BASZCZAK
(Бащак)

Preface

This family is ancestral to the widow Mariya (Sołonynka) Warowy, who followed her married daughter Antonina (Warowy) Demchuk to Manitoba in 1904, and died there in 1914. Her unusually informative, if somewhat garbled, death record supplies clues enabling her origins to be found. These lay, on both sides, at Tsyhany [Цигани], in the parish of Skala, district of Borshchiv, Ternopil’, Galicia, Ukraine. Although the present account is still quite skeletal, and some of the readings of surnames uncertain, we publish it in the hope that it may lead to fuller knowledge of Mariya and her family. Because other persons, including Chris Bostwick, are already researching the Bazczak family, we do not propose to publish a detailed account on this site, and we focus on the direct line of Agneta Bazczak, wife of Prokop Sołonynka (line I), the direct line of Chris Bostwick (line II), and the direct Bazczak line of the descendants of Paul Demchuk, of Sifton, Manitoba (line III).

This page relies to an even greater degree than usual on the efforts of others, and thanks are due to the following persons for assistance:

• Chris Bostwick, a Baszczak descendant, for background information on the Baszczak family.
• Gary Duschl (not a Baszczak descendant), author of the Kuzyk Family Tree at MyHeritage.com, who has generously shared his extensive researches in the Tsyhany church registers, and offered many helpful suggestions as to their interpretation.

An asociated page on this website is our Ancestor table of the children of Leo James Lubiniecki and Alma Cecilia Reagan.

I. The line of Agneta Bazczak, wife of Prokop Sołonynka

1. Adalbert Baszczak, of Tsyhany, born about 1758, died 24 April 1809 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, aged 50 years, and buried according to Roman Catholic rites at Tsyhany.^[4] He is named as Adalbertus Baszczak in the baptismal record of his son Luca, and as Adalbertus Bazczak in the marriage record of the same son. He married by 1792, Constantia/Constantina Hutnik, born about 1758-59, died 5 June 1829, aged 70, and buried at Tsyhany as “Constantia, Adalberti Bazczak vidua.” The baptismal records of several of her children clearly attest to her surname of Hutnik, but the evidence for the name of her father is ambiguous. She is called “Constantia de Aldaberto Hutnik” in the baptismal record of her son Michael (1789), which would seemingly imply that her father’s name was Adalbert; however she is called Constantia Ludivikowa in the baptismal record of her daughter Anna (1799). She was living in house no. 52, Tsyhany, at the time of her death.^[5] Known issue:^[6]

1. Matheas Baszczak, born 13 September 1787, baptized in house no. 52, Tsyhany, as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak and “Constantia de Hutnik nata.”
2. Michael Baszczak, born 20 September 1789, baptized as a child of Adalber… [writing faded] and “Constantia de Aldaberto Hutnik.” he married (1) Xena Galaj, daughter of Wasyl Galaj and Sophia ____, who are named in the baptismal record of her son Mathias. He married (2) 27 February 1832 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites,^[7] Marianna Paskaluw, born 1797-98 (aged 34 in 1832), daughter of Laurent Paskaluw and Helena ____. The marriage record understates his age as 36. Known issue (by first wife):
   1. Mathias Baszczak, born 5 February 1827, baptized as Mathias, son of “Michael, Adalberti et Constantiæ Basczak filius” and “Xena, Basilii et Sophiæ Galajow [genitive plural of Galaj] filia.”
3. 2Luca Baszczak, born 26 September 1792, baptized in the Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak, of house no. 52, and Constantina Hutnik.
4. Marianna Baszczak, born 3 August 1796, baptized in house no. 52, Tsyhany, as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak and “Constantia nata de Hutnik.” she married 28 January 1816 at Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites,^[8] Laurent Panagabko, born 1789-90 (by calculation), son of Paul Panagabko. Their marriage record names them as “Marianna, Adalberti Bazczak,” aged 18 years (sic), and “Laurentius, Pauli Pomagabko [sic] filius,” aged 26 years. Marianna’s younger sister Francisca also married a Panagabko.
5. Anna Baszczak, born 21 July 1799, baptized in house no. 52, Tsyhany, as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak and Constantia Ludivikowa.
6. Nicolaus Baszczak, born 16 September 1802; baptismal record difficult to read but parents’ first names can be discerned as Adalbertus and Constantia, died [unmarried] 9 February 1838 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, aged 36 [actually 35] years, and buried as “Nicolaus, Adalberti et Constantiæ Bazczak filius.”^[9]
7. Francisca Baszczak, born 26 July 1806, baptized as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak and Constantia [no surname], alive in 1836. She married (possibly as his second wife) 22 May 1825 in house no. 30, by Roman Catholic rites,^[10] Michael Panagabko, born 1788-89 (by calculation), alive in 1836, son of Paulus Panagabko and Marianna ____. Their marriage record names them as “Michael, Pauli et Mariannæ Panagabko,” aged 36 years, and “Francisca, Adalberti et Constantia[e] Bazczakuw [a genitive plural of Bazczak],” aged 19 years. We have not securely identified this man, but he may have been the widower of Marianna Panagabka, born 6 August 1795, daughter of Anton Panagabko and Rosalia Cycaj. Only known child:
   1. Josephus Panagabko, born 23 [? date falls in shadow] March 1836 in house no. 30 [?], Tsyhany, baptized as Josephus, son of “Michael, Pauli et Marian[n]æ Panagabkowych [genitive plural of Panagabko] filius” and ”Francisca, Adalberti et Constantiæ Bazczakowych [genitive plural of Bazczak] filia.”^[11]

2. Luca Baszczak, of Tsyhany, was born 26 September 1792 (per baptismal record), was baptized in the Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, as a child of Adalbertus Baszczak (sic), of house no. 52, and Constantina Hutnik,^[12] died 25 January 1833, and was buried at Tsyhany.^[13] Apart from in the record of his baptism, his surname usually appears as Bazczak. As Luca Bazczak, aged 25 (sic), son of Adalbertus (mother not named), he married 6 February 1820 at Tsyhany, according to Roman Catholic rites,^[14] Francisca Panagabka, born probably in 1800 (aged 19 at her marriage, 31 in at her death), died 29 August 1831, aged 31, during a cholera epidemic in which eight other people died on the same day, and buried at Tsyhany as “Francisca, Lucæ Bazczak uxor,”^[15] daughter of Anton Panagabka and Agnes ____. Her first name is given in the marriage record of her daughter Agneta, and her marriage record names her parents as Antonius Panagabko and Agneta ____. Their issue included:

3. Agneta Baszczak, daughter of Luca Bazczak and Francisca Panagabka, was born 1822-23, died 13 March 1849 in house no. 53, Tsyhany, and was buried according to Roman Catholic rites at Tsyhany as “Agnes, Martini Latusz uxor,” aged 25 years [sic].^[16]. She married (1) 3 November 1839 in house no. 41, Tsyhany, according to Roman Catholic rites,^[17] Prokop Sołonynka born 1820-21, and died 25 July 1844, the record stating his age as 25 years although he was probably even younger,^[18] son of Jacob Sołonynka and Marianna Szewcuwa of Tsyhany. The record of their marriage gives the names of the parties as “Procopius, Jacobi et Mariannæ Sołonynka filius,” of house no. 41, Tsyhany, aged 18, and “Agnes, Lucæ Bazczak et Franciscæ filia,” aged 16. Agneta is similarly described, but with her age given as 23 (sic), when she married (2) 4 November 1844 in house no. 4, Tsyhany, according to Roman Catholic rites,^[19] to Martin Latusz, aged 22 years, son of Andrea Latusz “de Muszkat” and Teresia ____. Martin Latusz subsequently married by 1853, Magdalena Kubin, by whom he had at least two daughters: Josepha, who died 21 November 1854 in house no. 52, aged 1 year, and Anastasia, who died 29 December 1862 in house no. 52, aged ¾ year.^[20]
    For Agneta’s issue by her first husband see under Sołonynka. By Martin Latusz she was mother of:

1. Nicolaus Latusz, born 6 December 1845 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day by Catholic rites as a child of “Martinus, Andreæ et Teressæ Latusz filius” and “Agnes, Lucæ et Mariannæ Bazczak filia.”^[21] He married 16 April 1871 in house no. 10, by Roman Catholic rites,^[22] Anna Kubin, daughter of Joseph Kubin and Catharina ____. The marriage record calls them “Nicolaus, Martini et Agnetis Latusz,” aged 27 years, and “Francisca, Josephi et Catharinæ Kubin filia,” aged 16 years. It is not known whether Anna was related to Nicolaus’s stepmother, Magdalena Kubin. Known issue:
   1. Michalina Latusz, born 15 October 1877 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Michalina, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalena[e] [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catharina[e].”^[23]
   2. Maria Latusz, born 3 October 1880 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Maria, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalena[e] [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catharina[e].”^[24]
   3. Magdalena Latusz, born 14 August 1883 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Magdalena, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalenae [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catharinæ.”^[25]
   4. Anastasia Latusz, born 30 December 1885 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Anastasia, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalenae [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catharinæ.”^[26]
   5. Antonina Latusz, born 30 May 1888 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Antonina, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalenae [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catharinæ.”^[27]
   6. Francisca Latusz, born 8 January 1891 in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Francisca, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalenae [an error for Agnetis]” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catarinæ.”^[28]
   7. Joannes Latusz, born 22 December 1893 [year uncertain] in house no. 52, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Francisca, daughter of “Nicolaus, Martini Latusz et Magdalenae [an error for Agnetis] filius” and “Anna, Josephi Kubin et Catarina[e] filia.”^[29]

II. The line of Josef Bazczak,
of Dauphin and Valley River, Manitoba,
and of Frances, Pacific Co., Washington, U.S.A.

1. Josef Baszczak, of house no. 8, Tsyhany, was born say 1760, and was still alive in 1790. He married by 1783, Rosalia ____. Known issue:

1. 2Michael Baszczak, born 1783-84 (aged 22 in 1806).
2. Francisca Baszczak, born 16 September 1787, died by 6 March 1790, when another daughter was given the same name; possibly she is the “Francisca filia Josephi Baszczak” who died 22 October 1787 aged “h. D. 5”?
3. Marianna Baszczak, born 1 November 1788.
4. Francisca Baszczak, born 6 March 1790 in house no. 8, Tsyhany.

2. Michael Baszczak, born 1783-84 (aged 22 in 1806), probably the “Michael Baszczak, agricola, uxoratus” who died 23 January 1839 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, aged 59 years, although the implied date of birth is not in good agreement with that indicated in his marriage record.^[30] He married 2 March 1806 at Tsyhany (no house number indicated), by Roman Catholic rites,^[31] Marianna Podgurska, baptized 1 June 1787 in the Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, as a daughter of Antonius Podgurski and Marianna, daughter of Jacobus Kryk [sic; actually Krzynow], with godfather Stephanus Parcey.^[32] Their marriage record names them as “Michael, Josephi Baszczak filius,” aged 22, and “Marianna, Antonii Podgurski filia,” aged 17. This is supported by his description as “Michael, Josephi et Rosaliæ Bazczakowych [genitive plural of Bazczak]” in the baptismal record of their son Martin (1828), and her father’s patronymic of Dawiduw is revealed by the baptismal record of her daughter Catharina. Known issue:^[33]

1. Maria Baszczak, born 31 March 1810 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized as Maria, daughter of “Michael Baszczak” and “Mariana, filia Antonii Podgurski.”
2. Joannes Baszczak, born ____ 1812, baptized as Joannes, son of “Michael Bazczak” and “Maria, Antonii Podgurski.”
3. Martin Baszczak, born 18 September 1814 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized as Martinus, son of “Michael Bazczak” and “Mariana, Antonii Podgurski,” died by 1828, when another son was given the same name.
4. Anna Baszczak, born 7 August 1819 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized as Anna, daughter of “Michael Baszczak” and “Mariana, Antonii Podgurski filia.”
5. Catharina Baszczak, born 22 November 1821 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized as Catharina, daughter of “Michael Bazczak” and “Mariana, Antonii Dawiduw filia.”
6. 3Adalbert Baszczak, born 1821-22 (aged 25 in 1847, 44 in 1866).
7. Martin Baszczak, born 20 October 1828 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized as Martinus, son of “Michael, Josephi et Rosaliæ Bazczakowych [genitive plural of Bazczak]” and “Marianna, Antonii et Mariannæ Podgurski filia.”

3. Adalbert Bazczak, born 1821-22 (aged 25 in 1847, 44 in 1866), died 20 March 1866 in housen no. 8, Tsyhany, aged 44 years, and buried by Roman Catholic rites as “Adalbertus Bazczak, maritus Annæ Panagabka,” indicating that his wife was then alive.^[34] He married 8 February 1847 at Tsyhany (house number not indicated), by Roman Catholic rites,^[35] Anna Panagabka, born evidently in early 1828 (aged 18 in 1847), alive at her husband’s death in 1866, daughter of Sebastian Panagabko, of Tsyhany, by his second wife, Marianna Rumianska. Known issue:^[36]

1. Agnes Bazczak, born 17 July 1848 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Roman Catholic Church as Agnes, daughter of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Mariannæ Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Victoriæ [an error for Mariannæ] Panagkabko filia,”^[37] died 19 February 1851.
2. Laurentius Bazczak, born 15 August 1849 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Roman Catholic Church as Laurentius, son of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Mariannæ Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Victoria[e] [error for Mariannæ] Panagkabko filia.”^[38] died 4 January 1854.
3. Catharina Bazczak, born 1853, died 2 October 1854.
4. Joannes Bazczak, born 23 October 1855 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized in the Roman Catholic Church as Joannes, son of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Mariannæ Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Victoria[e] [error for Mariannæ] Panagkabko filia.”^[39]
5. 4Josef Bazczak, of Frances, Pacific Co., Washington, U.S.A., born 8 March 1858 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized in the Roman Catholic Church as Josephus, son of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Rozalia[e] [an error for Mariannæ] Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Barbara[e] [an error for Mariannæ] Panagkabko filia.”^[40]
6. Michael Bazczak, born 17 August 1860 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the next day in the Roman Catholic church as Michael, son of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Mariannæ Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Mariannæ Panagabko filia,”^[41] died 29 December 1863 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, aged 3 years, and buried two days later as &dquo;Michael, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ Panagabka filius.”^[42]
7. Anna Bazczak, born 18 October 1861 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the next day in the Roman Catholic church as Anna, daughter of “Adalbertus, Michaelis et Mariæ Bazczak filius” and “Anna, Sebastiani et Mariæ [an error for Mariannæ] Panagabko filia.”^[43]
8. Antonius Bazczak, born 17 February 1865 in house no. 8, Tsyhany.

4. Josef Bazczak, farmer, of Dauphin and Valley River, Manitoba, and of Frances, Pacific Co., Washington, U.S.A., born 8 March 1858 in house no. 8, Tsyhany,^[44] died 27 March 1931 at Frances.^[45] There is a very informative sketch of him in Kaye’s Dictionary of Ukrainian Canadian Biography, which shows that he arrived in Canada on the S.S. Sicilia, landing in Quebec on 17 September 1896, and was of Dauphin in 1896 and of Valley River, 1899-1923; he was naturalized in 1899 as Joseph Bastchak.^[46] He married by 1881, his probable kinswoman through the Panagabko family, Anastasia (“Nellie”) Bujar, born 4 September 1861 (?) at Hleszczawa, Trembowla District, Ukraine, died 28 May 1933 at Frances, daughter of Michael Bujar, of Tsyhany, by the latter’s wife Agnes Panagabka. Both are buried in Holy Family Catholic Church Cemetery, Frances. The baptismal records of some of their children contain annotations indicating that the family went to Canada. They lived at Dauphin, Manitoba, from at least 1900 to 1904, before leaving for the U.S. After the family left Ukraine, some of their children spelled their surname Bostwick. Known issue:

1. Nicolaus Josef Bazczak, born 2 December 1881 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Nicolaus, son of “Josefus, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ filius” and “Anastasia, Michaelis Bujar et Mariæ [an error for Agnetis] filia.”^[47] For further information on him see Kaye’s Dictionary.^[48]
2. Maria Bazczak, born 9 January 1883 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Maria, daughter of “Josefus, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ: filius” and “Anastasia, Michaelis Bujar et Mariæ [an error for Agnetis] filia.”^[49]
3. Julian Alexander Elias Bazczak, born 20 July 1885 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Elias, son of “Josefus, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ: filius” and “Anastasia, Michaelis Bujar et Annæ [an error for Agnetis] filia.”^[50]
4. Michael Bostwick, born 19 August 1887 in house no. 8, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Michael, son of “Josefus, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ” and “Anastasia, Michaelis Bujar et Mariæ [an error for Agnetis].”^[51] He was the grandfather of Chris Bostwick.
5. Josef Bazczak, born 27 November 1889 in house no. 70, Tsyhany, baptized the same day in the Greek Catholic church as Josefus, son of “Josefus, Adalberti Bazczak et Annæ” and “Anastasia, Michaelis Bujar et Mariæ [an error for Agnetis] filia,” died 7 January 1891.^[52]
6. Anna Rose Bostwick, born 11 December 1891 at Tsyhany.
7. Antony Joseph Bostwick, born 24 May 1894 at Tsyhany.
8. Josefa/Josefina Bazczak, born 8 June 1896 at Tsyhany, died 15 November 1897 in Manitoba (Kaye).
9. Rose Viola Bazczak, born 12 May 1899.
10. Thomas Joseph Bostwick, born 5 June 1900 at Dauphin, Manitoba.
11. Frances M. Bazczak, born 20 January 1902 at Dauphin.
12. Archie Bostwick, born June 1904 at Dauphin.

III. The Bazczak ancestry of the children of Paul Demchuk, of Sifton, Manitoba

1. Josef Bazczak, married Anna ____. Their names are known from the marriage record of their granddaughter, Agnes Krzyskow. Their issue included:

2. Anna Bazczak, married before 1858, Anton Krzyskow, of Tsyhany, son of Kazimierz Krzyskow and Catharina ____. Their names are known from the marriage record of their daughter Agnes. Their issue included:

1. 3Agnes Krzyskow, born 21 April 1858, and baptized the same day at Tsyhany as a daughter of Antonius Krzyskow (son of Casimirus Krzyskow and Catharina ____) and Anna Bazczak (daughter of Josephus Bazczak and Anna ____),^[53]

3. Agnes Krzyskow, daughter of Anton Krzyskow and Anna Bazczak, was born 21 April 1858, was baptized the same day at Tsyhany, and was certainly alive in March 1892, but died before 1910. The description of this woman in the 1892 baptismal record of her daughter Agnes agrees with that in her own marriage record.^[54] The fact that her son Demetrius P. Demchuk, born in 1895, calls her “Yagna Baschuk,” would seem to reflect a confusion between Agnes and her own mother, suggesting the possibility that Anna (Bazczak) Krzyskow may have outlived Agnes and helped raise Agnes’s children.^[55] Agnes married (as his first wife) 21 October 1875 in house no. 48, Tsyhany, according to Catholic rites,^[56] Paul Demchuk, of Sifton, Manitoba, born July 1852 at Tsyhany, died 30 October 1920,^[57] son of Fedor Demchuk, of Tsyhany, and Mariya Panagabka. Their marriage record describes them as “Paulus, Theodori et Mariæ Demczuk filius,” aged 23 years, and “Agnes, Antonii et Annæ Krzyskow [filia],” aged 17 years. Paul Demchuk and Agnes Krzyskow had seven surviving children, all born at Tsyhany. Paul Demchuk married (2) before 1910, Anna ____, alive in 1910, without further issue.

Notes

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = johnblythedobson.org/genealogy/ff/Baszczak.cfm
This page split off from “Solonynka” on 30 November 2014
Last revised 12 January 2020