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SOŁONYNKA
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Paulus Szewcuw | Adalbert Baszczak | Constantia Hutnik | Anton Panagabka | Agnes ____ | |||
Jacob Sołonynka | Marianna Szewcuwa | Luca Baszczak | Francisca Panagabka | ||||
Prokop Sołonynka | Agneta Baszczak | ||||||
Mariya Sołonynka |
1. Jacob Sołonynka, of house no. 39, Tsyhany, was born 1771-72, and was evidently still alive on 14 March 1843, as at the death of his second wife she is called his wife (uxor) rather than his widow (vidua). He married (1) by 1801, Maria Reszitnyk, who died before November 1811, daughter of Joannes Reszitnyk, who is named in the baptismal record of her daughter Catharina (1801).[1] He married (2) 12 November 1811 in the Catholic church, Tsyhany,[2] Marianna Szewcuwa, born 1781-82 (aged 30 in 1811), alive in 1820 and probably in 1822, died 14 March 1843 at house no. 39 Tsyhany, allegedly aged 45 years, and buried two days later at Tsyhany as “Marianna, Jacobi Sołonynko [sic] uxor,”[3] daughter of Paulus Szewcuw, of Gusztyn [Гуштин]. Her age at death must be grossly understated, as it would make her only 14 or 15 at her marriage, in contradiction to the record, and some 25 years younger than her husband, an unlikely scenario. The record of their marriage gives the names of the parties (in latinized form) as “Jacobus Sołonynka,” of house no. 39, Tsyhany, aged 40 years, and “Marianna, Pauli Szewcuwa,” of Gusztyn, aged 30 years. It was perhaps a garbled memory of the name
Known issue:
(by first wife)
(by second wife)
2. Prokop Sołonynka, of house no. 41, Tsyhany, son of Jacob Sołonynka and Marianna Szewcuwa of Tsyhany, was born 1820-21, and died 25 July 1844, the record stating his age as 25 years although he was probably even younger.[19] He married (as her first husband) 3 November 1839 in house no. 41, Tsyhany, according to Roman Catholic rites,[20] Agneta Baszczak, born 1822-23, died 13 March 1849 in house no. 53, Tsyhany, and buried according to Roman Catholic rites as “Agnes, Martini Latusz uxor,” aged 25 years [sic],[21] daughter of Luca Baszczak and Francisca Panagabka. The record of their marriage gives the names of the parties (in latinized form) as “Procopius, Jacobi et Mariannæ Sołonynka filius,” aged 18, and “Agnes, Lucæ Bazczak [sic] et Franciscæ filia,” aged 16. Agneta is similarly described, but with her age given as 23 (sic), when she was married for the second time on 4 November 1844, in house no. 5, Tsyhany,[22] to Martin Latusz, aged 22 years, son of Andrea Latusz “de Muszkat” and Teresia ____.
On the death of Agneta (Baszczak) (Sołonynka) Latusz, her daughters were left double orphans of about 10 and 7 years, respectively. It is evident that her identity was only vaguely remembered by her younger daughter Mariya, as she is called “Agneta Kubin” in the 1865 baptismal record of Mariya’s son Joannes Warowy, “Anna” in the baptismal records of five of Mariya’s other children, and “Agathe Syracusa” (a possible confusion with the surname of her mother-in-law, Marianna Szewcuwa) in Mariya’s death record.
Known issue:
3. Mariya Sołonynka, daughter of Prokop Sołonynka and Agneta Baszczak of Tsyhany, was born 1842-43 (aged 20 in 1863), probably at or near Tsyhany, and died 12 March 1914 at Lake St. Martin, in the Rural Municipality of Coldwell, Manitoba, of “senility.”[29] She was not more than two years old at the death of her father. She married 2 May 1863 in the Greek Catholic Church, Tsyhany,[30] Martin Warowy (for further details and their descendants see under Warowy), of Tsyhany, born 1838-39 (aged 24 in 1863), alive in 1865 but died by 1904 when his wife is called a widow, son of Wasyl Warowy, presumably of Tsyhany, by the latter’s wife Irena ____. Their marriage record, in Latin, refers to them as “Martinus, Blasii et Irenae Warowy filius” aged 24 years, and “Maria, Procopii et Agnetis Sołonynka filia,” aged 20 years. The widowed Maria Warowy, with her sons Peter and Fedor, departed from Hamburg on the S.S. Blücher on 13 April 1904, arriving on 24 April at New York. The entry gives the family’s nationality as Austrian and “race” as Polish, last residence as Cygany, and final destination as Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a note that they were going to join “brother of [sic] law Wasyl Demczuk [of] Winnipeg.”[31] The notation describing Wasyl Demczuk as a brother-in-law falls not beside Mariya’s name but rather beside that of one of her sons; and whether or not this was intentional it is correct, agreeing with the verifiable statement that the son Peter and Mrs. A[ntonina] Demchuk were siblings. The passenger list gives Mariya’s age as 58, implying a birthdate of 1845-46 and in reasonably good agreement with her marriage record. But records of her in later life contain increasingly preposterous statements respecting her age. “Mary” Warowy is found in the household of her son Peter at Winnipeg in the 1911 census, with a stated age of 85 years and year of birth of 1826 (which is nine years before her parents’ marriage).[32] Her son Peter, explicitly identified as such, was the informant for her death. Her death notice, with an even more exaggerated age, reads:
Death of Mrs. Mary Waroway. St. Martin, Man., March 13 [1914] — Mrs. Mary Waroway, aged 89, died at 2 o’clock yesterday morning. The funeral party will leave tomorrow for St. Laurent, where service will be held at the Roman Catholic church. Deceased lived here with her son Peter Waroway for two years, and prior to this was for ten years a resident of Winnipeg. Two daughters at Sifton, Man., and three sons and one daughter in Austria survive.[33]
Damian Sołonynka | Pelagia ____ | Josef Kozłowski [?] | |
Pantaleon Sołonynka | Francisca Kozłowski [?] | ||
Onophrius Sołonynka |
1. Damian Sołonynka, of Tsyhany, born say 1750, whose name is known only from the marriage record of his son Pantaleon. He married by 1784, and probably by 1772 (based on estimated birthdate of daughter Eudoxia), Pelagia ____, alive in 1796. As “Pelagia, Damiani Sołonynka uxor” she served as a godmother in the Roman Catholic church in 1784 (the surname in the entry being now compltely illegible).[34] As “Pelagia, uxor Demioni Sołonynka uxor” she served as a godmother in the Greek Catholic church on 11 February 1797 for a child of Joannes Ostapow and Anna Kesil.[35] As she was still alive so close to the estimated date of birth of Damion’s son Pantaleon, we assume she was Pantaleon’s mother. Known issue:
(by first husband)
(by second husband)
2. Pantaleon Sołonynka, of Tsyhany, son of Damian Sołonynka and Pelagia ____, was born 1796-97 (by calculation), and was still alive in 1833. He married 21 November 1819 at Tsyhany (house number not stated), by Roman Catholic rites,[38] Francisca Kozłowski [?], born 1798-99 (by calculation), died 8 December 1864 in house no. 140, Tsyhany, aged 70 years, and buried two days later as “Francisca Kuka, rost. [?] Pantaleonem Sołonynka vidua.”[39] But their marriage record describes them as “Pantaleon, Damionis Sołonynka filius,” aged 24 years, and “Francisca, Josephi Kozłowski filia,” aged 20 years, and this surname seems more plausible than that given in her death record. Known issue:
3. Onophrius Sołonynka, of Tsyhany, son of Pantaleon Sołonynka and Francisca Kozłowski [?], was born 1833-34 (by calculation), died 16 January 1876 in house no. 53, age illegible, and was buried two days later as “Onophrius Solonynka, maritus Catharinæ Warowy.[42] He married (1) 2 November 1856 in house no. 140, Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites,[43] Anna Junik, born 8 January 1836 (annotation in marriage record), died 22 January 1862 in house no. 82, Tsyhany, aged 25 years, and buried two days later as “Anna Junik, Onophrii Sołonynka uxor,”[44] sister of Apolonia Junik (wife of Adalbert Warowy) and daughter of Thomas Junik and Francisca Szczukulski.[45] Their marriage record names them as “Onophrius, Pantaleonis et Francisca[e] Sołonynka,” aged 24, and “Anna, Thomæ et Francisca[e] Junik filia,” aged 20, [born] 8/1 1836. He married (2) (as her first husband) 26 May 1862 in house no. 41, Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites,[46] Catharina Warowy, born 20 November 1838 in house no. 41, Tsyhany,[47] evidently alive at her husband’s death in 1876 as he is called her husband (maritus) rather than her widower (viduus), brother of Adalbert Warowy aforesaid, and daughter of Martin Warowy, of Tsyhany, by the latter’s wife Francisca Kubyn. Their marriage record names them as “Onophrius, Pantaleonis et Franciscæ Sołonynka filius,” aged 28 years, and “Catharina, Martini et Francinæ Warowy filia,” aged 24 years. Catharina married (2) 18 March 1879 in house no. 39, Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites,[48] Fedor Semczyszyn, born 1842-43 (by calculation), son of Joannes Semczyszyn and Catharina ____. Known issue:
(by first wife)
(by second wife)
1. Alexius Sołonynka, married ________. Only known child:
2. Eudoxia Sołonynka, married before 1796, Fedor Zebrak. Only known child:
1. | Maria was perhaps a sister of the Joannes “Rrzyznik” (sic) who with wife “Eudoxia, parente Constantini Semczysyn” had a daughter Maria, born 27 March 1796 in house no. 87, Tsyhany, and baptized in the Roman Catholic church (Record courtesy of Gary Duschl). |
2. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
3. | Tyshany Roman Catholic church, burial register, AGAD ser. 301, sign. 1220, p. 166. |
4. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
5. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
6. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
7. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
8. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
9. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
10. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
11. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
12. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
13. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
14. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
15. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
16. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
17. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
18. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
19. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. The record calls him “Laboriosus Procopius Sołonynka,” perhaps implying that he was an agricultural laborer. |
20. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
21. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
22. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
23. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
24. | He was baptized the day after his birth as Stephanus, son of “Josephus, Andræ [sic] et Catharinæ Skawinski filius” and “Maria, Martini et Mariæ Rudnicki filia.” His father, Josef, was born 14 August 1793 in house no. 95, Tsyhany, and baptized as Josephus, son of “Andreas Skawinski and Catharina ____. (Tsyhany Roman Catholic church, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl.) |
25. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
26. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
27. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
28. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
29. | Death notice of Mary Waroway, Manitoba death registrations, no. 1914,087166, which gives a wildly exaggerated age at death of 89, states her date of birth as 20 August 1825 (!), and incorrectly names her parents as J. Solonynka and Agathe Syracusa, possibly in confusion with her paternal grandparents Jacob Sołonynka and Marianna Szewcuwa. |
30. | Catholic Church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
31. | The entry reads:
whether going to join name age occupation a relative or friend ----------------------------------------------------------- Maria Warowy 58 widow Peter " 26 labourer "brother of law" Wasyl Demczuk Fedor " 24 labourer ----- Entire family can read and write, is Austrian in nationality and Polish in race, from Cygany; final destination WinnipegEllis Island Passenger Arrival Records, ship manifest of the S.S. Blücher, 13 April 1904, p. 43, available online at http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?MID=18241281620182875168&pID=102518020063. We are deeply grateful to Borislaw Bilash II for bringing this item to our attention, as the field of the record which mentions the name of Wasyl Demczuk is not indexed and it is unlikely we would ever have found it ourselves. This record has been published in Diane Semanske & Barbara Odette, “Passenger Ship Arrivals,” Pathways and Passages: Official Publication of the Polish of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut/Polish Genealogical Society of the Northeast, 12(1) (Fall 1995): 15-16, at p. 15 (not personally seen). |
32. | 1911 Census of Canada, Manitoba, City of Winnipeg, Enumeration District 14, p. 44. The entry reads:
name relationship cond. age birthdate birthpl. immig. occupation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Waroway head M 32 July 1879 Poland 1905 general merchant Jennie Waroway wife M 20 May 1891* Poland 1905 [illegible] Tadeusz Waroway son S 5 Jan. 1906 Manitoba Boleslaw Waroway son S 2 March 1909 Manitoba Mary Waroway mother W 85 ---- 1826 Poland 1905 ----- Entire family Polish in ethnicity, Canadian in nationality, Catholic in religion * The third digit is illegible, but must be a 9 if she was 20 |
33. | Winnipeg Free Press, 14 March 1914, p. 4, col. 3. |
34. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
35. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
36. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
37. | Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
38. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
39. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
40. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
41. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
42. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
43. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
44. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
45. | Thomas Junik and Francisca Szczukulski were married 4 November 1821 in house no. 23, Tsyhany, by Roman Catholic rites (record also courtesy of Gary Duschl) as “Thomas, Andreæ et Agnetis Junikow filius, Cygany,” and “Francisca, Antonii et Mariannæ Szczukulskich [genitive plural of Szczukulski] filia, Cygany.” |
46. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
47. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
48. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
49. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
50. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
51. | Greek Catholic church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
52. | Greek Catholic Church, Tsyhany, burial register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
53. | Roman Catholic church, Tsyhany, marriage register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
54. | Greek Catholic Church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Chris Bostwick. |
55. | Roman Catholic Church, Tsyhany, baptismal register, from extracts supplied by Gary Duschl. |
From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = johnblythedobson.org/genealogy/ff/Solonynka.cfm
This page first appeared 2 November 2014
Last revised 12 January 2020