Semanchuk.com - Genealogy - Minersville Cemetery Transcriptions

In October of 2003 I photographed some of the gravestones in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church Cemetery in Minersville, PA. In the summer of 2004, Mary-Ann B. transcribed a few stones in St. Nick's and Saints Peter & Paul and forwarded the information to me for inclusion here. I'm grateful to her, as well as Debbie Greenlee, who did the hard work of transcribing my photos. Jesse Savage kindly helped me with the Cyrillic.

Please note that there's a much more thorough transcription of St. Nick's available that covers a lot of the stones represented here. It's not complete, however, so some of the stones listed here are not in the other transcription and vice versa. I'm too lazy to delete the duplicates from this list, so they'll remain here until the other transcription is 100% complete.

St. Nicholas

The stones transcribed below represent a small portion of the gravestones in the graveyard of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minersville, PA. I listed the stones in two separate tables. The first table is from my photos in 2003. I tried to focus on names that I thought I recognized from the Bukowsko Triangle. The second table is from Mary-Ann B.'s data and is organized slightly differently.

About the table below: The first column is a number assigned by the transcriber to each tombstone. Duplicate numbers indicate multiple names on a stone (like Thomas and Sophia on #2). The numbers are not otherwise significant. The relationship is what was written on the gravestone. The Polish surname column shows how the surname was probably spelled in Polish. There's a couple of important things to keep in mind about this column. First, these spellings are only guesses by Debbie and myself. Some (like Kramar and Semańczyk) we can verify independently, but not all. Second, this is a Ukrainian cemetery and the people buried here that were born in Europe used the Cyrillic alphabet. That subject is out of the scope of this Web page, but you should read more about Americanized Bukowsko Triangle names.

	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Relationship	Polish Surname	Notes
1	Joseph Bonchalk	Sept. 9, 1918	April 12, 1971		Bończak	Pennsylvania SFC US Army: WWII, Korea, VietNam
2	Thomas Bonchalk	1881	1942	father	Bończak
2	Sophia Bonchalk	1886	1928	mother
3	Anna M. Bonchalk		April 13, 1976
3	Michael Bonchalk		April 18, 1971		Bończak
4	John Bonchalk	1889	1943	father	Bończak
4	Sophia Bonchalk	1894	1981	mother
5	Peter Bonchalk	1879	1947		Bończak
6	Andrew Bonchalk	1891	1943		Bończak	Grave still tended.
7	Mary Bonchalk	1899	1964	mother
7	Stephen Bonchalk	1893	1918	father	Bończak
8	Anna Bonchack	1929	1929
8	George Bonchack	1921	1921		Bończak
9	Anthony Bonchack	1919	1976		Bończak	2nd Lt US Army: WWII
10	Anthony Bonchack	1890	1942	father	Bończak
10	Ella Bonchack	1897	1966	mother
11	Josephine E. Bonchak		1955	mother
12	Stella Bonchock	1913	1933
12	Stephen Bonchock	1881	1934		Bończak
12	Sophie Bonchock	1886	19??			Death date is on headstone but covered with grass in photo.
13	Mary Bonk	1885	1935
13	Steven Bonk	1885	19--			No complete date of death is shown.
14	Stephen Brilla	1880	1965		Bryła
14	Julia Brilla	1885	1948
15	John Brilla	1908	1930	son	Bryła	A photo plaque of John used to be on this headstone.
15	Sallie Brilla	1884	1939	mother		There is a photo plaque of Sallie on this headstone.
15	Paul Brilla	1880	1954	father	Bryła
16	Catherine Brilla	1883	1960	mother
16	Theodore Brilla	1884	1966	father	Bryła
17	Catherine Ternowchek	1913	1958	daughter		Grave still tended.
18	Anna Ternowchek	1911	1996			Grave still tended.
18	Samuel Ternowchek	1910			Tarnawczyk	No date of death on headstone.
19	Michael Turnowchek	1871	1928	father	Tarnawczyk
19	Magdaline Turnowchek	1871	1952		Tarnawczyk
19	William Turnowchek	1905	1938		Tarnawczyk
20	Alex Pecovich	1890	1930		Piechowicz
21	Peter Pecovich	July 25, 1918	July 5, 1996			Private US Army: WWII
22	Sophia Timchishin	1891	1955	mother
22	Michael Timchishin	1880	1941	father	Tymczyszyn
23	Elizabeth Timichishin	1932	1939
23	Peter Timchishin	1910	1933		Tymczyszyn
24	Steven Timtishin	March 9, 1928	Sept. 25, 2001		Tymczyszyn	US ARMY A1CUS Air Force: WWII, Korea
25	Metro Timtishin	1915		father	Tymczyszyn	No date of death on headstone.
25	Eileen Timtishin	1952		daughter		No date of death on headstone.
25	Helen Timtishin	1920	2002	mother		Grave still tended.
26	Mary J Hnath	May 8, 1907	Nov. 26, 1991			nee Sekellick.
26	John Hnath	Oct. 24, 1910	Aug. 31, 1979		Hnat
27	Michael Hnath	1885	1947	father	Hnat
27	Michael Slacta	1883	1951		Szlachta
28	Anna Hnath	1890	1925	mother
29	Hnat Kriak	1856	1921			Don't know if Kriak is a first name or a surname or if there are two people buried here.
30	Stanley Kovalczyk	1877	1940	husband	Kowalczyk	Grave still tended.
30	Rosie Kovalczyk	1881	1942	wife		Grave still tended.
31	Mary Kowalchick	1906	1933
31	Mike Kowalchick	1898	1971		Kowalczyk
32	Walter Kowalchick	1905	1971		Kowalczyk
33	John Klepchick	1915	1917		Klepczyk
33	Mary Klepchick	1893	1981
33	Michael Klepchick	1893	1957		Klepczyk
33	Joseph Klepchick	1922	1942
34	Michael Semanchick		1935		Semańczyk
34	Mary Semanchick		1948
34	John Semanchick		1952
35	Andro Cyganick	1897	1940		Cyganik
35	Sally Cyganick	1898	1973
36	Andrew Sap Kurtak	1888	19--		Hurtak	Date of death not on headstone. Can't tell who is Sap and who is Kurtak.
36	Esther Sap Kurtak	1887	1936			Can't tell if Esther is a Sap or Kurtak or both.
36	Maccar Sap Kurtak	1885	1927		Hurtak	Don't know origin of name Maccar, nor which surname belongs to him.
37	Theodore Hurtak	1879	1944
37	Anna Hurtak	1895	1942
38	Anna Hoptak	1910	1986
38	John Hoptak	1909	1978
39	Wasyl Kramer		1923	father	Kramar
39	Julia Kramer		1953	mother
40	Regina M. Musick	1905	1980
40	Stephen Musick	1904	1991		Muzyczka	Grave still tended.
41	Max Music	1882	1918		Muzyczka
42	Peter Music	1908	1934		Muzyczka
43	George Nieczysty	1900	1982		Nieczysty
44	Anna Bardon	1902	1965
44	Helen Bardon	1916	1996		Bardon
45	Samuel Starzetski	1881	1941		Starzecki
45	Catherine Starzetski	1886	1934
46	Stephen Starzetzkie	1909	1952		Starzecki	Grave still tended.
47	John Federinko	1882	1952		Federenko
48	Kathryn Belas	1896	1949	mother
48	John Belas	1891	1938	father	Biłas
49	Mike Buryk	1888	1924	father	Buryk
49	Mickey Buryk	1920	1935	son
49	Julia Buryk	1892	1972	mother
50	Ameila Mazur	1894	1927
50	Steve Mazur	1895	1956		Mazur
50	Michael Mazur	--	--	baby
51	Jakim Maikovic	1862	Feb. 4, 1929	father	Majkowicz
51	Atania Maikovic	1869	Jan. 1, 1957	mother
52	Mary Hutsko	1895	1965
52	John Hutsko	1888	1947		Huczko
53	Caroline Waninczyk	1877	1930
53	Andrew Waninczyk	1868	1942
54	Elias Beretsky	1879	1938	father	Berestecki
54	Kathryn Beretsky	1887	1945	mother
55	John Postick	Jan. 7, 1871	April 11, 1928
55	Anna Postick	1878	1964	his wife
56	Ivan Music	June 1873	Jan 25 1922		Muzyczka	This stone is in Cyrillic; the surname is Музичка. The WZBR database confirms Ivan's birthdate.
56	No name	May 1882	??? 1921	Ivan's wife
57	Ansrij Polnia	1874	15 Oct 1918			Died at age 44. This stone is in Cyrillic; the surname is Полнии. Ansrij is perhaps a misspelling of Andrij.
57	Ivan Polnia		25 April 1921	Son		Died at age 11.
57	Anna	1879	1968			Anna's name was added at the bottom of the stone and is spelled in the Latin alphabet, not Cyrillic.
58	John Machusic	1914	1964
59	Marie Machusic	1938	1948

The stones below were transcribed by Mary-Ann B. in summer 2004.

	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes
1	Mary Kolody	1885	1968
2	Andrew Kolody	1887	1959
3	Metro Kolody	1913	1933
4	Anna Kolody	1926	1928
5	Thomas Condrack	1870	1929	Husband
6	Rose Condrack	1874	1934	Wife
7	Anthony Makara	1885	1945	Father
8	Mary Makara	1891	1951	Wife
9	Michael Makara	1915	1984	Husband
10	Helen Makara	1915		Wife
11	Andrew Makara	Mar 28, 1921	May 10, 1990	Husband
12	Mary Makara	1924		Wife
13	Mary Music		1997
14	Michael Music		1980
15	Julia A Music	1900	1975
16	Margaret Music			On the same stone as Julia A Music.
17	Joseph Gogno	1933
18	Mary Gogno	1929	2000

Sts. Peter & Paul

Mary-Ann B. provided the transcription below for the Saints Peter & Paul Greek Catholic Cemetery.

	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes
1	Julia Schlachta Kalinich	1888	1954	Mother
2	Andrew Kalinich		1948	Son
3	Julia Kalinich		1923	Infant
4	Michael Kalinich	1882	1937	Father
5	Annie Szlatchta Popovich	1882	1923	Sister of Julia Schlachta Kalinich
6	Edward J. Brock	1901	1937
7	Mary Popovich	1903	1939	Shares E.J. Brock's headstone
8	Martha Machusky	Jan 14, 1938	Jan 14, 1938	Twin sister of the transcriber