Oleksa (Alexius) Yatsyshyn (Jacyszyn)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Homestead: 19 Dec 1901, Rossburn, County of Russell, Manitoba, Canada; Homestead Entry for Dominion Lands, Application Oleksa Yaczyszyn, age 55, family members 8, Rossburn Land applied for S. W., quarter section 10, Township 20 Range: 24 W 1st meridian House and Stable built by myself With timber suitable for fuel or fencing. Fifteen acres with some swamp land, about Ten I am residing on this land myself.

Oleksa married Katheryna (Cartharina) Stetsiuk (Steciuk) on 15 Oct 1871. Katheryna (daughter of Stephan (Stephanus) Stetsiuk (Steciuk) and Yevdokia (Eudocia) Nazaranka) was born in 1853 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 29 Nov 1927; was buried on 1 Dec 1927 in Dobrowody Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Surnames:
Coming to a new country and not being able to speak the language can create huge difficulties. One of those difficulties is the correct spelling of names on official documents. I have gone through documents of marriage, baptism, homestead applications and death certificates. These are the surnames that appear for Alex Yacyshen on those documents as provided by Sharon Protz (Yacyshen):
Yacyshyn (1902); Jacyszyn (1902); Yaceson (1905); Yacyshen (1908); and Yacyszyn (1916).
The death certificate of Mike Yacyshen who died on or about the 15th day of October, 1913 at Oak River, Manitoba and that Alex Yacyshen will be responsible for Mike Yacyshen's debt and property. Signed by the Clerk of the Surrogate Court of the Judical District of Wynyard.
Based on this information, I will use the surname of Yacyshen for all of Alex's children and then change the surname spelling based on obituaries or other information.
Jerry



Cobblestone Research:
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:

1. Anastasia (Nellie) Yacyshen was born on 3 Mar 1872 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6).
2. Saverko Yacyshen was born on 3 Sep 1873 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 5 Dec 1951 in Norquay, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery, Norquay, Saskatchewan Canada.
3. Mykhaylo (Michael) (Mike) Yacyshen was born on 25 Oct 1874 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 15 Oct 1913 in Oak River, Manitoba, Canada.
4. Pauline (Pavlyna) Yacyshen was born on 14 Feb 1877 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 10 Oct 1961 in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada.
5. Maria (Mary) Yacyshen was born on 27 Aug 1879 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6).
6. Yustyna (Justina) Yacyshen was born on 10 Jun 1881 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 4 Jul 1894 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6).
7. Nazariy (Nasarius) Yacyshen was born on 24 Apr 1883 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6).
8. Yevdokia (Eudocia) Yacyshen was born on 16 Aug 1884 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 14 Feb 1887 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6).
9. John (Yanko) (Ivan) Yacyshen was born on 7 Mar 1886 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died in 1952; was buried in Sts Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Rama, Saskatchewan, Canada.
10. Nick (Nicolaus) Yachyshen was born on 28 May 1892 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died in Apr 1971.

Mykola married Ksenia (Xenia) Leschyshyn (Leszczyszyn)Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6). Ksenia (daughter of Theodor Leschyshyn (Leszczyszyn) and Maria) was born in 1808 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6); died on 13 Dec 1874 in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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:

Vasyl married Ahaphia. Ahaphia was born in Skala-Podilska, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, (Skala Stara Bldg 6). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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:

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 Nova”.
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 (“Semeniv”, “Semchyshyn” – a son of Semen; “Hnativ”, “Hnatyshyn” – a son of Hnat; “Pavliv”, “Pavlyshyn” – a son of Pavlo; “Prokopiv”, “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 – “Nivryanskyy”, from Lviv – “Lvivskyy”).
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.

Theodor married Maria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]