Thursday, July 21, 2011

1897 Russia Census Record - Jan Zvolanek's Family in Yagubets Village

Early this morning I received information from Serhiy at Interinfo:
We located and reviewed  the new archival document of the Zvolanek family which provides full information about all members of the family in 1897: which provides full information about all members of the family in 1897: the 1897 All Russia Census record (State archive of Kiev oblast: f.384, оp.12, file №143, folioes 21-22). Place of their residence: the village of Yagubets.

1. Ivan Matveevich (the son of Matvey) Zvolyanek aged 46, blacksmith, an Austrian subject. Native language:Czech. Place of birth: Krutsenburg, Austria.  
2. His wife: Iogana Iosiphovna Zvolyanek aged 44, an Austrian subject. Native language:Czech. Place of birth: Krutsenburg, Austria.     
Their 6 children:
3. Iosiph aged 21, bachelor, blacksmith, place of birth: Krutsenburg, Austria.     
4. Eduard aged 19, bachelor, place of birth: Krutsenburg, Austria.      
5. Anna aged 8, place of birth: the village of Yagubets.  (Age and name may be different.  See Update 7/29/11)     
6. Ivan (or Jan) aged 4, place of birth: the village of Yagubets.  (Grandfather Jan was born in 1891 and would have been age 6.)     
7. Vaclav  aged 4, place of birth: the village of Yagubets.     
8. Stepan (or Stephan) 3 months old, place of birth: the village of Yagubets.        

As I understand, Ivan and Vaclav were twins.
Their native language – Czech. All of them were Roman Catholic and Austrian subjects.
Great information!  However, according to all United States documents, it is more likely that Jan (Grandfather) and Anna were the same age, Vaclav (Uncle Jim) was 3-4 years younger than Grandfather John.  Additional research will confirm this fact, no doubt.




I had no idea that Grandpa had a sister!  Clearly, some children had left home (around 1911-1912) when I believe this photo was taken.  The toddler may be Eduard's son, since it's probably Eduard standing in the center of the photo.  The oldest brother Iosiph was most likely married and working as a blacksmith in Baibuzy, Cherkassy Uyezd, Russia. We know that in 1915 Iosiph and his wife Antonina had no children.