Slemko/Shlemko/ Shlemko in Lashkivka/Kitsman

[aslemko]

Hello, I am attempting to dig a bit deeper regarding my family background. My family history is fairly well researched to a point. My great grandfather Simeon Slemko was born in Lashkivka near Kitsman, Bukovina on October 22, 1857. His wife was Elisaveta Marusiak before they were married.They were Ukrainian Orthodox. She was born in 1859. Simeon came to Canada with his five sons in 1902. HIs daugher Axenia stayed behind likely because she was married but we do not know this for sure. His son Jacobs farmhouse has been rebuilt in the Alberta Ukrainian Culturual village. Simeons brother Vasile/Wasyl did not come to Canada nor did his sister Maria who married a Paparniuk. We have some information suggesting that Wasyl became Reeve of the village in 1925 and that his son Diordi assumed this role in 1938 but that is where our knowledge ends regarding this branch of the family.

We know that Simeons parents were named Diordi and Katrina but we do not have their birthdates or place of birth. Therefore, I am not sure if it is possible to trace the family back further. I am also interested in the origin or meaning of the name Slemko. Is it a Hutsul name? Finally, if it possible to develop any information on the Slemkos or Marusiaks who stayed behind that would be interesting as well. Thank you very much.

[bm-21Lemko]

Map of Bukovina, 1910 (711 KB) Ethnographic

ethnographic map 1910 of bukovina. The map is in german so the village kitsman is spelled Kotzman.

Kotzman is listed with hutzuls, ruthenians, and romanians.

Slemko since it has lemko in it might be Lemko, but the area is full of hutzuls so most likely its hutzul

Three subethnosis of ukrainians(rusyns) are:
Lemkos
Boikos
Hutsuls


For more information on culture in history of the hutzuls including dwellings and such
Carpatho-Rusyn Society

[aslemko]

I wondered about "Slemko" and "Lemko" but Lemko lands as you point out were further north west. Perhaps they moved at some point, I know that it is difficult to trace further.

[bm-21Lemko]

I found in the cadastral records online a family of marusiak in Radoszyce Poland.
Radoszyce, Subcarpathian Voivodeship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are a few people on this site that are great with geneology. Im sure they will be on to help you soon.

good luck with your search

[Hannia]

The more accurate transliteration (sounds like) of your surname is SHLEMKO ( Шлемко in Ukrainian). The micro-ethnicity is most likely Hutsul.
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Your ancestral selo/village Lashkivka (Лашківка ) was founded in appx the 16th century on the banks of the Sovytsia River. Archeological digs indicate that the original settlers here were of the ancient Trypillian culture. The Trypillian Civilization*** dates back to 5,500 B.C.- 3,000 B.C. Today the village still exists with a population of 1,322 people of which 14 still carry the Shlemko surname.

***Following is excerpt from Gallery that produces Trypillian type Pottery . I just thought this was a gd short description. You can google Trypillian for more info. There is a lot of it available.

Trypillian culture derives its name from the village of Trypillia in Ukraine where artifacts of this ancient civilization were first discovered. Archeological excavations show that as early as 5,000 B.C. these ancient agrarians settled in the forest steppes in areas of the upper Dniester river on the west with later settlements found up to the middle Dnipro on the East.

Trypillian society was matriarchal, with women heading the household, doing agricultural work, and manufacturing pottery, textiles and clothing. Hunting, keeping domestic animals and making tools were the responsibilities of the men.

It is little wonder then, that the primary deity of this ancient population was female. The Trypillian culture developed a rich symbolic system based on their religious beliefs of the Great Goddess as the powerful giver and regenerator of life and the wielder of death.

Trypillian pottery contains elaborate symbolic forms with highly stylized pictures and patterns reflecting concepts of nature, life and the spiritual world. The tri-color designs of white, red and black are comprised of lines, spirals, crosshatched patterns, egg-shaped motifs and other symbols reflecting their ancient beliefs.

TODAY selo Lashkivka > Kitsmanskij raion/district > Chernivetska oblast/region > Ukraine, latest zip code 59323.
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LDS has copied Pravoslavny/Orthodox Church Registers for selo Lashkivka. You can certainly add lots of branches and leaves to your family tree. Have you ever researched LDS FIlms?

Title
Metrical books, 1840-1938

Authors
Orthodox Church. Laszkówka (Bukowina) (Main Author)

Notes
Microfilm of originals at the Chernivtsi State Archive.
Civil transcripts of Orthodox Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Laszkówka, Bukowina, Austria; later Laşchiuca, Cernăuţi, Romania; now Lashkivka, Kit︠s︡man′, Chernivt︠s︡i, Ukraine. Headings in German and Romanian, text in Romanian written with old Cyrillic script before 1874, changed to Roman script sometime in the following decade. Text changed to Russian in 1892-1920, then returned to Romanian.
Chernivtsi State Archive: Record group 1245, series 1, files 420-423, 766 -- Record group 1245, series 2, files 35-36, 108, 150-151.

Subjects
Austria, Bukowina, Laszkówka - Church records
Romania, Cernăuţi, Laşchiuca - Church records
Україна, Чернівці, Кіцмань, Лашківка - Метричні книги
Ukraine, Chernivt︠s︡i, Kit︠s︡man′, Lashkivka - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Romanian
German
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002-2006

Physical
on 9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 1245-1/420 Births 1855-1859 - FHL INTL Film [ 2360594 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-1/420 (cont.) Births 1841-1855 (out of order) -- Births 1859-1889 - FHL INTL Film [ 2350690 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-1/421 Births 1878-1900 (original) - FHL INTL Film [ 2350690 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-1/422 Marriages 1840-1904 - FHL INTL Film [ 2350690 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-1/423 Deaths 1840-1876 - FHL INTL Film [ 2350690 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-1/423 (cont.) Deaths 1876-1900 - FHL INTL Film [ 2350691 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-1/766 Deaths 1848-1871 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2415441 Item 7 ]
Volume 1245-1/766 (cont.) Deaths 1871-1885 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2415442 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-2/35 Births 1890-1910 - FHL INTL Film [ 2362998 Item 3 ]
Volume 1245-2/35 (cont.) Births 1910-1912 - FHL INTL Film [ 2362999 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-2/36 Births 1901-1930 (original) - FHL INTL Film [ 2362999 Item 2 ]
Volume 1245-2/108 Deaths 1886-1938 - FHL INTL Film [ 2373810 Item 4 ]
Volume 1245-2/150 Marriages 1859-1907 (original) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2373832 Item 5 ]
Volume 1245-2/150 (cont.) Marriages 1907-1914 (original) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2373833 Item 1 ]
Volume 1245-2/151 Marriages 1892-1943 (original) - VAULT INTL Film [ 2373833 Item 2 ]

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[Hannia]

Following is list of Shlemko living in Lashkivka. There are also 88 Marusiak (Марусяк) still living there as well.

ШЛЕМКО ГАЛИНА ГЕОРГИЕВНА 0 1975-07-21 ЛАШКІВКА АЛЛЕТ 13 0 0
Helena, daughter of Hryhorij (equivalent to Gregory)
ШЛЕМКО ВАЛЕНТИНА ИВАНОВНА 0 1974-10-08 ЛАШКІВКА ЛЕНІНА 28 0 0
Valentina, daughter of Ivan
ШЛЕМКО МАРИЯ СЕМЕНОВНА 0 1938-06-05 ЛАШКІВКА ГОЛОВНА 26 0 0
Marya, daughter of Semen
ШЛЕМКО СТЕФАНИДА ВАСИЛЬЕВНА 0 1915-01-26 ЛАШКІВКА ГОЛОВНА 28 0 0
Stefanyda, daighter of Vasil
ШЛЕМКО ЛЮБОВЬ ВАСИЛЬЕВНА 0 1977-09-05 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 0 0
Lyubov (Luba), daughter of Vasil
ШЛЕМКО ОРИСЯ НИКОЛАЕВНА 0 1952-03-02 ЛАШКІВКА КОМАРОВА 0 0
Orysia, daughter of Mykola
ШЛЕМКО ВАСИЛИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ 0 1947-05-26 ЛАШКІВКА ОЗЕРНА 17 0 0
Vasil, son of Ivan
ШЛЕМКО ВАСИЛИЙ КОРНЕЕВИЧ 0 1981-12-23 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 0 0
Vasil, son of Kornej
ШЛЕМКО ИВАН ПЕНТЕЛЕЙМОНОВИЧ 0 1922-10-13 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 0 0
Ivan, son of Pantelejmon
ШЛЕМКО ИВАН СТЕПАНОВИЧ 0 1922-10-13 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 0 0
Ivan, son of Stepan
ШЛЕМКО ЮРИЙ ДЕНИСОВИЧ 0 1970-12-17 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 0 0
Yurij, son of Denys
ШЛЕМКО КОРНЕЙ ИВАНОВИЧ 0 1951-11-20 ЛАШКІВКА БАЖАНА 0 0
Kornej, son of Ivan
ШЛЕМКО ВАСИЛИЙ ИВАНОВИЧ 0 1947-06-26 ЛАШКІВКА ОЗЕРНА 17 0 0
Vasil, son of Ivan
ШЛЕМКО ГЕОРГИЙ ДАВЫДОВИЧ 0 1928-03-01 ЛАШКІВКА НЕВІДОМА 12 0 0
Hryhorij, son of Davyd

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Additionally thoughts:

Axenia was very likely originally Ksenia (Ксеня)

Jacob - Jakiv (Яків)

Paparniuk = Папарнюк??? I could not find such surname in Ukraine, although it does look Ukrainian. Maybe my spelling is off.

Diordi is an odd given name. I once met a man from SA who had that name. Could it have been Giorgi? That is more common for the area.

[aslemko]

I have not looked at the LDS records but now I have a project.! I asked my Dad and he said, yes, Giorgi was likely the actual name, Diordi was perhaps a nickname. The Stephania born in 1915 must be my great Uncle Vasils daughter. The Alberta government has a manuscript from 1982 where a researcher spoke to her briefly upon visiting the village. From what year do the records you cited come from, if she is alive she has had a long life.

Regarding Paparniuk, our spelling may be off. I think that there are some people in Alberta with similar names, I can look into this further.

Thank you again, I have some more work to do now.