Hrenyk Ancestry

[J-Jan]

I am trying to find the ancestral roots for my wife's family. Her G-Grandfather immigrated from "Austria" according to the 1901 Canadian census or from "Bukovina" according to the 1906 census. His name was Ivan HRENYK, married to Anastasia KATURYNIUK. They, with ?five? children, Wasyl, Victoria, Marie, Micheal, and ?Paraskawa?, arrived in Canada in 1897. They landed in Halifax and settled in Gardenton, Manitoba. At this point, the trail goes cold. I hope someone can help.

Thnk-you in advance for your efforts.

PS - The name on he 1901 census and on the Hamburg-Halifax ship registry is Hrenik.

[kasian11]

Try a variation - spelling the surname- Western Land Grants show Iwan Hrynyk -try- ik-

[J-Jan]

Thanks kasian11.

I should have been more explicit. I have traced back the Hyenyk ancestry to the original ancestor who came to Canada. I am trying to go back further. Who was his father, mother, etc. At this time, I have her ancestry traced back to the point that Ivan and his family loaded on board the SS Scotia in Hamburg on the 15th of April, 1897. The Boarding document mentions that he was from Austria. One Canadian census confirms that origin but the second Canadian Census mentions Bukovina as his origin. Something that might help my research is the cyrillic spelling of Hrenyk. The SS Scotia and the first census has the name as Hrenik. The second census has the name as Hrenyk. These spellings may be a close approximation of the spoken name the immigration officer and census taker were given. Can anyone help on this translation?

PS - The boarding pass for the SS Scotia mentions that Ivan and his family came from Kotzmann.

[Edited by J-Jan on 23rd March 2005 at 09:50]

[Hannia]

Technically your immigrant ancestor was a citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
"Did Your Baba Come from Austria?" by Orysia Tracz
http://www.infoukes.com/genealogy/tracz/baba.html

HOWEVER, ╡БЮМ цПЕМuЙ was ethnically Ruthenian/Ukrainian.
Ukrainian Transliteration Table
http://pages.prodigy.net/l.hodges/translit.htm

In order to view Cyrillic letters above - place your cursor anywhere on this window where it is blank. Right click on mouse once. Left click ENCODING. Left click CYRILLIC WINDOWS.
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Bukovina: From 1775 to 1918, the easternmost crown land of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire; now divided between Romania and Ukraine. As a multi-ethnic province, its name has several spellings: Bukowina or Buchenland in German, Bukowina in Polish, Bucovina in Romanian, and Bukovyna in Ukrainian, all of which mean Land of Beech Trees.
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History

Bukovina, on the eastern slopes of the Carpathian mountains, was once the heart of the Romanian Principality of Moldavia, with the city of Suceava being made its capital in 1388. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Painted Monasteries of Arbora, Dragomirna, Humor, Moldovita, Putna, Sucevita, and Voronet were constructed under the patronage of Stefan the Great and his son Petru Rares. With their famous exterior frescoes, these monasteries remain some of the greatest cultural treasures of Romania, today.
Along with the rest of Romania, Bukovina fell under the control of the Ottoman Turks. It remained in Turkish control until it was occupied by the Russians, in 1769, then by the Austrians, in 1774. With the Treaty of Constantinople in 1775, control of Bukovina was given to the Austrian Empire. Administered as a district of the province of Galicia between 1786-1849, Bukovina was granted the status of an separate crown land and duchy in 1849. When the Austrian Empire was reorganized into the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary, in the Compromise of 1867, Bukovina, like Galicia, remained under Austrian administration, while the neighboring province of Transylvania was placed under Hungarian rule.

During World War I, Bukovina became a battlefield between Austrian and Russian troops. Although the Russians were finally driven out in 1917, Austria would lose Bukovina with the war, ceding the province to Romania in the Treaty of St. Germain.

On June 28, 1940, northern Bukovina was occupied by troops from the Soviet Union. It would change hands again during the course of World War II, but this half of Bukovina ended back in Soviet hands, and is today the Chernivetska oblast of Ukraine. Southern Bukovina is now part of Suceava county, Romania.

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Kotzmann> Kitsman was not only (and still is) the povit/district center town, but also the name of the district/raion. Today this district/raion is in the Chernivtsy Oblast/Region of Ukraine.

Immigrants frequently referred to their district center as place of origin for geographical reference, because their own villages were small. At the turn of the century there were appx 20/30 thousand residents in Kitsman and its surrounding environs.

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Historical Maps: Kitsman District, circa 1900. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ukrainia...ct/kitsman.htm

Villages to complete Kitsman District list:

Bila, Bornivtsi, Brusenky, Brusnytsia, Valyany, Verkhnyi Stavnytsi, Hlynytsia, Drachyntsi, Dubivtsi, Kalnivtsi, Kyseliv, Nyzhnij Stavyntsi, Mamayivtsi, Novi Drachyntsi, Revakivtsi, Rivne, Striletskij Kut, Khlivysche, Chortoria, & Yuzhenetz.
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Thru the Canadian Archives is it possible to examine and copy the origin ship manifest listing John Hrenyk? Chances are that Ivan emigrated from a small village in the Kitsman district and it is critical to your search to find the name of that village.
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You might check Naturalization Records???

Naturalization Records:
Before 1917 and from 1977 - 1985, one had to be in Canada for three years before one could be naturalized. From 1917 - 1977 and from 1985 to the present, one had to have been in Canada for five years. Pre 1917, the original records between 1854 and 1917 have been destroyed but a nominal card index survives. The information on the cards provides the present and former place of residence, former nationality, occupation, date and place of naturalization. 1917 to the present, these records give the name, address, date and place of birth, former citizenship, whether married, single, widower/widow, name of wife is sometimes given, citizenship of parents, physical description, names, birth dates and places of birth of minor children and the date and place of naturalization 1932. From 16 January, married women had to make a separate application for naturalization.

http://www.genealogy.gc.ca
http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/01/010203_e.html
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Ukrainian Community and Family Histories
http://www.geocities.com/ukrainianfamilies/

Church records can be very valuable to ascertaining place of origin in old country.

Chances are Ivan Hrenyk attended this Church here upon immigration.
BLUE SKIES: Ukrainian Canadian Pioneer Days
http://home.echo-on.net/~nemmer/m2_gardn.html

[Edited by Hannia on 23rd March 2005 at 21:46]

[jrucker]

I know this response is only 6 years late but.....the Hrenyk that J Jan is looking for is part of my family. Ivan Hrenyk and his wife had a child...Maria... and she married my great grandfather, Semion Kantymir. Is there any way that I can contact the "poster" to provide all the information? I hope this gets to him as I would love to share my family. There is not much worse than not knowing who your family is.

[veramiller]

It looks like J-Jan has not logged in since 2005. Try sending her a private message through this forum or e-mail Hannia
to see if she has any contact information.

Vera

[vangy]

I have been researching my ancestors and have found a John Hrenek married Anastasia Kateryniuk on Feb 9, 1886. If you do not have info on his family, please contact me.