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19 May 2020 12:45 AM

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Sharon

Some other thoughts on the name John. Looking back on my research I see other names for John such as Janos and Ivan. I wonder if Yonko was the familiar form of John.

18 May 2020 11:51 PM

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Sharon

I believe John is the English version of Yonko. I had 2 uncle Yonko's listed on there early papers and then when in America were referred to as John.

18 May 2020 2:37 AM

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Anonymous member

FWIW, my great-uncle Wasil Americanized his name to William, then shortened it to Bill. I also know that my father, who was named John, was called Yonko by his parents/grandparents as a boy. Is Yonko a nickname for John? Or is there a connection between John and Yonko?

17 May 2020 9:47 PM

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Sharon

My fathers name was Wasil ?, Story has it that the teacher named him Charles and thats what he went by . Some say Wasil is Americanized to Charles, others William.

17 May 2020 9:43 PM

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sharon

Do you know what it means in English? Maybe Julia?

17 May 2020 7:26 PM

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Anonymous

My great grandmother was named Jewka , I believe it's not that uncommon of a name. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1904 from Pielgrzymka Jaslo County.

16 May 2020 2:07 PM

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In my family, not any of those names, but my grandmother's family from Prislip/Prislop in Western Ukraine had the following names on the 1920 census: Anna, Mary, Sylvia, Wasil, Georg, Pyotr, Helen.

09 May 2020 11:24 PM

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Hi,

My family followed the traditional Rusyn naming order making for difficult research with common surnames. Yes, many Mihaly, Petro, Ivan, Vaszil , Nicholay and then the ladies Anna, Maria, Olena, Pohala, But I found some first names that aren't familiar to me such as Jewka , Pal and Kuat. Anyone familiar with these names?

Sharon

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