Boratychi

House No. 26:

Pavlo Gebus (b. ca. 1710-d. 18 Feb. 1786).

House No. 27:

Mykola Kiebus (b. ca. 1733-d. 2 April 1789) married Maria (daughter of Vasyl Kobziar). Among their children were: Dmytro (b. ca. 1784-d. 1 Nov. 1788) and Maria (b. 7 Nov. 1788). Also associated with house no. 27 was Semen Kiebus (b. ca. 1765-d. 10 June 1789). Mykola may have had one other daughter named Rozalia (b. ca. 1781). Rozalia married Hryhorii Szypa (b. ca. 1760) on 24 October 1802. He was associated with house no. 18. Their witnesses were Mathei Grzybak and Ivan Olejnik.

House No. 29:

Maria Kiebus (unknown parents) had a daughter named Maria (b. 15 July 1825). The godparents were Ivan Głowa and Maria Muzyka. Another daughter named Tatianna died on 15 April 1828 at age 14 (b. ca. 1814). The mother, a widow, died on 30 May 1829 at age 37 (b. ca. 1792). Her maiden name may have been Olejnik as several individuals with this last name were associated with house no. 29.

House No. 23:

Ilko Kiebus (b. ca. 1742-d. 24 Oct. 1814) married Anna (b. ca. 1755-d. 12 May 1816; daughter of Pavlo Pronko). Their children were: Ilko (b. 20 July 1791-d. 6 Nov. 1839); Maria (b. 14 April 1795); and Anna (b. 30 Nov. 1801-d. 17 Dec. 1801). The following individuals served as their children’s godparents: Stefan Czornopys, Petro and Xenia Kołodziej, Stefan and Maria Olejnik, and Ahapia Kołodziej.

Ilko and Anna may have had one other son named Cyprian (b. ca. 1781), and another daughter named Natalia (b. ca. 1786).

Cyrpian married Maria Olejnik (b. ca. 1785, daughter of Stefan) on 4 November 1803. He was associated with house no. 23. They may have had daughters named Halyna (b. ca. 1814) and Maria (b. ca. 1820). Halyna married widower Hryhorii Hamar of Khidnovychi (b. ca. 1806, house no. 28) on 13 October 1839. Maria had a child out of wedlock named Lucas (b. 1 Nov. 1849, house no. 26). Mother and child died on 17 April 1850 (house no. 26).

Natalia married Josef Szypa (b. ca. 1784, house no. 18) on 7 November 1802. Their witnesses were Stefan Olejnik and Ivan Olejnik.

Maria married Fedir Kopytko (b. ca. 1788, house no. 4) on 22 November 1812. Their witnesses were Oles Megys and Hrynko Puzak. They had a son, Onufrij, and a daughter, Xenia (b. ca. 1826). Onufrij married Maria (daughter of Petro Semiec and Pelagia Kolodzij). Onufrij and Maria had a daughter: Anastasia (b. 3 January 1839). The godparents were Mykola Kiebus and Pelagia Kret. Xenia married Mykola Olejnik (b. ca. 1826, son of Oles and Tetiana Halikowa) on 11 February 1849. They were associated with house no. 29. The witnesses were Tymko Megys and Mykhailo Wojtowicz.

Ilko the younger married Evdokia (b. ca. 1792-d. 25 Dec. 1854, née Myhal) on 10 November 1811. Their children were: Ivan (b. 1 Oct. 1813-d. 10 May 1838); Andrei (Jędrzej) (b. 6 Aug. 1816-d. 22 Nov. 1818); Maria (b. 9 June 1819); Omelian (b. 10 Oct. 1823); Magdalena (b. 16 Sep. 1826); Kostiantyn (b. 28 Aug. 1829-d. 27 July 1831); Hryhorii (b. 10 Feb. 1833); and Havryil (b. 3 Dec. 1835). The godparents of the younger Ilko’s children included: Cyprian Kiebus, Maria Muzycz, Jurko Wojtowicz, Paraska Megys, Josef Wojtowicz, Tymko Myhal (of Khodovychi).
     Ivan Kiebus married Anna Czornopys (b. ca. 1813 to Semen and Natalia Zakaturna? of Khreptychi (Chraplice)) on 16 November 1834. Their witnesses were Fedir Kiebus and Anton Gunet. They resided at house no. 23. They had the following two children: Mykhailo (b. 26 Sep. 1835-d. 10 Jan. 1837) and Maria (b. 16 Aug. 1838-d. 23 Aug. 1839). The godparents to their children were: Andrei Salamacha, Marianna Karpysowa?, Ivan Kiebus, and Maria Salamacha. Upon Ivan’s death, Anna married Vasyl Kozak (b. ca. 1808, son of Ivan and Anastasia) of Khidnovychi (Chodnowicze) on 10 November 1839. They resided at house no. 25.
     Maria married Anton Levko (b. ca. 1817, son of Maksym of Stronovychi (Stroniowice)) on 30 May 1841. Their daughter, Kateryna (b. 11 Dec. 1843), was born at house no. 23. The godparents were: Onufrij Palij and Tatianna Muzyka.
     Omelian married Justyna Olejnik (b. ca. 1829, daughter of Oleksa and Olena Hatulak of Radokhyntsi (Radochonce)) on 18 November 1849. They resided at house no. 23. The witnesses were Tymofei Megys and Mykola Megys. Their children were: Anna (b. 24 April 1856, delivered by Eva Kiebus); Demian (d. 21 Jan. 1857); Anna (b. 10 Oct. 1860-d. 27 Oct. 1861); Kateryna (b. 1 Oct. 1863); Petro (b. 1 July 1865-d. 1 May 1867); Eufrosina (b. 24 Sep. 1866); and Anna (b. 3 Aug. 1869). The godparents included: Onufrij Palij, Eufrosina Olejnik, Maria Kowalczyk, Mykola Hejcyk, Kateryna Wojtowicz, and Mykhailo Olejnik.

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Fedir and Andrei below are probably two other sons of Ilko Kiebus and Anna Pronko:

House No. 22:

Fedir Kiebus (ca. 1780-23 Jan. 1847) married Anastasia (ca. 1781-28 Dec. 1843, daughter of Ivan Wesołowski) on 18 November 1798. The witnesses were Hryhorii Wojtowicz and Stefan Woleynak. This couple’s children included: Ivan (4 Jan. 1800-13 Jan. 1855); Hryhorii (2 Jan. 1802-5 Jan. 1809); Eva (24 Feb. 1804-7 Jan. 1868); Omelian (b. 30 July 1807); Rozalia (18 Jan. 1810-29 March 1812); Eufrosina (ca. 1811-14 May 1816); Semen (13 July 1814-7 June 1815); Anna (b. 10 April 1816); Rozalia (Eufrosina) (b. 10 Feb. 1819); and Anton (17 March 1821-12 April 1838). The godparents to their children were: Ivan Salamacha, Stefan Olejnik, Andrei Slyczak, Eva Olejnik, Tymko Myhal, Paraska Megys, and Hrynko Palij.

Fedir’s oldest son Ivan married Eva Hrycyk (b. ca. 1803, daughter of Stefan and Maria Hrycyk) on 18 November 1821. Their witnesses were Andrei Slyzak and Oleksa Olejnik. They, too, resided at house no. 22 until 1834, when they moved to house no. 5. Their children were: Andrei (b. 11 Oct. 1821); Feodosia (b. 12 June 1825); Vasyl (22 March 1828-13 Nov. 1834); Maria (b. 29 March 1829); Xenia (2 Feb. 1834-7 Feb. 1834); Josef (b. 31 Dec. 1834); Kateryna (b. 27 Nov. 1840); and Dmytro (b. 18 March 1844). Serving as godparents were: Fedir Wojtowicz, Maria Salamacha, Ivan Palij, Marianna Salamacha, and Fedir Olejnik.
     Feodosia married Stefan Maskalik (b. ca. 1826, son of Tymofei and Maria) on 22 November 1848. They were associated with house no. 5. Their witnesses were Stanyslav Maskalik and Ivan Domarecki. 
     Andrei married Eufrosina Kuzio (ca. 1819-14 May 1860, daughter of Pavlo and Xenia Khodorov of Husakiv) on 24 November 1850. They, too, were associated with house no. 5. Their witnesses were Fedir Olejnik and Omelian Kiebus. Andrei’s and Eufrosina’s children included: Mykhailo (b. 15 Jan. 1852) and Anna (b. 15 July 1854). Among the godparents were: Andrei Fedorowicz, Maria Gunet, and Ivan Olejnik. Andrei took a second wife after Eufrosina’s death. He married Kateryna Salamacha (ca. 1835 to 1839-31 March 1869, daughter of Andrei and Tekla) on 16 November 1862. Their witnesses were Andrei Wojtowicz and Mykhailo Kuczynski. They had a son: Ivan (14 Nov. 1863-14 Sep. 1865). His godparents were Petro Megys and Maria Gunet. His third wife was Anna. They had two children: Hryhorii (b. 24 Nov. 1870) and Maria (b. 7 April 1872). The godparents were: Andre Megys, Anna Olejnik, and Anna Kiebus.
     Maria had children out of wedlock: Fedir (b. 1851-16 April 1860) and Eva (b. 10 July 1857 at house no. 5). The godparents were Mykola Rozko and Maria Puszkar.

Fedir’s oldest daughter Eva married Ivan Palij (b. ca. 1802, son of Hryhorii and Anastasia Kołodij) on 23 November 1823. Their witnesses were Hryhorii Puzak and Fedir Muzyka. They resided at house no. 13. Their children included: Magdalena (b. 5 Aug. 1826); Semen (b. 19 Aug. 1827); Danylo (b. 1 Oct. 1834); Fedir (1 April 1837); and Eufrosina (b. 1 May 1845). The godparents were: Tymko Megys, Eva Kiebus, Ivan Kiebus, Paraskeva Megys, Andrei Wojtowicz, and Ivan Megys.

Anna, the next oldest of Fedir’s surviving daughters, may have had two children out of wedlock: Timothei (b. 31 July 1851) and Adam (b. 3 July 1854). They were delivered by Eva Kiebus, probably her sister-in-law.

Fedir’s youngest daughter Rozalia (Eufrosina) married Fedir Dawidiak (b. ca. 1818, Storonevychi, son of Pavlo and Maria Duża) on 8 November 1840. The witnesses were Pavlo Woloszyn and Mykola Kowalik from Storonevychi.

House No. 17:

Andrei Kiebus (ca. 1779/80-27 Jan. 1837) married Maria (b. ca. 1781, daughter of Fedir Salamacha) on 8 November 1801. The witnesses were Stefan Kusznerz and Fedir Kiebus. They had a daughter named Julianna (b. 1 Jan. 1803). Maria died on 25 March 1805. Andrei married a second time to Anna (ca. 1784-6 Aug. 1847, daughter of Iakiv Wowczyk) on 19 May 1804. Their children were: Mykola (ca. 1807-22 April 1853); Feodosia (b. 4 Nov. 1813); and Cyprian (ca. 1823-5 Sep. 1825). They may have had a daughter named Anna. She, associated with house no. 17, married Ivan Jandrosz. They had two daughters named Kateryna (b. 7 March 1834) and Anna (b. 21 Sep. 1836, in Tyshkovychi). Among the godparents to Andrei and Anna’s children were: Josef Szypka and Evdokia Puzacz. A woman, perhaps Andrei’s mother, named Maria Kiebuzinska, associated with house no. 17, died on 22 October 1813 at age 59 (b. ca. 1754).

Mykola married Magdalena Procak (b. ca. 1815, daughter of Ivan and Halyna Khoma-Myhal) on 13 November 1836. They resided at house no. 17. The witnesses were Fedir Olejnik and Oleksa Kuszmarz. Their children included: Josef (7 Jan. 1838-24 March 1857); Semen (b. 11 June 1843); Ilko (b. 30 July 1846); and Magdalena (10 Aug. 1849-18 April 1851). The godparents were: Onufrij Kopytko, Ivan Khoma, Anna Jandrosz, and Kateryna Wojtowicz. After Mykola’s death, Magdalena remarried. Her second husband was Andrei Wojtowicz, a widower living at house no. 16 (b. ca. 1811). Their witnesses were Andrei Salamacha and Mykola Megys.

Feodosia married Stefan Kurylo (b. ca. 1812, son of Mathei and Maria Popowicz) on 14 November 1841. They resided at house no. 8. Their children were: Ivan (b. 12 Jan. 1843). Serving as godparents were: Fedir Olejnik and Anna Jandrosz.

Ilko married Maria Wojtowicz (b. ca. 1843, daughter of Mykola and Kateryna Czornopys) on 12 November 1867. Their witnesses were Iakiv Wojtowicz and Mykola Megys. They resided at house no. 17. Their children included: Kateryna (b. 14 Oct. 1868); Anna (b. 26 Nov. 1870); and Maria (b. 4 Jan. 1871). Among the godparents were: Ludwik Luczynski and Pelagia Blochuta. In April 1875, the district court in Nyzhankovychi (today Lviv oblast) announced the public auction of the peasant farm owned by Ilko Kiebus in the village of Boratychi, at house number 17/18. Ilko owed creditors 200 crowns, which he was unable to repay. The asking price for the farm was 400 crowns, of which a 10 percent down payment was required for the sale. (Gazeta Lwowska, no. 136 (17 June 1875).

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A Kateryna Kiebus of Boratychi (b. ca. 1803), maybe the daughter of Fedir (no. 22), married widower Lesko Parobek of Khidnovychi (Chodnowice) (b. ca. 1783, house no. 5) on 30 October 1831. Their first son, Iakiv, was born in Boratychi (2 Nov. 1833, house no. 16). His godparents were Kostiantyn Wysocki and Anna Madwijowa.

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Not sure how the individuals below are related to those above:

Grzegorz (Hryhorii) Kiebus (b. ca. 1871). He arrived in New York City from Rotterdam, Holland aboard the Rotterdam on 22 June 1914. He was married. He listed his final destination as 150 Lockwood St., Detroit, Michigan. His last residence was Boratycze, Austria.

Senke or Senko Kebus (b. ca. 1886, Boratycze). He arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by way of Marseille, France, on the ship "Florida" on 9 December 1928. He was 42 years old, married, Orthodox, and working as a laborer. He left South America via Valparaiso, Chile, heading for Lviv, Ukraine, on 11 July 1930. 

Iwan (Ivan or John) Kebuz (b. 21 May 1887 in Boratycze). He arrived in Philadelphia from Bremen, Germany aboard the Neckar on 11 Dec. 1913. His nationality was identified as Ruthenian. His occupation was farmer. He was illiterate. His closest relatives from Boratycze were his wife Rozalia and their son. His sponsor was Ilko Denico of West 44th Street, Chicago, Illinois. When he registered for the World War I draft, Iwan was living with his wife and child at 2116 Austin Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. He was working as a coal handler for Peterson Coal Co.

Perhaps related to the above: There was a lawsuit brought before the Przemysl District Court in October 1912 against one Iwan Kebuz, son of Hrynko (Hryhorii), by Michal Strojwas, a laborer from Zrebin, near Polaniec, who immigrated to New York State in either 1904 or 1907. The lawsuit was for a claim of payment of 100 kronen (Gazeta Lwowska, nr. 261 (12 Nov. 1912)). Strojwas' cousin, Rosalia, was from Nehrybka, which may be the connection.

There is also mention of one Hrynko Kebus (b. 1867 in Storonevychi (not far from Boratychi), formerly of the district Przemysl, and today in Lviv oblast), a road construction worker, who died of heart disease during World War I at the Sarajevo garrison, and was buried at the city's new military cemetery (Nachrichten uber Verwundete und Kranke ausgegeben am 23.10.1916, p.18).

There is a John Kiebus recorded in the 1920 and 1930 United States Censuses, though his birth year is estimated as 1895. In 1920, he is listed as single and living as a boarder with the White family in Wayne, Michigan, and in 1930, he is listed as divorced and living in Chicago. It is unclear if this individual is related or the same as the John above.