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PETRANYIN Families of Topolyán
from data compiled by Marie Power and Dennis Kowallek

The surname PETRANYIN has undergone various spelling changes over the years. The earliest church records from Topolyán (present day Topolany, Slovakia) are written in Church Slavonic (similar to the Russian Cyrillic alphabet), which makes it difficult to come up with an equivalent English spelling. PETRAN... or PATRAN... are the most common spellings for the beginning of the name. But the ending varies quite a bit --- anything from ...YIN, ...IN, ...ICH, ...IC, ...ICS, ...YITS, ...ITS, etc. This partly has to do with the differences between the Magyar (Hungarian) and Rusyn/Slovak languages. After coming to America in the 1890s, the surname evolved further into variations such as PETERS or PETERSON.

Today, the online Slovak telephone directory lists the surnames PETRANIN and Petranič in Topolany.

NOTE: At this point in time we are not sure if the dates we have documented are JULIAN or GREGORIAN dates. But we tend to think that dates from Greek Catholic records are JULIAN dates. Click here to convert between the two.

NOTE: It is not uncommon for an individual to be referenced by two or more versions of their given name. For the purposes of this study, we have decided to go with the Magyar or Hungarian version, since most of the records we are referencing were created at the time when Slovakia was a part of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

The following PETRANYINs represent the "loose ends" or "tree branches" that we have collected over a period of several years. These families are all from Topolyán and are probably all related. But the church records do not go back far enough, or are not detailed enough, for us to determine exactly how they are related. As we link various families together, this list should grow shorter.

  1. András PETRANYIN (b. abt 1826, h/o Anna ADAM).*1*
  2. András PETRANYIN (h/o Illona).
  3. Anna PETRANYIN (w/o János ?udra in 1818).
  4. Anna PETRANYIN (b. abt 1858, w/o János Hornyák).
  5. Anna IVANOV-PETRANYIN (b. abt 1843, w/o György Koleszár and György BODAJLA).
  6. Anna PETRANYIN (b. abt 1775, d. Apr 1805, may be member of this family).
  7. Anna PETRANYIN (b. abt 1881, w/o György GIROVSKY).
  8. Anna PETRANYIN (m/o András PETRANYIN b. 1850 in Sztrajnyán).
  9. Anna PETRANYITS (b. abt 1826, w/o János CSOFA of Sztrajnyán).
  10. Erzsébet PETRANYIN (b. maybe 1877, d. maybe 1945).
  11. Erzsébet PETRANYIN (b. abt 1870, w/o András KUROCSKA-KOLYESZAR-ANTOLYIK).
  12. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1774, h/o Mária KUNCS in 1810).*3*
  13. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1812, h/o Anna DANKANYIN).
  14. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1766, d. 27 Feb 1831, could be same as above).
  15. György PETRANYIN (h/o Anna SLIVACSKA).
  16. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1872).
  17. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1872, could be same as above).
  18. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1812, h/o Anna MITRO).
  19. György PETRANYIN (h/o Anna, could be earlier wife of above).
  20. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1882, h/o Zsuzsanna).
  21. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1873, could be same as above).
  22. György PETRANYIN (h/o Mária DZVONEK b. abt 1778).
  23. György PETRANYIN (h/o Mária bef 1800).
  24. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1872, h/o Erzsébet KUNCS).
  25. György PETRANYIN (b. abt 1871, could be same as above).
  26. Illona PETRANYIN (b. abt 1783, w/o Mihály B??????).
  27. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1865).
  28. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1863).
  29. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1853).
  30. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1772, h/o Anna KUROSKA).
  31. János PETRANYIN-IVANOV (b. 1813, h/o Anna IVANOVA, Anna Praczkó, and Anna STEFAN).
  32. János PETRANYIN (b. 1829, h/o Anna ASZMONGYA).
  33. János PETRANYIN (b. 1819, h/o Erzsébet ROVNYAK).*2*
  34. János PETRANYIN (h/o Anna bef 1798).
  35. János PETRANYIN (b. 1871, h/o Zsuzsanna).*4*
  36. János PETRANYIN (f/o Mária b. 1843, w/o Mihály Jantó).
  37. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1797, d. Aug 1799).
  38. János PETRANYIN (b. abt 1808, d. Mar 1812).
  39. János PETRANYIN (h/o Anna ZHUPAN).
  40. Mária PETRANYIN (b. abt 1862, w/o Mihály DELYIMAN).
  41. Mária PETRANYIN (b. 1836, w/o György GIDOV-ZSUPAN).
  42. Mária PETRANYIN (b. abt 1861, w/o János JAKUBOV).
  43. Mária PETRANYIN (b. abt 1855, w/o Mihály Dzurjányik).
  44. Mária PETRANYIN (of Nizna Rybnica).
  45. Mária PETRANYIN (b. abt 1864, w/o Mihály Hornyák).
  46. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1798, h/o Anna VARGA).
  47. Mihály PETRANYIN (h/o Mária FEDAK).
  48. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1824, h/o Erzsébet SZTANKO).
  49. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1866, h/o Anna LYIGUS).
  50. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1864).
  51. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1868).
  52. Mihály PETRANYIN (son János of Deerfield Twp., Warren Co., PA).
  53. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1832, h/o Anna SEMAN-FEDAK).
  54. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1822, h/o Erzsébet SLIVACSKA).
  55. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt Aug 1815, d. Dec 1815, may be member of this family).
  56. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. 1902, d. 1969, h/o Zsuzsanna IVANOVA).
  57. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1815, h/o Mária MASZCZIBRUCH).
  58. Mihály PETRANYIN (h/o Erzsébet MIKULOV).
  59. Mihály PETRANYIN (h/o Anna JANOKS).
  60. Michael PETRANICH (h/o Mary MIKULA).
  61. Mihály PETRANYIN (b. abt 1860, h/o Anna KUNCS).
  62. Mihály PETRANYIN (h/o Mária Hornyák).
  63. Mihály PETRANYIN (f/o Anna who was b. abt 1853, w/o Mihály Chvosztály).
  64. Unknown PETRANYIN (f/o Mihály and Pál).
  65. Zsuzsanna PETRANYIN (w/o Mihály RIMKO of Verbócz).
  

Greek Catholic Church in Topolany, Slovakia

 

Petranič Grave - Cemetery in Topolany, Slovakia

WORKING THEORIES:

  1. Mihály PETRANYIN marries Erzsébet SLIVACSKA (a.k.a. Erzsébet MIKULOV) in 1845. Erzsébet dies in 1853. Mihály then marries Mária FEDAK between 1853 and 1854 (cannot find marriage). Mária FEDAK dies between 1854 and 1856 (cannot find burial). Mihály then marries Mária BUSANYIN in 1856 (daughter Mária listed in the 1869 census as born in 1854 is really the daughter of Mihály and Mária FEDAK).
  2. The John GIDO who is enumerated in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census in Hazel Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is actually the János GIDOV-ZSUPAN who is the son of Mária  PETRANYIN.

CONCLUSIONS:

  1. Even though the Topolyán church records go back to 1779, PETRANYINs don't show up in the records until 1794. This leads us to believe that the PETRANYIN family did NOT actually originate in Topolyán.
  2. The 1828 Hungarian Land Census shows that the only PETRANYIN land holder in Topolyán at the time was György PETRANYIN. We think this means that he was the "patriarch" of the PETRANYIN clan ... i.e. he was the father or the eldest sibling.

TO-DO LIST:

  1. Nagymihály RC Church records (1826-1899) - baptisms (completed), marriages (completed), burials (not started)
  2. Nagymihály GC Church records (1795-1905) - baptisms (started), marriages (started), burials (not started)

*1* Ancestor of Dennis Kowallek.
*2* Ancestor of Marie Power.
*3* Ancestor of Kathy Sperduto.
*4* Ancestor of Greg Rebovich.

Last updated: 19 Oct 2009 16:51 -0400
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