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.

MUCHA, MUCHANIN, MUHA, MUHANIN, MUTZA

Muchanin, Andrew, bp 11 September 1842, son of John Mucha & Helen Liscinszki & Helen Arendacs, born c1845, married 2 February 1868, Hajtovka 8, GC, GC

Muhanin, Anna, Hajtovka, born c1783, buried 21 January 1838, aged 55 years

Mucha, Anna, Hajtovka 7, GC
Child:

1. Maria, born 17 May, bp 21 May 1865

Mucha, George (c1805-1842+), son of Michael Mucha & Maria Hnat & Maria Vaskovanya (1809-1842+), daughter of John Vaskovanya & Unknown, married 15 November 1830, Hajtovka, GC, GC
Children:

1. Susanna, bp 8 May 1842

Mucha, George & Maria Arendacs, Hajtovka, GC, GC
Children:

1. Maria, bp 27 August 1832
2. Anna, bp 31 December 1834
3. John, bp 22 December 1839
4. Helen, bp 26 March 1847

Muchanin, Helen, daughter of John, Hajtovka, born c1835, buried 23 November 1837, aged 2 years

Muhan, John & Helen Liscinszki, Hajtovka, GC, GC
Children:

1. Susanna, bp 19 August 1840
2. Andrew, bp 11 September 1842; married Helen Arendacs, born c1846, 2 February 1868
3. Peter, bp 11 March 1849

Muchanin, John (c1814-6 December 1886) & Maria Osifcsin (c1822-1869+), Hajtovka 7, 8, 11 & 32, GC, GC

The family lived in Hajtovka 7 in 1869. John died 6 December, buried 8 December 1886, aged 76 years.
Children:

1. John, bp 25 March 1840
2. Michael, bp 25 November 1842
3. Michael, bp 31 May 1844; buried 30 April 1848, aged 4 years
4. Michael, born c1846; died 14 July, buried 15 July 1873, aged 25 years
5. Maria, bp 26 March 1847
6. Peter, born c1853; married Anna Glyucs, born c1860, daughter of Mathias Glyucs & Anna Sztarinszky of Plavnica, 7 February 1881. Peter lived at Plavnica 2.
7. Maria, born 13 September, bp 20 September 1855; died 24 April, buried 26 April 1871, aged 15 ½ years
8. Anna, born 30 August, bp 7 September 1858; married Michael Szova/Gmitro, born c1845, widower of Hajtovka 55, 8 February 1885
9. Anna, born 1861
10. Joseph, born 27 July, bp 2 August 1863; married Susanna Pruzsinszky, born c1863, daughter of Michael Pruzsinszky & Anna Mikulik, 7 February 1887

Muchajanko, John & Maria Szovik, Ujak, GC, GC
Children:

1. Anna, bp 24 August 1842

Muchanin, John (18 September 1865-1889+), son of Michael Muchanin & Anna Arendacs alias Bircsak & Margaret Knapik (11 July 1872-1889+), daughter of John Knapik & Anna Szova of Hajtovka 5, married 11 February 1889 in Plavnica, Hajtovka 19, GC, RC

Muchanin, John, son of Michael, Ujak, born c1834, buried 13 March 1836, aged 2 years

Muchan, John, Hajtovka, born c1782, buried 2 December 1847, aged 65 years

Mucha, Joseph (27 July 1863-1904+), son of John Muchanin & Maria Osifcsin & Susanna Pruzsinszky (c1869-1904+), daughter of Michael Pruzsinszky & Anna Mikulik, married 7 February 1887, Hajtovka 7 & 8, GC, GC
Children:

1. Maria, born 13 May, bp 21 May 1893; died 6 June, buried 8 June 1894, aged 1 year
2. Anna, born 5 April, bp 15 April 1895
3. Susanna, born 6 December, bp 8 December 1901
4. Michael, born 29 April, bp 6 May 1904; died 15 June, buried 17 June 1904, aged 2 months

Muchanin, Maria, Hajtovka, born c1772, buried 8 March 1832, aged 60 years

Muchan, Maria, Hajtovka, born c1840, buried 3 May 1848, aged 8 years

Mucha, Michael & Maria Hnat
Children:

1. George, born c1805, married Maria Vaskovanya, born c1809, daughter of John Vaskovanya & Unknown, 15 November 1830

Mucha, Michael & Susanna Murczko, Hajtovka, GC, GC
Children:

1. Maria, born c1821, married John Szova, 28 February 1842
2. Michael, born c1828, buried 10 March 1832
3. Michael, bp 29 August 1832; died young

Muchanin, Michael (?-before 1869 census) & Anna Arendacs alias Bircsak (c1830-2 October 1877), Hajtovka 16, 24 & 29, GC

Michael died before the 1869 census, when Anna was a widow. John Bircsak, worker, born 1824 in Hajtovka, lived with Anna and her sons at the time of the census. Anna, widow of Michael, born Arendacs alias Bircsak, died 2 October, buried 3 October 1877, aged 45 years.
Children:

1. Anna, born 19 November, bp 23 November 1856
2. Michael, born 6 September, bp 7 September 1858; married Veronica Arendacs, born c1862, daughter of John Arendacs alias Huszar & Helen Dragan of Hajtovka 2, 25 September 1881
3. John, born 18 September, bp 24 September 1865; married Margaret Knapik, born 11 July 1872, daughter of John & Anna Szova of Hajtovka 5, RC, 11 February 1889 in Plavnica.

Mucha, Michael (6 September 1858-13 July 1895), son of Michael Muchanin & Anna Arendacs alias Bircsak & Veronica Arendacs alias Huszar (c1862-1895+), daughter of John Arendacs alias Huszar  & Helen Dragan of Hajtovka 2, married 25 September 1881, Hajtovka 29, 31 & 32, GC, GC

Michael died 13 July, buried 15 July 1895, aged 38 years.
Children:

1. Michael, born 27 August, bp 27 August 1882
2. John, born 20 November, bp 22 November 1885
3. Peter, born 24 January, bp 9 February 1888
4. Anna, born 7 October, bp 9 October 1892; died 11 July, buried 13 July 1893, aged 10 months
5. Maria, born 28 April, bp 30 April 1894; died 2 August, buried 4 August 1894, aged 3 months
6. Andrew, born 21 May, bp 26 May 1895; died 5 September, buried 7 September 1895, aged 3 months, 2 weeks

Mucha, Michael (c1856-1884+), widower of Orlov 87, & Susanna Timocsko (c1856-1884+), widow of Peter Fengya/Ilyasa of Ujak 61, married 27 January 1884, GC, GC

Muchanin, Michael, Hajtovka, born c1829, died 22 January, buried 24 January 1869, aged 40 years

Mucha, Peter (c1853-1881) & Anna Glyucs (c1860-1881+), daughter of Mathias Glyucs & Anna Sztarinszky of Plavnica 166, married 14 February 1881 in Plavnica, Hajtovka, GC, RC

Mucha, Stephen (c1781-before 1811) & Anna Gerak (c1785-1811+), married 20 May 1806 in Plavnica, Hajtovka, GC, RC

No other children are recorded for this couple. Stephen likely died before August 1810 in Hajtovka, where there are no records, as he wasn’t buried in Plavnica, and the priest determined that John couldn’t be Stephen’s son.
Children:

1. Susanna, bp 10 March 1807 in Plavnica.
2. John, bp 8 May 1811; Anna Gerak, widow, is John’s mother. His birth is recorded as out of wedlock.

Muha, Susanna, Hajtovka, born c1803, buried 30 January 1838, aged 35 years

Muhanin, Susanna, Hajtovka, born c1837, buried 28 February 1839, aged 2 years

In America, this family generally used Mucha as the preferred form of their surname, but Muhaw is occasionally found, too.