Anne Svihra

Ancestors

Daughter of [private father (1940s - unknown)] and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]

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Biography

Anne Svihra has Scottish Ancestors.

Anne Svihra has Slovak Roots.

My genealogical interests lie mainly in Scotland and Slovakia as that was where my parents were born. Areas of particular interest in Scotland include North Uist, Isle of Skye, and Grantown and the surrounding area. Some areas that I am especially interested in in Slovakia are Banská Bystrica, Tisovec, Hnúšťa, and Červená Skala. For surnames of interest, check out my family tree here on WikiTree.

Helping you

Cemeteries & Gravestone Photos: I may be able to visit a cemetery to find/photograph your ancestor's gravestone in York Region, Peel Region, or Simcoe County in Ontario, Canada. I will then upload the photo to your ancestor's profile page on WikiTree. (Please note that although I really enjoy helping others with their family trees, photographs taken by me are not to be shared or published elsewhere.)

I have burial records/cemetery surveys from Ontario Genealogical Society or my own photographs of gravestones from the following cemeteries:

• Bolton Anglican Cemetery, Bolton (Peel)
• Bolton Methodist Cemetery, Bolton (Peel)
• Kleinburg Cemetery, Kleinburg (York)
• Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bolton (Peel)
• Nashville Cemetery, Kleinburg (York)
• Orthodox Friends Burying Ground, Newmarket (York)
• Shiloh Cemetery, Brampton (Peel)

So if your ancestors were buried in one of those cemeteries, I may already have info on them or photos of their gravestones that haven't made their way on to WikiTree yet.

My Library: Let me know if you would like me to look up information for you from the following books in my personal library:

Canada (Ontario):

• A History of Vaughan Township (1971) by G. Elmore Reaman

Scotland:

• Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 2 (1995) by Bill Lawson
• Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 3 (2001) by Bill Lawson
• Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 4 (2004) by Bill Lawson
• Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 5 (2007) by Bill Lawson
• Croft History, Isle of North Uist, Volume 6 (2019) by Bill Lawson
• The Great Book of Skye 2 (2016) by Norman Macdonald and Cailean Maclean
• Scotland: The Great Book of Skye 3 (2018) by Norman Macdonald and Cailean Maclean

Slovakia:

• Majer (2018) by Vladimír Sklenka, Peter Račko, Lívia Baláková (Note: This book is in the Slovak language and is about the former town and current neighbourhood of Banská Bystrica (not the surname). It contains helpful census data on all 29 households in Majer from December 31, 1869 as well as names from the 1715 and 1770 census records.)

Helping me

Brick Walls: Perhaps you could take a moment and see if you could help me with one of my brick walls.

• Eduardus Nachtnebel (1837-) -- He was born in Zlatno, in the glass factory area of the village, today in Poltár District, Slovakia. He was recorded on his baptism record as illegitimate with an unknown father, and his mother's (Anna Nachtnebel's) parents and origin are unknown to me. His godparents were Petrus & Johanna Fürst. I don't expect to find anything about who his father was, but I would love to learn more about his mother, Anna, or even his godparents.
• Johan Svihra (bef.1808-) -- His birth place and parents are unknown, but he is the earliest Svihra I was able to trace in my direct ancestry. He was Lutheran/Evanjelický when he married Susanna Jakubovje in 1821 in the village of Majer, which today, is a neighbourhood in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. My paternal grandfather apparently had traced our Svihra branch back to Žilina Region--possibly Liptovský Mikuláš or the surrounding area.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Anne Svihra at registration.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match with Jan Svihra.