When Steve Pinchak was born on 21 February 1890, in Slovakia, his father, Joannes Pincsak, was 44 and his mother, Mária Spitzova, was 40. He married Katherine Olshafski on 25 July 1910, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 25 May 1976, in Cranbrook, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cranbrook, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
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Americanized form of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Sinčak: patronymic from the personal name Synko, a variant of Senko 1, formed with the diminutive suffix -ak.
Ukrainian (standard transliteration Synchak): patronymic from the personal name Synko (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWhen Steve was 12 years old (census shows he arrived in 1902) he was snuck into Canada by his relatives from Slovakia (Austria at the time). He landed in Toronto and then took a train to Lethbridge wh …
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