Genealogy / Anyone from Berezka / Brzuska near the Ukrainian border ? [53]

I am trying to find and information on Berezka and my maternal grandfather's family. The surname has been see spelled three different ways in the U.S. Korolewiat, Korolwait and Korolewot. He and 4 brothers and 2 sisters immigrated to western Pennsylvainia in the the first decade of the 20th century

Genealogy / Anyone from Berezka / Brzuska near the Ukrainian border ? [53]

Your grandfather, translated John Shaffron was probably my grandmother's brother. My grandmother, Catherine Shaffron, married Anthony Corey (Korolewiat in Bereska) in 1907 in New Florence, PA a mining town near Derry. She died in childbirth along with the baby sometime after 1912 when my mother Ann was born. My grandfather and mother then lived with John and his wife Mary Shaffron in Derry.

Genealogy / Family members immigrating from Bereska [26]

Yes, I did mid-spell. The spelling we have known is Bereska. Which one of the three in your link is unknown. Ancestors surname were Korolewiat and Shaffron.

Genealogy / Family members immigrating from Bereska [26]

That is a good question. Good guesses are New Florence, Pa, or if born in Derry they would have gone to St. Mary's Byzantine catholic in Bradenville, Pa or after 1910 the Ukrainians built St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Latrobe, Pa. Most from Bereska moved to the Ukrainian church but some stayed at the Byzantine church. I would guess that if born after 1910 they are at the Ukrainian church

Genealogy / Family members immigrating from Bereska [26]

Anything you could supply would be very much appreciated