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Congratulations to Slovakia 1st May - New EU Member State "Why Slovakia?" Michele's paternal grandfather and grandmother were both born in a village in Eastern Slovakia located a few kilometres from the Polish border - Hostovice. Her grandparents emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA. The search for the family's origins took us not only into the complex historical and cultural setting of the end of the 19th century, but also took us on a journey of discovery of a relatively newly emerged country - the Slovak Republic. We are planning to visit Bratislava and the Christmas markets in December 2004.
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These are my key sites for Slovakia including information about my family's origins (Rusyn). |
| www.slovensko.com | General information and news
about this Central European country and
very lively discussion boards: General discussion, Q&A, Travel, Geneaology,
Find People, Slovak language, German and French language. This is a good
place to start your reading. Slovakia has much to offer the visitor whether
you have a personal connection or not. |
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www.rusynmedia.org www.carpathianfoundation.org www.carpathorusynsociety.org |
Rather
than repeat what is better put elsewhere on the net, here are some of the
sites that I visit for information about the Rusyn people. The history of
the Rusyns is by no means complete, but via these sites you can gain some
information about them and their place in European history.
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| www.angelfire.com/home/vj | Photo gallery of places and
events (the Craftsmen's displays and the Christmas market) in and around
Bratislava and Orava. Also some handy tips for going out of an evening -
pubs, restaurants and nightlife. There are links to other sites as well. |
| www.bbc.co.uk/slovak | BBC site in Slovak
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| www.slovakspectator.com | English language print and
electronic weekly paper with 'feedback' forum for readers.
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HOSTOVICE, Slovak Republic: I have, with a lot of help from others, learned a few things about this small village of under 1000 people on the border between Slovakia and Poland. I'll share some of it here. It is certainly an eclectic collection of information.
The village is predominantly Rusyn (Ruthenian) ‘Lemko’. Check this link for information www.rusynmedia.org about the Rusyn people. Rusyns have their own distinct language and customs. My grandfather declared his ethnic/language in the 1920 Census in Pennsylvania as Ruthenian. The link Family History Research gives more information about my family tree.
The village is first mentioned in 1354. It belonged to landlords from Humenné. In 18-19th century it belonged to family Csaky and at the end of the 19th century to family Ocskay. In 1556 it had 16, in 1715 29 empty and 20 lived in houses, 1720 there was a water mill, 1787 it had 95 houses and 706 inhabitants; in 1828 81 houses and 603 inhabitants. The inhabitants were workers in the forests, farmers and breeders of livestock and manufacturers of charcoal. During WWI the village was destroyed. After 1918 the inhabitants were farmers and linen makers and also involved in cabinet making. Now the people work in Košice, Snina and Humenné. The village is 2736 Hectars (1Hectar = 2.471 acres), centre of village is 387 meters above sea leavel and is located in the Low Beskydy mountains with a creek Hostovica. Names of parts of surrounding areas: Kyslovec, Pol’ana.
There is a Greek Catholic Church built in Baroque style (1764).
VILLAGE NAMES THROUGH TIME1773 Hosztovicza, Hostowicza
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SURNAMES IN HOSTOVICE 1869: The following is a list of some of the surnames taken from the census of 1869 in the village of Hostovice which is located about 9km northeast of the East Slovak city of Snina. The Polish border is only a matter of kilometres away.
The surnames (listed alphabetically) are mostly those of head of households and their spouses. There were very many surnames I did not note so this listing is certainly not the full picture for Hostovice in 1869. The village itself had nearly 100 residences most of which were occupied by extended families and other individuals who seemed to have no obvious familial connection to the head of house.
The village was at the time predominantly Greek Catholic – approaching 60% or more. However there were a significant number of households that were Jewish and Roman Catholic. There were 2 households listed as Reform and 1 listed as non-believer.
Regarding spelling of surnames. I can’t claim to be an expert transcriber but despite my blushes I have decided to provide this list as I originally compiled it. The majority of the names were easily transcribed. Some were not. The names are in a ‘magyarized’ form and this is how they are listed.
This listing is offered as an aid to those researching their family’s history. The LDS film number is 0722709 – 1869 Census (contains 3-4 villages) Hungary. Other information taken during this census included year of birth, sex of occupants, religious affiliation, occupation and place of birth.
Michele Devon, England
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The following information is based largely on research done by Michael Sura of the additional records of Hostovice located in the Hungarian town of Satoraljaujhely. Michael is a Rusyn and lives in Kosice, Slovakia. His email is arusm@yahoo.com should you wish to hire a him to research your own family tree. Although the following 'history' is short it is dull reading unless you are reading here because you have found a surname that interests you. If that isn't the case you might want to skip this bit.
KREPICH – HRINO (my father’s parents)
My Grandfather William Krepich
was born Basilius Kres on 22 DEC 1877, his parents were Alexius Kres and
Maria Kancsurjak. The name Krepic’ is mentioned in association with Kres in the
1869 census records for Hostovice which was then administered by Hungarian
authority. (nicknames or aliases were common – check the
www.iarelative.com website discussion
boards for the most common reasons. I have no leads as to why Krepic’ name was
used as an alias nor why my grandfather adopted it as his official name on entry
to the US at the Port of Philadelphia).
My Great Grandparents: Marriage records for Pichne (probably birth village for
Maria) do not exist Alexius Kres and Maria Kancsurjak married after 21 NOV 1876,
because on this day died Anna Pavlova, who was a previous wife of Alexius Kres.
My Great Grandfather was born Alexius Kres on 16 MAR 1830 in Solinka,
Galicia, he died 21 APR 1897 in Hostovice.
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HEINER (HRINO) FAMILY
My grandmother’s parents were born Joannes Hrinyo and Anastazia
Pavlov and were married 2 JAN 1885. In the US they were known as John Heiner and
Nancy Powell Heiner (later Perrick).
My grandmother Mary Heiner has no birth record (Maria Hrinyo) in the church
records from Hostovice. It is thought that the priest forgot write her
name in the register. But she was thought to have been born Hostovice in 1884.
Though there is a handwritten (by William Krepich) document dated September 11
1947 where her birth date is given as 18 October 1885. The official document
acquired from Presov archive by Mary dated February 1950 did not give a day or
month only the year.
Great Grandfather Heiner: Joannes Hrinyo was born 4 APR 1858, his parents were
Joannes Hrinyo and Maria Labisak.
Great Great Grandfather: Joannes Hrinyo and Maria Labisak got married 21 JUL
1857, he said that he was 26, she said that she was 26, she was a widow. Her
previous husband was called Vasil Pavlov. Vasil Bavlov and Maria Labisak got
married 12 FEB 1850.
Joannes Hrinyo and Maria Labisak had these children:
JOANNES, born 4 APR 1858 (My great grandfather)
Anna, born 18 APR 1859
Eva, born 2 DEC 1861
Basil, born 9 MAY 1864
Maria, born 29 OCT 1866
Andreas, born 12 FEB 1868
Maria, born 29 MAY 1870
Susanna, born 21 OCT 1871
Joannes Hrinyo died 4 APR 1899 and Maria Labisak died 8 APR 1889.
Great Great Grandfather: Joannes Hrinyo was born 2 JUN 1833, his parents were
Gregorius Hrinyo and Anna Sztebila.
Michael Sura found these children of Gregorius Hrinyo (my great great great
grandfather) and Anna Sztebila:
Maria, born 13 APR 1828
JOANNES, born 2 JUN 1833
Maria, born 24 JUL 1836
Basilius, born 22 AUG 1838
Anna, born 10 DEC 1842
He could not find when Gregorius Hrinyo and Anna Sztebila got married, due to
some missing years in marriage records from Hostovice.
Maria Labisak was born 23 APR 1832, her parents were Gregorius Labisak and
Anastazia Hoczko.
Children of Gregorius Labisak and Anastazia Hoczko:
Anna, born 25 OCT 1829
MARIA, born 23 APR 1832
Joannes, born 4 JUN 1834
Basilius, born 18 SEP 1836
Michael, born 4 NOV 1838
Gregorius, born 5 NOV 1843
Mihaly and Andras /twins/, born 23 APR 1847
No marriage records for Gregorius Labisak and Anastazia Hoczko were found in the
church records from Hostovice.
My Greatgrandmother: Anastazia Pavlov (Nancy Powell) was born 22 SEP 1865, her
parents were Joannes (Ivan) Pavlov and Susanna Kerlik.
The children of Joannes Pavlov and Susanna Kerlik:
Andreas, born 9 DEC 1842
Joannes, born 5 NOV 1852
Anna, born 19 JAN 1859
Basilius, born 16 FEB 1862
Eva, born 12 MAR 1863
ANASTAZIA, born 22 SEP 1865
No marriage record was found for Joannes Pavlov and Susanna Kerlik . MS found
that Susanna Kerlik was from Rusyn village Pichne and there were missing
marriage records for Pichne.
Joannes Pavlov died 9 MAR 1876 in age 60 years, so he was born around year 1816
- parents unknown.
Susanna Kerlik was born 26 AUG 1866 in village Pichne, her parents were Joannes
Kerlik and Anna Hrebenyak.
MS found these children of Joannes Kerlik and Anna Hrebenak:
SUSANNA, born 26 AUG 1826
Anna, born 13 FEB 1837
Maria, born 5 DEC 1844
No marriage record of Joannes Kerlik and Anna Hrebenak, (missing marriage
records in church records from village Pichne). Pichne church records start at
year 1821.
Susanna Kerlik died 5 JAN 1884.
Plants of Slovakia - there are many plants that grow in Slovakia that are rare and protected. But there are also some familiar favourites. Here are just a few - and it gives me a good excuse to link to another website maintained by a Slovak wildlife photography enthusiast. I will add my own pictures in time.
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Just a few of the many plants found in Slovakia
"poniklec" (pulsatilla)
"Prvosienka hola'" Primula auricula
http://www.wnp.sk/displayimage.php?album=33&pos=46
"Pl'u'cnik leka'rsky"
(Pulmonaria officinalis) |
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