname. Other surnames can be formed from this name: Yatsiuk, Yatseniuk, Yatskiv etc.
The origin of Stetsiuk surname was the male name Stephan; Stetsko is a gentle form of that name. Other surnames such as Stetsko, Stetskyy, Stestkiv etc. are formed from the name.
YATSYSHYN
I have managed to determine that the first of the kin was VASYL YATSYSHYN (Basilius Jacyszyn). He was obviously born at the end of the 18th century. He married Ahaphia (her maiden surname is unknown). They lived in the building No 6-SS, and had at least 2 children – Mykola and Anna:
YATSYSHYN MYKOLA (Jacyszyn Nicolaus) was obviously born at the beginning of the 19th century. He married Ksenia Leschyshyn; her parents were Theodor and Maria (Xenia Leszczyszyn, p.Theodorus et Maria). She was born in about 1808; she died 13.12.1874 at the age of 66. Mykola died until 1871. They lived in the building No 6-SS, and had at least 5 children:
- Yatsyshyn Ivan (Jacyszyn Joannes) was born in about 1833. He was married twice. The first time, he married Katheryna Halayko, p.Vasyl and Anna Kunka (Catharina Halajko, p.Basilius et Anna Kunka). They lived in the building No 6-SS, and had at least 3 children:
o Yatsyshyn Maria (Jacyszyn Maria) 12.09.1864 – 26.03.1872
o Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 18.11.1866 – 1.12.1866 o Yatsyshyn Dmytro (Jacyszyn Demetrius) 4.11.1867 – 12.11.1867
Katheryna Halayko died within 1867-1870. Then, Ivan Yatsyshyn took Anastasia Kovalyshyn into the second marriage, p.Mykhaylo and Anna Huhlevych (Anastasia Kowalyszyn, p.Michael et Anna Guglewicz). She was born 3.06.1851, in the building No 64-SS. They lived in the building No 6-SS, later in the building No133-SS, and had at least 7 more children:
o Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 10.11.1870 DOB.
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o Yatsyshyn Yulianna (Jacyszyn Julianna) 5.06.1873 – 28.10.1873
o Yatsyshyn Maria (Jacyszyn Maria) 24.10.1875 DOB. 8.11.1896 she married 25- year old Vasyl Haydamakha, p.Ivan and Maria Shevchuk (Basilius Hajdamacha, p.Joannes et Maria Szewczuk). He was from the building No 148-SS. They lived
in the building No 148-SS and had one daughter:
â–ª Haydamakha Anna (Hajdamacha Anna) 6.08.1897 DOB.
â–ª ! In 1898, Vasyl Haydamakha with his wife Maria Yatsyshyn and their
daughter Anna have immigrated to Canada.
o Yatsyshyn Dorotey (Jacyszyn Dorotheus) 17.06.1878 – 4.01.1879
o Yatsyshyn Pavlyna (Jacyszyn Paulina) 22.03.1880 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Josyph (Jacyszyn Josephus) 6.01.1887 – 19.01.1887
o Yatsyshyn Antin (Jacyszyn Antonius) 23.04.1888 DOB.
o ! In 1898, Ivan Yatsyshyn with his second wife Anastasia Kovalyshyn and their
children Pavlyna and Antin have immigrated to Canada. In the list of immigrants, they wrote that Ivan was 65 (so he was born in 1833), Anastasia was 47, and their children were Pavlyna (18), Kalyna (14) and Antin (9). I should mention that I have not found any birth registration of Kalyna.
- Yatsyshyn Vasyl (Jacyszyn Basilius) was born in about 1844. He married Paraskeva Momotiuk, p.Ivan and Anastasia Potykaylo (Praxeda/Parasceva Momotiuk, p.Joannes et Anastasia Potykajlo/Potykajluk). Vasyl died 6.07.1892 at the age of 48. They lived in the building No 6-SS, later in the building No 87-SS, and had at least 12 children:
o Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 27.09.1868 – 4.06.1869
o Yatsyshyn Ivan (Jacyszyn Joannes) 3.05.1870 DOB. 10.11.1895 he married 18- year old Yevdokia Didyk, p.Ivan and Anastasia Byts (Eudocia Didyk, p.Joannes et Anastasia Byc). They lived in the building No 87-SS, and had at least 8
children:
▪ Yatsyshyn Petro (Jacyszyn Petrus) 4.07.1897 – 9.06.1903
â–ª Yatsyshyn Mykola (Jacyszyn Nicolaus) 21.12.1899 DOB.
▪ Yatsyshyn Pavlo (Jacyszyn Paulus) 10.07.1902 – 23.09.1902
â–ª Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 11.09.1903 DOB.
▪ Yatsyshyn Andriy (Jacyszyn Andreas) 26.12.1905 – 29.12.1909
▪ Yatsyshyn Stephan 1.06.1909 – 15.11.1909
â–ª Yatsyshyn Anna 21.12.1910 DOB. 2.02.1930 she married 24-year old
Petro Klapouschak, p.Ivan and Maria Hrabchak. He was from Skala Nova. They lived in Skala Nova and had at least 2 children:
• Klapouschak Maria-Magdalyna 13.04.1931 DOB.
• Klapouschak Lidia-Myroslava 14.11.1934 DOB.
â–ª Yatsyshyn Stephan 19.01.1917 DOB. 4.02.1940 he married Anastasia Saranchuk, p.Mykola and Anastasia Momotiuk. She was born 25.08.1922.
They lived in Skala Nova and had at least 2 sons:
• Yatsyshyn Volodymyr 18.12.1940 – 26.01.1941
• Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo 12.11.1941 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Theodor (Jacyszyn Theodorus) 29.02.1872 – 4.03.1872
o Yatsyshyn Maria (Jacyszyn Maria) 21.03.1873 – 4.03.1875
o Yatsyshyn Hryhoriy (Jacyszyn Gregorius) 6.02.1875 DOB. 12.02.1901 he
married 20-year old Yelyzavetha Momotiuk-Chovnyk, p.Anna (Elisabetha Momotiuk recte Czownyk, p.Anna). She was from Skala Nova. The marriage took place in Skala Nova. They lived in the building No 87-SS, later in the building No 108-SS, and had at least 7 children:
▪ Yatsyshyn Illia (Jacyszyn Elias) 31.07.1903 – 8.09.1903 ▪ Yatsyshyn Vasyl (Jacyszyn Basilius) 15.09.1905 DOB. ▪ Yatsyshyn Stephan 1.01.1907 – 7.01.1908
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▪ Yatsyshyn Olha 7.02.1909 – 1.01.1910
â–ª Yatsyshyn Myroslav 14.06.1911 DOB. 2.05.1943 he married Daria-Maria
Melymuka, p.Semen and Anna. She was born 20.11.1916.
â–ªYatsyshyn Stephania, 29.08.1913 DOB. 11.02.1936 she married Yevstakhiy Klapouschak, p.Ivan and Maria Hrabchak. He was born 18.09.1907, in Skala Nova. They lived in Skala Nova, and had at least 2
children:
• Klapouschak Maria 5.11.1936 DOB.
• Klapouschak Orysia 12.08.1938 DOB.
▪ Yatsyshyn Maria 30.10.1921 – 30.10.1921
o Yatsyshyn Anastasia (Jacyszyn Anastasia) 14.07.1877 – 1.01.1879 o Yatsyshyn Andriy (Jacyszyn Andreas) 24.11.1879 – 1.06.1893
o Yatsyshyn Iryna (Jacyszyn Irena) 1.04.1882 – 2.06.1892
o Yatsyshyn Oleksandr (Jacyszyn Alexander) 23.03.1884 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Tyt (Jacyszyn Titus) 13.04.1886 – 20.04.1886
o Yatsyshyn Mykola (Jacyszyn Nicolaus) 14.06.1887 – 14.06.1887 o Yatsyshyn Stephan (Jacyszyn Stephanus) 1.02.1889 – 1.10.1889
- Yatsyshyn Oleksa (Jacyszyn Alexius) was born in about 1847. 15.10.1871 at the age of 24 he married 18-year old Katheryna Stetsiuk, p.Stephan and Yevdokia Nazaranko (Cartharina Steciuk, p.Stephanus et Eudocia Nazaranko). They lived in the building No 6-SS, and had at least 10 children:
o Yatsyshyn Anastasia (Jacyszyn Anastasia) 3.03.1872 DOB. 2.09.1894 she married 31-year old Mykola Hrabchak, p.Vasyl and Anna Fialkovska (Nicolaus Hrabczak, p.Basilius et Anna Fialkowska). He was from the building No 97-SN. Before the marriage, he was the widower after Maria Momotiuk. They lived in the building No 97-SN and had at least 5 children:
▪ Hrabchak Dmytro (Hrabczak Demetrius) 12.09.1895 DOB. ▪ Hrabchak Maria (Hrabczak Maria) 14.11.1897 – 1.05.1899 ▪ Hrabchak Danylo (Hrabczak Daniel) 29.12.1899 DOB.
▪ Hrabchak Maria (Hrabczak Maria) 15.09.1901 – 22.09.1902 ▪ Hrabchak Hryhoriy (Hrabczak Gregorius) 12.08.1902 DOB.
I should mention that the first time, 17.11.1889 at the age of 26, Mykola Hrabchak married 15-year old Maria Momotiuk, p.Mykola and Katheryna Kaskiv (Maria Momotiuk, p.Nicolaus et Catharina Kaskow). They lived in the building No 97- SN, and had at least one daughter:
â–ª Hrabchak Mykhaylyna (Hrabczak Michalina) 3.02.1893 DOB. o Yatsyshyn Severyn (Jacyszyn Severianus) 3.09.1873 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 25.10.1874 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Pavlyna (Jacyszyn Paulina) 14.02.1877 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Maria (Jacyszyn Maria) 27.08.1879 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Yustyna (Jacyszyn Justina) 10.06.1881 – 4.07.1894
o Yatsyshyn Nazariy (Jacyszyn Nasarius) 24.04.1883 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Yevdokia (Jacyszyn Eudocia) 16.08.1884 – 14.02.1887
o Yatsyshyn Ivan (Jacyszyn Joannes) 7.03.1886 DOB.
o Yatsyshyn Mykola (Jacyszyn Nicolaus) 28.05.1892 DOB.
- Yatsyshyn Mykhaylo (Jacyszyn Michael) 15.09.1850 DOB.
- Yatsyshyn Maria (Jacyszyn Maria) 27.08.1855 DOB.
YATSYSHYN ANNA (Jacyszyn Anna) date of birth is unknown. She married Pavlo Vovchuk, p.Dmytro and Tereza (Paulus Wowczuk, p.Demetrius et Theresia). They lived in the building No 3-SS and had at least one son:
- Vovchuk Oleksa (Wowczuk Alexius) 21.04.1850 DOB.
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Uncertain information:
It is known from the research that Yatsyshyn family lived in the building No 6 in Skala Stara. I should mention that Anastasia Yatsyshyn died 24.03.1881 in that building. She was 43 years old (so she was born in 1838). There is no more information about her. She could be a daughter to Vasyl and Ahaphia, could she? Unfortunately, there are no Registers of the previous period to confirm/disprove it.
STETSIUK
I have managed to determine that the first of the kin was HRYHORIY STETSIUK (Gregorius Steciuk). He was obviously born at the end of the 18th century. He married Maria (her maiden surname is unknown). They could live in Skala Stara (the building is unknown), and had at least one son – Stephan.
STETSIUK STEPHAN (Steciuk Stephanus) was born in about 1820. He married Yevdokia Nazaranko, p.Ivan and Maria (Eudocia Nazaranko, p.Joannes et Maria). She was born in about 1816; she died 14.03.1889 at the age of 73. Stephan died 23.11.1879 at the age of 59. They lived in the building No 47-SS, and had at least 6 children:
- Stetsiuk Stephan (Steciuk Stephanus) 11.01.1851 DOB.
- Stetsiuk Anastasia (Steciuk Anastasia) 18.02.1853 DOB. 15.11.1881 she married 26-year
old Dmytro Skoroda, p.Prokip and Anastasia (Demetrius Skoroda, p.Procopius et Anastasia) They lived in the building No 47-SS, and had at least 2 children:
o Skoroda Andriy (Skoroda Andreas) 29.11.1882 DOB. 23.02.1908 he married 27- year old Antonina Mazur, p.Petro and Maria Soloviy (Antonina Mazur, p.Petrus et Maria Solowij). They lived in the building No 47-SS, and had at least 3 children:
▪ Skoroda Mykola 30.11.1908 – 1.12.1908 ▪ Skoroda Vironikiy 11.03.1912 DOB.
â–ª Skoroda Adam 24.02.1921 DOB.
o Skoroda Maria (Skoroda Maria) 26.08.1884 DOB (she was baptized in Skala Nova). 6.11.1910 she married Ivan Matskiv, p.Frantsishek and Yevdokia. He was born 10.08.1865, in the near-by village of Tovstenke. Before the marriage, he was the widower after Dorotea Kovalchuk. He was a guard on a landlord’s farm.
Anastasia Stetsiuk died 19.05.1889. Then, Dmytro Skoroda took Anastasia Pavliuk into the second marriage, p.Mykola and Maria Polischuk (Anastasia Pawluk, p.Nicolaus et Maria Poliszczuk). They still lived in the building No 47-SS and had children and grandchildren.
- Stetsiuk Katheryna (Steciuk Catharina) was born in about 1853. There is no entry about her birth. In 1871, at the age of 18 she married Oleksa Yatsyshyn (please see the information above).
- Stetsiuk Teklia (Steciuk Thecla) 15.06.1855 DOB.
- Stetsiuk Mykola (Steciuk Nicolaus) 17.05.1857 DOB. 27.02.1881 he married 22-year old
Maria Vovchuk, p.Mykola and Anna Beyko (Maria Wowczuk, p.Nicolaus et Anna Bejko). They lived in the building No 73-SS, and had at least 8 children:
o Stetsiuk Pavlyna (Steciuk Paulina) 11.07.1882 DOB. 7.10.1909 she married Danylo Balanda, p.Mykola and Anna Momotiuk. He was born 28.08.1884.
o Stetsiuk Taras (Steciuk Tarasius) 6.02.1884 – 20.07.1884
o Stetsiuk Ivan (Steciuk Joannes) 8.12.1885 DOB. 2.02.1914 he married
Mykhaylyna Pshytotska, p.Ivan and Anastasia Prokopovych. She was born 2.09.1893. They lived in the building No 24-SS, and had at least 3 children:
â–ª Stetsiuk Yaroslav 8.02.1915 DOB. â–ª Stetsiuk Oleksandr 2.08.1919 DOB. â–ª Stetsiuk Yulian 21.01.1926 DOB.
o Stetsiuk Theodor (Teodorus) 24.03.1888 – 2.12.1889
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o Stetsiuk Yevdokia (Steciuk Eudocia) 13.03.1890 DOB. 5.01.1914 she married 46- year old Semen Turchyniak, p.Ivan and Anna Ohorodnyk. He was from the building No 140-SS. Before the marriage, he was a widower. They lived in the building No 140-SS, and had at least 4 children:
â–ª Turchyniak Stephania 11.03.1915 DOB.
â–ª Turchyniak Olha 22.03.1916 DOB. 21.11.1935 she married Yaroslav
Skoroda, p.Mykola and Maria Ostapovych. He was born 29.07.1909. They lived in Skala Nova, and had at least one daughter:
• Skorod Marta 28.04.1937 DOB.
▪ Turchyniak Mykola 1.03.1919 – 9.04.1919
â–ª Turchyniak Josypha 11.03.1921 DOB.
o Stetsiuk Mykhaylo (Steciuk Michael) 24.07.1892 DOB.
o Stetsiuk Dmytro (Steciuk Demetrius) 27.09.1896 – 25.11.1896
o Stetsiuk Anastasia (Steciuk Anastasia) 29.01.1899 DOB. 8.02.1919 she married
27-year old Josyph Derkach, p.Mathviy and Maria Matviishyn. He was from the near-by village of Pylatkivtsi. They lived in Skala Nova, and had at least one daughter:
â–ª Derkach Maria 27.10.1930 DOB.
- Stetsiuk Vasyl (Steciuk Basilius) date of birth is unknown. He married Anastasia
Klapouschak, p.Vasyl and Iryna Zamrykit (Anastasia klapouszczak, p.Basilius et Jerina Zamrykot). They lived in the building No 47-SS, and had at least 9 children:
o Stetsiuk Maria (Steciuk Maria) 12.10.1871 DOB. 11.11.1895 she married 25-year old Mykola Pavlyshyn, p.Theodor and Anna Dzisiak (Nicolaus Pawliszyn, p.Theodorus et Anna Dzisiak). They lived in the building No 7-SS, and had at least 4 children:
â–ª Pavlyshyn Anastasia (Pawliszyn Anastasia) 10.04.1896 DOB.
▪ Pavlyshyn Hryhoriy (Pawliszyn Gregorius) 5.02.1900 – 4.04.1906 ▪ Pavlyshyn Anna (Pawliszyn Anna) 7.08.1902 DOB.
▪ Pavlyshyn Rozalia (Pawliszyn Rosalia) 28.05.1904 – 6.03.1905
o Stetsiuk Katheryna (Steciuk Catharina) 7.05.1874 – 16.03.1876
o Stetsiuk Ivanna (Steciuk Joanna) 18.01.1877 DOB. 26.02.1899 she married 22- year old Mykhaylo Ziubretskyy, p.Mykola and Anastasia Kapatsila (Michael Ziubrecki, p.Nicolaus et Anastasia Kapacila). They lived in the building No 7-SS
and had at least one son:
â–ª Ziubretskyy Roman (Ziubrecki Romanus) 10.08.1901 DOB.
o Stetsiuk Petro (Steciuk Petrus) 13.07.1879 DOB.
o Stetsiuk Atanasiy (Steciuk Athanasius) 5.07.1882 – 6.12.1884 o Stetsiuk Mykola (Steciuk Nicolaus) 21.05.1885 – 17.05.1894 o Stetsiuk Mykhaylo (Steciuk Michael) 30.04.1888 – 6.05.1888 o Stetsiuk Mykhaylo (Steciuk Michael) 22.08.1889 – 22.08.1889 o Stetsiuk Pavlyna (Steciuk Paulina) 18.06.1891 – 2.01.1902 |
Jerry and Margaret Yacyshen Family
