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Cyca origins

Posted: 21 Nov 1999 9:02AM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
Looking to determine the ethnic origin of the name Cyca. My grandfather was born in 1901,at Freifeld, Galicia, Austria (present day location is east Poland, close to the Ukrainian border). Freifeld was a German colony, settled in 1783, by German Roman Catholics from Bohemia. Freifeld was 2 kms. NE of Zukow + 6 kms. NNE of Cieszanow, where the German Roman Catholics attended church. My grandfather was born to a German Roman Catholic mother named Maria Polz + Basil Cyca, origin unknown ( he definitely wasn't German. The family of six children, left this area in 1903 and settled in Saskatchewan, at Lemberg, among German, Poles, + Ukrainian settlers. The Cyca kids spoke German at home, observed German customs + traditions. Basil + Maria Cyca attended the Roman Catholic church in Lemberg, and were very devout Catholics.

Cyca Family

Posted: 27 Dec 1999 5:16PM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
Basil Cyca, who was born in 1852 in Galicia, present day Southeast Poland went by Wasyl, rather than the Polish spelling Basil. The family historian said except for the giveaway Ukrainian name Wasyl, people thought he was Polish. Evidently, Basil ( Wasyl ) was from a Ukrainian Greek Catholic family, although he may have converted to Roman Catholicism upon marrying his German Roman Catholic bride. The name in Slavic languages ( Polish + Ukrainian ) translates to a part of the human anatomy.

Cyca Family

Posted: 27 Dec 1999 5:26PM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
The name Maria Molz Cyca should be Ludwiga or Ludovica. She was born April 2, 1862 and died in Lemberg, Saskatchewan, Canada Oct. 13, 1936. She is buried at the St. Micheal Roman Catholic Cemetery in Lemberg, Saskatchewan, along with her husband Wasyl Cyca.

Cyca

Gayle Mager (View posts)
Posted: 19 Sep 2000 5:15PM GMT
My great grandmother was Apollonia Cycaj. From what I can find, she was born approx. 1884 in Galicia, Austria. Married Michael Proskie (Prokopowicz, and many other spellings) in Fort William, ON on July 23, 1907. They moved to Roblin, Manitoba in about 1904. Apollonia died in Roblin, January 13, 1972.

Cyca

Posted: 21 Oct 2000 9:42AM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
Hi Gayle, my maternal grandfather, Martin Cyca, who was born in 1901 at Freifeld, Galicia, farmed at Grandview, Manitoba, less than 20 miles south of Roblin, Manitoba. Martin had a daughter in Roblin who along with her husband owned the local restaurant. Martin's father Wasyl Cyca was a bit of a mystery man when it came to his origins, Wasyl's children did not even know where he was born or the names of his parents. They considered Wasyl to be Polish, although Wasyl is a much more common Ukrainian name than it is Polish. Wasyl was a Roman Catholic at death, but had he been born a Greek (Ukrainian) Catholic? There was an Anna Cyca born in 1845 at Stary Lubliniec, 4.1 miles from Cieszanow (where Wasyl was married at the Roman Catholic Church), could this have been the town where Wasyl was from? Of intrest to you would be a Domna Cycaj, who was the personal representative of the deceased Alex Boryskiwicz. She was a married farmer at Rossburn, Manitoba (38 miles directly south of Grandview), who was granted 160 acres of land around Rossburn in 1918.
Also an Andrej Cycaj was granted 160 acres in 1911, around Norquay, Saskatchewan. Was your Cycaj Roman Catholic (Polish) or Greek Catholic (Ukrainian)?

Cyca - Polish

Posted: 10 Dec 2000 5:55AM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
I discovered a Polish Cyca, a Polish nun named Hedwig (very Polish woman's Christian name) Cyca, who immigrated in 1913 to Buffalo and resided at a Polish nunnery (Roman Catholic). The oldest son of Basil (Wasyl) Cyca (my great grandfather) claimed he was Polish and now with the discovery of Hedwig, I'm not sure if he was Polish or Ukrainian. The name Basil is Polish and Wasyl is Ukrainian, great grandfather went by both. The family historian said great grandfather Cyca was considered Polish, but that the name Wasyl had to make him Ukrainian. I've sent away to Poland for the marriage certificate to see if he converted to Roman Catholicism upon marriage. Roman Catholic Cyca(s) were Poles, Ukrainian Cyca(s) were Lemkos and Ukrainians (Sysak). Basil (Bazil) (Wasyl on headstone) was married in a Polish Roman Catholic Church in Cieszanow (mid-eastern Galicia). Cieszanow is now a major city in Podkarpackie (province) in south-eastern Poland. Mom said her grandfather was a staunch and loyal Roman Catholic.

more Cyca's

Dave Jean Cyca (View posts)
Posted: 10 Mar 2001 9:38AM GMT
We are another branch of Cyca's interested in the family origins. Dave's father is John (from Lemberg),; his father was Peter; his father was Wasyl. We'll be following any information you post.

Cyca origin

Posted: 10 Mar 2001 5:16PM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
Martin Cyca, my grandfather, was Peter Cyca's younger brother. Martin was the only son of Wasyl Cyca and Ludowica (Ludovica, Ludwiga) Haas (that was her maiden name, not Molz as I had earlier mentioned)born in Canada. Ludowica's mother's maiden name was HAMM. Its amazing how people get names wrong, but I guess in the past, genealogy was not a big thing. The oldest son, John, knew absolutely nothing about Wasyl's parents, even though John grew up in Freifeld. He didn't even know what village his father was born at. John, Wasyl's oldest son, considered Wasyl to be of the Polish race. He also deemed his mother to be of Polish racial origin, although everyone said she was German and the names of Haas and Hamm testify to that. Wasyl is a very common Ukrainian first name, I've never seen a Polish couple name their child this. Wasyl's children knew nothing about their father's side of the family, which leads me to believe Wasyl's marriage might not have been approved (mixed Roman - Greek Catholic),but more likely as Wasyl was around 30 when he married, his parents were probably deceased. Its amazing, my Mom whose maiden name was Cyca (her family pronounced it See Sah), never knew the origin or meaning of it, let alone pronounce it. The name is phonetically Tseh tsah and means ---, an unmentionable part of the anatomy in Ukrainian and Polish. Thanks for your interest.

Cyca origin

Posted: 10 Mar 2001 5:42PM GMT
Edited: 10 Mar 2002 2:46PM GMT
Grandfather Martin was born at Freifeld, near Cieszanow,Galicia, Austria, not Canada. Annie, the youngest child in the Cyca family, was born in Canada or just a baby when Wasyl and Ludowica Cyca immigrated to Saskatchewan.

Cyca Surname

Donna (Cyca)Moulding (View posts)
Posted: 29 Mar 2001 11:09AM GMT
I too am a Cyca and I am very interested in my family name and origins. I do have some information that could up date some of the lists that I have found on this geneology site. My mother has in her possession my grandfather John Cyca's bapitism certificate from Austria and also my grandmother's from Romania. That was news to me. She always told us that she was from the same town in the old country as my mothers family the Ottenbreits. I would enjoy corresponding with you. Thank you for your time and interest in the Cyca's. Donna
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