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HRYNKIW

"Um, no - it's H - R - Y - N - K - I - W.
No, not K - I - U - U, K - I - *W*.
Yes, that's right.
Yes, I know it looks like "HOCKYRINK."
Yup, only 2 vowels.
Pronounciation? _SMITH_."
-- my brother's e-mail sig line.

Is your name HRYNKIW*? I'd like to hear from you -- perhaps we're distant cousins.

* Or is it spelled:

Hrymka Hrymow Hrynciow Hrynck Hrynco

Hryncyk Hrynenko Hryngk Hrynhow Hrynia Hryniew

Hrynio Hryniow Hryniw Hrynk Hrynka

Hrynki Hrynkin Hrynko Hrynkon Hrynkow

Hrynnyk Hryno Hrynuo Hyrnio Krynkiw

Krynkow Rymki Rymkow Rynkow

Who were your grandparents? When the old folks gather and start telling stories, where do they say your family came from? I've collected reports of present-day Ukraine, Poland, Austria, and Slovakia. If you're not in Ukraine, when did your people emmigrate?

How do you pronounce our surname? My own family uses either "her-IN-kew" or "her-INK-you".

In North America, the HRYNKIW surname appears more often in Canada than the US, and mostly in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. In the US, HRYNKIW shows up primarily in Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania. My family is from British Columbia, with Saskatchewan in our roots; I also have siblings now living in Quebec and Alberta.

Drop me a note. Or send my address to someone in your family who is interested in family history or genealogy. I'd love to hear from you.

Donna Hrynkiw
4808 214A St.
Langley B.C.
Canada
V3A 9E4
donna.hrynkiw(at)kwantlen.ca

Links of Interest

• Berezhany Genealogy and History Page
• Surnames found in the village of Solinka (Solynka) Poland [...] near where the modern borders of Poland, Ukraine, and Slovakia meet.
• The Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base: Solynka [Ru] Solinka [Polish], Lisko District, present day SE Poland. Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records: Hrynkiw / Hrynkiv (3 families)
• Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia (western Ukraine)

Names, Dates, and All That

Andrew HRYNKIW

• b. 1876, Austria-Hungary, d. 1953, Togo, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Spouse: Julia HRYNYSHYN (b. 1882, Austria-Hungary)
• Children
  1. Mary HRYNKIW, b. 14 Oct 1898, Austria-Hungary
  2. Peter HRYNKIW, b. Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada
  3. Anne HRYNKIW, b. 15 Sep 1908, Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada
  4. Lillian HRYNKIW, b. 5 Jan 1911, Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada
  5. Living HRYNKIW
  6. Living HRYNKIW
  7. Allen HRYNKIW, b. Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada
  8. Sophie HRYNKIW, b. Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada
  9. Jean HRYNKIW, b. Buchanan, askatchewan, Canada
• Found on http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com, used with permission of the submittor.

Jason HRYNKIW

• Born in Dauphin, Manitoba in 1971. Married to Dawn (?) Lakeland Florida. (Living)
• Golfer
• Won the South Florida PGA Section Assistants' Championship in Aug 2002.
• Assistant Golf Professional, North Palm Beach, Florida
• Earned PGA membership in 1999
• PGA Professional, Jupiter, Florida

Michael HRYNKIW

• b. 1887, Austria; d. 1984, Saskatchwan, Canada
• Wife: Anastasia Ivanovna PETRASH (b. 1891, Ukraine; m. 1911; d. 1976, Saskatchwan, Canada)
• Children:

Paul HRYNKIW

• Baseball player, 1951, played in the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League for the Colonsay Monarchs. (Picture)

Thomas HRYNKIW

• USA, pianist, recording artist, teacher (Living)
• Participated in the 1966 Van Cliburn Competition
• Regular Contributor at the Newport Music Festival (picture)
• Faculty Member at Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania) (brief bio)

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