This family is part of my one-place study of St. Dimitry’s Greek Catholic (today Byzantine Catholic) Church parish, serving Udol and Hajtovka, Slovakia, covering the years 1827-about 1920. I will be sharing family records, roughly once a week, until all families in the parish are posted. Be aware that ages at marriage and death frequently don’t match baptismal records, when found. If you have ancestors who lived in these two villages and would like to receive an invitation to a shared Dropbox folder, please leave a comment and I will contact you.
HAVRAN/HAVRANCSIN
Havran, Anna, Ujak 92, GC
Child:
- Helen, born 11 August, bp 15 August 1872; died 7 August, buried 8 August 1873, aged 1 year
Havran, Helen, orphan, Ujak 13, born c1848, died 17 July, buried 18 July 1873, aged 25 years
Havran, John (c1793-8 April 1862) & (1) Helen Szoroka (c1794-15 April 1859), Ujak 71, GC, GC
Helen died 15 April, buried 17 April 1859, aged 65 years. John, widower, married (2) Elizabeth Belej, born c1804, widow, 10 June 1860. John died 8 April, buried 10 April 1862, aged 76 years.
Children:
- Anna, bp 3 February 1833; buried 27 January 1835, aged 2 years
Havran, John, Ujak 39, born c1845, buried 30 April 1854, aged 9 years
Havran, Michael & Maria Fedorko, Ujak, GC, GC
Children:
- John, bp 6 September 1830
- Anna, bp 28 April 1839; married (1) Michael Kundrat, born c1832, died 19 December 1890 (2) Conrad Dzubely, born c1842, widower, 12 July 1892
Havran, Michael & Maria Petrisin, Ujak, GC, GC
Children:
- Anna, bp 10 March 1837; buried 12 July 1838, aged 1 ½ years
- Helen, bp 31 March 1844
Havran, Michael (c1824-14 June 1902) & Susanna Hnatojanka (c1822-4 May 1888), Ujak 39, 71, 73, 91 & 105, GC, GC
Susanna, wife of Michael, born Hnat, died 4 March, buried 6 March 1888, aged 66 years. Michael is likely the man living at Ujak 122 when he died 14 June, buried 16 June 1902, aged 78 years.
Children:
- Susanna, bp 17 May 1850
- Maria, bp 18 May 1851; married Michael Pruzsinszky, bp 15 August 1847, son of Michael Pruzsinszky & Anna Mikulik, 23 November 1874
- Anna, born 30 November, bp 10 December 1854; married Joseph Kopcsak, born c1854, son of Nicholas Kopcsak & Anna Juresenko of Lagni 9, 19 May 1878
- Michael, born 24 November, bp 29 November 1857; married Maria Szuchanovsky, born 14 April 1865, RC, daughter of Michael Szuchanovsky & Susanna Fabian of Ujak 51, 6 February 1882 in Plavnica.
- Helen, born 7 November, bp 18 November 1860; died 3 April, buried 5 April 1866, aged 5 years, 5 months. Called Susanna in the burial record.
- Susanna, born 13 August, bp 16 August 1863; died 20 March, buried 22 March 1866, aged 2 years, 3 months (sic)
Havran, Michael (24 November 1857-1909+), son of Michael Havran & Susanna Hnat & Maria Szuchanovszki (14 April 1865-1909+), daughter of Michael Szuchanovszki & Susanna Fabian of Ujak 51, married 6 February 1882 in Plavnica, Hajtovka 48 & Ujak 104, 105, 113, 114 & 118, GC, RC
Children:
- Maria, born 17 April, bp 22 April 1883; emigrated to Massachusetts
- Michael, born 21 October, bp 25 October 1885; emigrated to Massachusetts
- Anna, born 28 June, bp 8 July 1888; emigrated to Connecticut
- Helen, born 29 March, bp 5 April 1891
- John, born 1 January, bp 8 January 1894; emigrated to Connecticut
- Stephen, born 9 March, bp 13 March 1897; emigrated to Connecticut
- Veronica, born 21 May, bp 25 May 1902; died 30 June, buried 2 July 1902, aged 6 weeks
- Maria, born 9 October, bp 13 October 1903
- Nicholas, born 10 February, bp 14 February 1907
- Peter, born 12 July, bp 18 July 1909
Havran, Peter (c1817-9 March 1903) & Anna Hrinya (c1820-5 December 1887), Ujak 39, 71, 92 & 108, GC, GC
Peter died 9 March, buried 11 March 1903, aged 86 years. Anna, wife of Peter, born Hrinya, died 5 December, buried 7 December 1887, aged 67 years.
Children:
- Maria, bp between 23 July/15 August 1847. Ink faded; married Michael Blasko, bp 7 October 1844, son of Joseph Blasko & Catherine Holodnyak, 14 February 1869
- Anna, bp 7 July 1850; married Michael Lazor, bp 27 July 1851, son of John Lazor & Anna Fengya, 23 November 1874
- Helen, born 16 September, bp 20 September 1853; married John Szovik, born c1852, son of Michael Szovik & Maria Bartko/Bartek, 29 January 1877
- Peter, born 11 July, bp 20 July 1856; married Maria Kolyar, born 26 November, bp 3 December 1857, daughter of John Kolyar & Anna (error for Maria?) Fedak of Ujak 52, 16 February 1880
- John, born 26 December, bp 29 December 1858
- Stephen, born 12 August, bp 17 August 1862; married Maria Liscsinszki, born 17 May 1866, daughter of Joseph Liscinszki & Helen Dornics of Ujak 104, 1 February 1886
Havran, Peter (11 July 1856-1890+), son of Peter Havran & Anna Hrinya & Maria Kolyar (26 November 1857-1890+), daughter of John Kolyar & Anna Fedak (Maria?) of Ujak 52, married 16 February 1880, Ujak 92 & 104, GC. GC
Children:
- Maria, born 23 October, bp 30 October 1881; died 2 November, buried 4 November 1883, aged 2 years
- Peter, born 22 June, bp 29 June 1884; went to America
- Anna, born 14 November, bp 27 November 1887; emigrated
- Maria, born 25 August, bp 26 August 1890; died 26 September, buried 27 September 1890, aged 1 month
Havran, Stephen (12 August 1862-April 1919), son of Peter Havran & Anna Hrinya & Maria Liscsinszki (17 May 1866-March 1938), daughter of Joseph Liscinszki & Helen Dornics of Ujak 104, married 1 February 1886, Ujak 73, 104 & 113, GC, GC
This family emigrated to New Jersey. On 26 June 1905, Stephen and son John sailed from Hamburg to New York. Final destination was Maria Havran in Passaic, New Jersey. Passenger list says they were first in New Jersey in 1900. In 1915, they lived in Rahway, Union, New Jersey. Stephen, Mary and son Martin are buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Clark, Union, New Jersey.
Children:
- Maria, born 28 October, bp 7 November 1886; died 9 September, buried 11 September 1887, aged 11 months
- John, born 16 March, bp 24 March 1889; no further record
- Anna, born 23 December 1891, bp 2 January 1892
- Helen, born May 1903, New Jersey
- Stephen, born c1900, Slovakia
- Martin James, born 5 March 1905; died 19 October 1985; married Catherine O’Connor, between 1930-1940. She was born 4 December 1911; died 20 February 1974.
- Michael, born May 1909, New Jersey
Havran, Susanna, daughter of Michael, Ujak, born c1839, buried 1 October 1843, aged 4 years
Havran, Susanna, buried 18 May 1850, no age recorded
In the United States, Havran is also spelled HAWRAN.
Thank you SO much, Linda, for highlighting our Hawran family! You have given us some exact dates that we didn’t have before and I have shared all of this with our family.
It is amazing that you and I met in person a few years ago at the Jamboree in Burbank and we were just sitting chatting with others and I mentioned the village where my husband’s family came from in Slovakia. You nearly fell off your chair! We were meant to meet – I’m sure of it! Thank you for all the research you have done and transcribed for the Ujak/Udol village.