Question:
Is your grandmother married in USA ? If so, have you tried with
her marriage ? All the priests, not only in catholic church, ask a birth certificate
and a baptism certificate. Normally, these pieces are furnished by the priest
of the parish where the baptism was done and the priest who celebrates
the marriage archives these pieces or writes them down on the register
of marriages.
Answer:
A 1914 Ellis Island ship manifest will have the place of origin as well as
the birthplace in most cases. Have you located her ship manifest? If not
perhaps you can give us her first and last name. Maybe someone can assist
with finding her record at Ellis Island. Just tried searching for all
females arriving 1914 ethnicity Ukrainian (also added Ruthenian as many
folks who are looking for Ukrainian ancestors find they are Ruthenian) last
name beginning with Z and found 109.
Also I've found that it is not a good idea to stick to just one year in your
search. Since you don't seem to have positive proof that she arrived in
1914 you should look either side of that by a few years. Also keep in mind
that WW I began in 1914 and immigration from that region almost came to a
halt.
Also in regards to Naturalization of women, prior to 1922 you will find that
very few women received citizenship on their own. Their citizenship was the
same as that of their husband. For instance my GM, a US citizen born in PA,
married my GF, an immigrant from Croatia, in 1913. When she did that she
lost her US citizenship and became a citizen of The Habsburg Empire aka
Austria-Hungary. It was not until the time of Women's Suffrage (the right
to vote) that the laws changed. So if your GF became a US citizen then your
GM did automatically prior to 1922.
Try finding her in the ship's manifest in http://www.ellisisland.org
In 1914 the village/town that she came from will be listed along with
other relevant information.
Immigration papers are generally considered the ship manifest, they are not
Naturalization papers.
Now I have found... Tekla BURGI but looking at the original ship manifest it
looks like BRUYJ age 19 arr Mar 01, 1911 aboard the Vaderland sailing from
Antwerp Belgium, Race Ruthenian, from Mazurwoka (close to the place she said
she was from and arriving in cold weather aboard the Vaderland!) next of kin
at that place mother Zoska BURYJ destination NY to aquantance Mihal JAKOB
525 E 6th St she was traveling with 2 other 17 yr old women going to the
same place, they listed Mihal as a cousin (Mihal = Michael) Keep in mind
that you can not pronounce BURYJ as you would in English I believe it would
sound like buree There are 13 arr at Ellis Island with the name BURYJ most
listed Race as Ruthenian
Region of central Europe, on the southern slopes of the Carpathian
Mountains, home of the Ruthenes or Russniaks. Dominated by Hungary from the
10th century, it was part of Austria-Hungary until World War I. In 1918 it
was divided between Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Romania independent for a
single day in 1938, it was immediately occupied by Hungary, captured by the
USSR in 1944 and incorporated 1945/47 (as the Transcarpathian Region) into
Ukraine Republic, which became independent as Ukraine in 1991
Austrian by citizenship only. There is no ethnic group called Austrian,
just as their is no ethnic group called Americans.
Ruthenia is an ancient empire which inc the western part of the Ukraine, and
people from there identified themselves as such in the old Austrian Empire.
That part of old Ruthenia is now part of present day Ukraine and under
Austria was known as Galicia or Galicy. You should read about the
Ruthenians and I think this would make things a bit clearer.
This quote from the New Advent Encyclopedia may help "The Ruthenians along
the borderland of the ancient Kingdom of Poland and the present boundary
separating Austria from Russia proper are also called Ukrainians (u, at or
near, and krai, the border or land composing the border)"
You should read the entire article it is excellent.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13278a.htm
You may want to check the ship manifest and see if you can recognize the
others traveling with her. Didn't mean to throw more doubt but this one
looks like some things match your GMs recollection.
Let's first address former Galicia.
Genealogical research cannot be divorced from a geographical and
historical study of the area under investigation.
From the late 1700s until the end of WW I, Poland did not exist as
acountry. It was divided among the Russian, German (Prussian), and
Austrian Empires. These divisions were known as Partitions.
When Poland was restored as a country after WWI, only certain portions
of these partitioned areas were used to construct the present day
Poland.
The other portion of these areas were retained by the respective ruling
government.
There was Russian-Poland, German-Poland, and Austrian-Poland.
Austrian-Poland
By the First Partition (1792) of Poland, Austria had obtained Galicia
(consisting of Red Russia, the city of Lemberg [Lwów], a part of
western Podolia, and southern Little Poland)
Austria did not take any Polish land in the Second Partition.
During the Third Partition (1795) of Poland, Austria took the remainder
of Little Poland and Kraków.
The southern Polish territories around Kraków and Lwów were
incorporated into the Austrian Empire and renamed "Galicia".
Galicia was formerly a Austrian Kronland and part of Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy (1867-1918). Sometimes referred to as Austrian Poland.
Other names for the area were Galicja (Polish), Galizien (German),
Halychyna (Ukrainian) and Rus Halicka (Polish).
In 1918, Galicia was annexed to Poland as "Kleinpolen" (Malopolska [P],
Little Poland [E)
After the 1939 partition of Poland by Germany and Russia, East Galicia
became part of Ukraine while West Galicia remained in Poland as part of
the provisional government of Warsaw.
Its former territories are now shared between southern Poland and
western Ukraine.
Under a Polish-Soviet agreement in 1945, Galicia was assigned to the
USSR and incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR.
After the Ukraine achieved independence in 1991, Tarnopol province was
changed to Ternopil' oblast, Lówów to L'viv, and Stanislawów became
Stanislav oblast(renamed Ivano-Frankovsk oblast in 1962) and in 1991
Ivan-Frankivs'k oblast.
Where the hell peasant Ukrainian girl from the God forgotten pre WWI Eastern
Galician village Mazurowka got Swiss or Italian surname from?
Check again Ellis Island basis and concentrate on a surname Borejko [boh rey
koh].
be cetain transcription errorare the norm with exotic names
learn to be creative and use wild cards
on one new ancestry DB i found 6000 erors by an ordinary search
always check images
and they can be hard to find on Ellis Ilsand bing mis-linked
This boryk must be someone I have previously blocked as I don't see his
original message! Seems he understand very little about surnames and
manners, etc.! Perhaps that is why I have blocked his messages!
