Mizuik/Mak-Szofronick

[kiermizuik]

hello ,my name is Kier Mizuik from Canada .
i was wondering if any one has any info on my familly .
i decend from the Mizuik /Mak -Szofronick
these families come from Chudyjowce . 1890-1920 , was under austro-hungarian rule .
but was lorded by mostly polish peoples .
my family the Mizuik's where said to be Ukrainians but land owners . the were good people and shared what they reaped from the earth with thier servent/worker .
the people i am most interested in is wasyl mizuik my great grand father and his parents : Oxana mizuik and father Asenki Mizuik.
he amried a local girl named nastia Mak her parents were maria Mak-Szofronick and Jokin Mak .
they maried in canada in sue saint marie , ontrio , in 1911 on june the 14th.
he was 24 and she was 18 .
i desire any information about any past relations to these people , anything historical , or any corrant conections to living relatives .
one more thing they were said to have a summer house on the rine river .if that helps .
The Mizuiks are thriving out in the world with over 100 members and counting .
Thank you so very much in advance . kier (kiev) mizuik.

[Hannia]

Why GGrandfather Wasyl Mizuik/Miziuk (Мізюк in Ukrainian) emigrated from Chudyjowce > Borszczow district > Tarnopol region > historic Galicia/Halyczyna Province > Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Peasant strikes in Galicia and Bukovyna. In the first years of the 20th century Ukrainian peasants in Galicia and Bukovyna who hired themselves out as agricultural laborers on landlords' estates participated in a series of mass strikes accompanied by other forms of agrarian unrest. Members of the Ukrainian Radical party, particularly Ivan Franko and Viacheslav Budzynovsky, had begun to propagate the idea of agrarian strikes, which they took from the example of Irish populists in the mid-1890s. Sporadic strikes of agricultural laborers broke out in Bukovyna and Galicia in 1897 and 1898, but the first large-scale strike occurred in Borshchiv county, in Galicia, in 1900. In 1902 a wave of agrarian strikes of unprecedented magnitude encompassed some 400 villages in eastern Galicia. In Husiatyn and Terebovlia counties over two-thirds of the landlords' estates faced work stoppages. Another strike wave of roughly equal magnitude broke out in eastern Galicia in 1906; in 1905–7 over 20 agrarian strikes took place in Bukovyna. The outbreak of the Revolution of 1905 across the border in the Russian Empire helped to motivate the latter wave of strikes, especially since neighboring Right-Bank Ukraine was also the scene of massive agrarian unrest.

The strikes were precipitated by low wages, the maltreatment of laborers, and disputes over access to forests and pastures. In the course of the strikes the peasants sometimes engaged in violent confrontations with strikebreakers and occupied seignorial land, especially pastures. County authorities called in the military to quell strikes and related unrest and made the village communities quarter the soldiers at their own expense. Hundreds of peasants were arrested in 1902, and dozens in 1906. The backbone of the strike movement tended to be small-holding peasants; landless agricultural laborers, who were traditionally excluded from collective decision-making in the village, and who were also much more dependent on their daily wages, tended to stay in the background. As a result of the strikes agricultural wages rose throughout almost all of Ukrainian Galicia and Bukovyna.

Although the strikes arose primarily in response to socioeconomic conditions, they were not without political and national dimensions. The majorstrike waves broke out spontaneously, without prior organization. But once under way the strikes were supported by activists of the major Ukrainian political parties. Among the most prominent activists in the strike movement was the social democrat Semen Vityk. Members of the Ukrainian Radical party and the Ukrainian Social Democratic party emphasized the social aspects of the strikes, but the National Democratic party pointed out that they had a strong national component as well, since, in the main, Ukrainian peasants were using the strikes against Polish landlords. Most Polish political parties in Galicia, with the prominent exception of the Polish Social Democratic party, condemned the strikes as a threat to Polish hegemony in the region. The strikes contributed to the exacerbation of Polish-Ukrainian tension in Galicia. They also demonstrated that the Ukrainian village was capable of coordinating effective actions in pursuit of its interests.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Najdus, Walentyna. Szkice z historii Galicji, 2 vols (Warsaw 1958–60)
Franko, Ivan. ‘Bauernstreiks in Ostgalizien,’ in Beiträge zur Geschichte und Kultur der Ukraine: Ausgewählte deutsche Schriften des revolutionären Demokraten, 1882–1915 (Berlin 1963)
Botushans’kyi, Vasyl’. ‘Pidnesennia straikovoï borot’by selian Pivnichnoï Bukovyny na pochatku XX st. (1900–1907 rr.),’ Mynule i suchasne Pivnichnoï Bukovyny, no. 1 (1972)

John-Paul Himka

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 4 (1993).]

[Hannia]

GGRandfather Wasyl / Pradeedo Wasyl was Greek Catholic.

From late 18th century to 1918 wies/village Chudyjowce was predominantly a Ruthenian/Ukrainian village with its own Greek Catholic church. The filial Roman Catholic Church was in Korolowka. > Borszczow was both the POWIAT (administrative district-county) and the GMINA (judicial/tax district ) > Tarnopolskie wojiwodstwo/region > Galicia/Halyczyna Province, administered by ethnic Poles for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During the Interwar Period (1919-1938) this region came under Reconstituted Poland's domain. Technically Poland had not existed for the previous 125 yrs. Post WW2 this region became a part of SSR Ukraine, under Soviet domain until 1991 when Ukraine became independent.

Pix of church where Pradeedo Wasyl was baptized. No info except it is the work of famous architect M.I. Zharkykh. Found some conflict w/ church name. One link has it as Church of Archangel Michael, built in 1750 and restored in 1990 and another site calls it the Church of St. Paraskeva???
http://www.myslenedrevo.com.ua/studi...mz2/683-03.jpg

TODAY selo/village Khudiyivtsi (Худіївці in Ukr) first documented in 1525, is hamlet size (335 population***) and is still in Borschivskij (Borschiv) raion/district > Ternopilska (Ternopil) oblast/region. It is part of the Shuparka/Шупарка village cluster, w/which it shares the post office and village administration. Zip code 48743.

During WW2 there was a major battle fought in this village between the Ukrainian Partisans (UPA) and the Soviet NKGB. Many houses were burned. The residents of your ancestral village have been great patriots and have behaved heroically, many giving up their lives on behalf of Ukraine's freedom. There are several memorials in this village/selo, commemorating all villagers' courage and bravery.
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*** Out of the population of 335, there are still 9+ Miziuk/Myziuk still residing in Khudiyivtsi:

МИЗЮК ОЛЬГА МИХАЙЛОВНА 1932-04-05 ХУДІЇВЦІ (Myziuk, Olha, daughter of Myhajlo)

МИЗЮК АЛЕКСАНДРА МИХАЙЛОВНА 1939-01-07 ХУДІЇВЦІ (Oleksandra, daughter of Myhajlo)

МИЗЮК ЛЮБОВЬ СТЕПАНОВНА 1963-02-20 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Liubov, daughter of Stepan)

МИЗЮК МАРИЯ ПЕТРОВНА 1941-08-16 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Marya, daughter of Petro)

МИЗЮК ДМИТРИЙ СТЕПАНОВИЧ 1921-08-19 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Dmytrij, son of Stepan)

МИЗЮК МАРКО ИВАНОВИЧ 1940-06-2 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Marko, son of Ivan)

МИЗЮК РУСЛАН ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ 1979-12-08 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Ruslyan, son of Volodymir)

МИЗЮК ВАСИЛИЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ 1939-05-29 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Vasyl, son of Myhajlo)

МИЗЮК ВЛАДИМИР ИВАНОВИЧ 1955-10-30 ХУДІЇВЦІ
(Volodymir, son of Ivan)
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This is a map of Borschivskij raion/district. Note БОРЩІВСЬКИЙ in red. Look SW for Pradeedo's selo/village, Худіївцi.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...1/Borschiv.jpg

It is the Nichlava River that flows out of Dniester River thru Husyatyn, Chortkiv and Borschiv districts of Ternipol region.

[Hannia]

i decend from the Mizuik /Mak -Szofronick
these families come from Chudyjowce . 1890-1920 , was under austro-hungarian rule .
but was lorded by mostly polish peoples .
my family the Mizuik's where said to be Ukrainians but land owners . the were good people and shared what they reaped from the earth with thier servent/worker .
the people i am most interested in is wasyl mizuik my great grand father and his parents : Oxana mizuik and father Asenki Mizuik.
he amried a local girl named nastia Mak her parents were maria Mak-Szofronick and Jokin Mak .
they maried in canada in sue saint marie , ontrio , in 1911 on june the 14th.
he was 24 and she was 18 .

Mizuik = more accurate transliteration/sound like Miziuk/Myziuk = (Мізюк/Мизюк in Ukrainian) Approximately 1,104 Miziuk still residing in Ukraine.
Oxana Mizuik = Oksana Miziuk
Asenki/Asentij?? Mizuik ( ??? maybe Senko, diminutive for Simeon)

Mak = spelled exactly the same way in Ukrainian = Maк. Means POPPY FLOWER in Ukrainian. Approximately 618 still residing in Ukraine. None listed for Khudiyivtsi.
Nastia is nick name for Anastasia
I suspect Jokin was probably Jakiv/Yakiv???

Szofronick = Шафранюк (more accurate transliteration/sounds like Shafraniuk). 294 Shafraniuk still living in Ukraine. Very prominent, Myhajlo/Michael Shafraniuk was born 1911. Was in Galicia Division. Post WW2 landed up in Austria. Immigrated to Argentina. Became a successful entrpreneur and philantropist. Immigrated to Canada in 1952 and established the Foundation of the Gallery Shafranyukiv. Donated his home to the World Congress of Free Ukraine. Today there is a street named Shafraniuk in Borschiv, the raion/district center.

Shafraniuk still living in Khudiyivtsi:
ШАФРАНЮК МАРИЯ СТЕПАНОВНА 0 1946-06-16 ХУДІЇВЦІ
ШАФРАНЮК ТАРАС ТОДОСЬЕВИЧ 0 1944-07-10 ХУДІЇВЦІ

[Hannia]

As per Marriage Certificate 6/1911

Василь Мізюк/Мизюк = Wasyl (Basilius) Mizuk date of birth approximately 1887
Марія Шафранюк = Marya Shafraniuk date of birth approximately 1893

BOTH BORN in selo/village Chudijowce/Khudiyivtsi/Худіївці in Ukrainian
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LDS has filmed some birth for the GC Church Records. You can research this yourself by ordering films and examining the records or you can hire Ihor Voronchak, the best there is at Ternopilska oblast research. He has written a book about various families in the Borschiv and Buchach regions. His rates are very fair and he does an exceptional job. He has connections at all archival levels including the RAHS (district archives). voronchak@ukr.net

Please understand that summer is super busy for native researchers. Please be patient w/response time.
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Title
Metrical books, (Baptism records) 1872-1899

Authors
Greek Catholic Church. Chudyjowce (Borszczów) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the State Archives of the Ternopil Oblast in Ternopil, Ukraine.
Text in Latin, with some Russian.
Greek Catholic Church records (births) for Chudyjowece (Borszczów), Galizien, Austria; later Chudyjowece (Borszczów), Tarnopol, Poland; now Khudiĭvt︠s︡i, Ternopil′, Ukraine.
Record group 487, series 1, file 34.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Chudyjowce (Borszczów) - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Chudyjowce (Borszczów) - Church records
Україна, Тернопіль, Борщів, Худіївці - Метричні книги
Ukraine, Ternopil′, Borshchiv, Khudiĭvt︠s︡i - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998

Physical
on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 487-1/34 Births 1872-1899 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2160028 Item 10 ]

[kiermizuik]

thank you so much i realy enjoyed reading every bit of what your have put together here.
i feel ever so much one step closer to my familly , i have only to connect the dots.
hannia your a super star . your are helping those how want to find thier way back home from a sea of darkness .
Our path you help sew ,Now somewhat clearer defining our past and conecting the future of all members of my family.

[Hannia]

À ce moment GGrandpere Wasil sourit avec fierté.