Descendants of Josafat and Eva (ADAMCZYK) YAVORNITZKY of Galicia

Second Generation

2. Samuel Asafatovich YAVORNITZKY (Asafat) was born 14 Mar 1882 in Mszana, Krosno District, Galicia (now Mszana, Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie, Poland). He died about 1923. [Notes] Samuel marriedAnastasia "Stella" ZAJAC on 10 Sep 1907 at St. John the Baptist's Ruthenian Church, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Anastasia was born about 1884 in Mszana, Krosno District, Galicia (now Mszana, Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie, Poland), too. [Notes]  Samuel immigrated to the United States aboard the S.S.Kaiser Wilhelm Grosse and arrived in the Port of New York on 23 March 1904 (Simeon Jawornicki). Anatasia ZAJAC arrived in the U.S. through Ellis Island on 4 Apr 1905 on SS Zeeland sailing from Antwerp, Belgium. Samuel Yavornitzky was drafted for World War I in 1918. According to his draft record, Samuel was five feet eight inches tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. Samuel Yavornitzky applied for his U.S. citizenship on 10 Apr 1917.

Samuel and Anastasia had the following children:

	7	M	i	John YAVORNITZKI was born 5 Apr 1908 in Pennsylvania. He died Feb 1985 in Ilion, Herkimer Co., New York. [Notes]  He married Anna and had four children.
	8	F	ii	Eva YAVORNITZKI was born about 1911 in Pennsylvania. [Notes]  Eva married Steve BIELEJIC.  They had one daughter.
	9	M	iii	Harry YAVORNITZKI was born 6 Oct 1912 in Pennsylvania.   He died 3 Jan 1998 in Herkimer, Herkimer Co., New York.  He married Charlotte Ligowski.
	10	F	iv	Anna YAVORNITZKI was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. [Notes] Anna married Steve MALEK.
	11	F	v	Olga YAVORNITZKI was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.  She married Peter LASOWSKI.  They had one child. [Notes]
	12	F	vi	Helen YAVORNITZKI was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.  She married STASKO.
	13	M	vii	Stephen YAVORNITZKI.

3. Mary YAVORNITZKY (Asafat) was born 20 Mar 1885 in Mszana, Krosno District, Galicia (now Mszana, Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie, Poland).  Mary emigrated to the U.S. on 4 Oct 1904 aboard the S.S. Zeeland sailing from Antwerp on 29 Sep 1904.  She married Peter Ivanovich ZAVODA in Clifton, New Jersey about 1909.  Peter was born 18 May 1882 in Burko Wola, Czechoslovakia.  Peter emigrated to the U.S. from Hamburg, Germany on 20 Feb 1899 and arrived in the U.S. at the port of New York, NY (Ellis Island) on the 27 Feb 1899. He declared his intention to become a U.S. citizen in 1922.  Peter was naturalized in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio on 4 Mar 1926.  He registered for the World War I draft in 1918.  In this record, he was recorded as Peter Ivanovich Zavoda, b. 18 May 1882, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.

They had the following children:

			i	Marie ZAVODA, b. 9 Jun 1909, Passaic, New Jersey
	14	M	ii	John ZAVODA, b. 25 Aug 1910 in Clifton, New Jersey.
	15	F	iii	Olga ZAVODA, b. Garfield, NJ and may be living. Olga married John KLEIN.
	16	M	iv	Michael ZAVODA, b. 28 Feb 1919, Cleveland, Ohio.
	17	M	v	Joseph ZAVODA, b. 14 Apr 1923, Cleveland, Ohio.

They had the following children.

	18	M	i	Michael YAVORNITZKY - living. [Notes] Michael married Nathalie Rose STROUSE before 1945. Nathalie was born 30 Oct 1925. She died 27 Aug 1991 in Ohio.
	19	F	ii	Eva YAVORNITZKY - living. [Notes]
	20	M	iii	John YAVORNITZKY was born 19 Jun 1921 in Lorain, Lorain Co, Ohio. He died Feb 1979 in Elyria, Lorain Co, Ohio. [Notes] John married Olga CYB.
	21	M	iv	Andrew Jacob YAVORNITZKY was born 10 Dec 1923 in Lorain, Lorain Co, Ohio. He died 14 Aug 1944. Andrew marriedCecelia URBANSKI.
	22	F	v	Anne YAVORNITZKY - living.
	23	F	vi	Olga YAVORNITZKY - living.
	24	M	vii	William YAVORNITZKY was born 25 Apr 1930 in Lorain, Ohio, and graduated from Lorain High School in 1948. Following high school, he received training through the Railway Educational Bureau and worked for B&O Railroad as a pipe fitter for 10 years. living. He was a member of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Lorain, a former member of SS. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Lorain, and a member of the former St. Stephen Russian Orthodox Church, Lorain. William died 21 May 2002 in Lorain, Ohio and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, Lorain Co., Ohio.
	25	M	viii	Joseph YAVORNITZKY - living.
	26	M	ix	Harry YAVORNITZKY, Jr. was born 6 Mar 1935 in Lorain, Lorain Co., Ohio.  Harry worked for many years as an Industrial Relations Clerk at Ford Auto Plant, Cleveland, Ohio. He died 6 Feb 1999 in Berea, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
				Harry YAVORNITZKY, Jr. 1935-1999

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