Brief Life History of Matthew
When Matthew Cherniawski was born in 1872, in Horodenka, Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, his father, Michaelis Czerniawski, was 21 and his mother, Eudocia Kuszczuk, was 21. He married Barbara Mendzatiuk in 1892, in Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died in 1909, in his hometown, at the age of 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Mickel Kasky in entry for Alex Kasky and Elizabeth Saville, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
Spouse and Children
1872–1909 Male
1874–1946 Female
Children (3)
1893–1970 Male
1900– Male
1901– Male
Parents and Siblings
1852– Male
1852– Female
Siblings (2)
1872–1909 Male
1874– Male
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Benedykt, Janusz, Lech, Stanislaw.
Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places called Czerniawa, Czerniawka, or Czerniawy, all in the southern borderland of Poland, all named with a dialect variant of Polish czarny ‘black’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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