Contents 1 Zurawel 1.1 Relationship to Researcher 1.1.1 Mary Zurawel 1.2 Alternative spellings of Zurawel 1.2.1 In Cyrillic 1.3 Regions of Interest 1.3.1 Known Locales 1.3.2 Staryy Skalat 1.3.2.1 Historical Geography 1.3.2.2 Alternative Spellings 1.3.2.3 Locales within 10mi 1.3.3 Early 20th Century 1.3.3.1 Philadelphia, PA c. 1912 1.4 Non-Family Historical Information 1.4.1 19th Century 1.4.2 18th Century 1.4.3 17th Century 1.4.4 16th Century 1.5 Modern Zhuravel Relatives 2 References

Zurawel

The surname Zurawel is an anglicized version of Журавель (or журавль) and is pronounced Zhur-a-vhel. Zhur is deep rooted in slavic languages meaning "bird," but more specifically, Zhuravel meaning "crane."^[1][2]

"Crane" may be an analogous surname for "Zurawel" in the region. There were two known persons with the surname Crane within a few miles of Staryy Skalat. ^[3] Additionally, 7 out of the 51 known Zurawel's that came through US immigrations in the early 20th century self-identified as Russian-Hebrew.

Relationship to Researcher

Zurawel is the known terminus of my mtDNA line.

Mary Zurawel > Stella Pankiewicz > K. Eschuk > Thomas Worman

Mary Zurawel

Alternative first name spellings:

• Marya
• Marie

Alternative spellings of Zurawel

• Zhuravel - 192,000 hits
• Zurawel - 132,000 hits
• Juravel - 49,700 hits
• Zhurawel - 20,600 hits
• Zuravel - 17,600 hits
• Jurawel - 2,030 hits
• Jorowel - 107 hits
• Zhurovel - 183 hits
• Zorawel - 11 hits
• Zorowel - 8 hits

In Cyrillic

• Жаравлев, Жеравкин, Жорав, Журавель, Журавкин, Журавков, Журавок, Журавлев, Жураев, Журкин,

Regions of Interest

Known Locales

Staryy Skalat > Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA > East Village, New York > Rahway, New Jersey > Bronx, New York

Staryy Skalat

Mary Zurawel indicates this village as her birthplace c. 1890. In 1912, she indicated her mother, F???? Zurawel, still lived there. It is unknown if she had siblings or other directly family, whether or not they remained within the region, were killed in the wars, or emigrated.

Staryy Skalat, or "Old Skalat", is a village subject of Pidvolochysk Raion (Підволочиський район), within the Ternopil Oblast (Тернопільська область / Ternopil’s’ka oblast' / Ternopilshchyna / Тернопільщина) in Ukraine (Україна).

Historical Geography

• Pre -1772 - Poland
• 1772–1918 - Austro-Hungarian Galicia (Галичини / Galicji / Galizien / Halychyna)
• 1918-1938 - Poland
• 1939-1945 - Germany
• 1946-1991 - USSR
• 1991-Present - Ukraine

Alternative Spellings

Skałat, Staryi Skałat, Old Skałat, Скалат, Старий Скалат, סקאלאט

Locales within 10mi

• Sorted by distance.

Staryy Skalat, Staryi Skalat, Novosyulka-Skalatska, Skalat, Kolodeyevka, Kolodiyevka, Kolodiyivka, Kolodzeiovka, Kolodzeyuvka, Kołodziejówka, Gorodnitsa, Stantsiya Kolodzeyevka, Kolodzeyuvka, Molchanovka, Molchanuvka, Zherebki, Zherebki Pervyye, Zherebki Vtoryye, Zherebky, Piznanka, Podillya, Podol’ye, Poznanka-Gnilaya, Bogdanovka, Bohdanivka, Galushchintsy, Halushchyntsi, Kamenki, Kamionki, Kachanovka, Kaczanówka, Kochanovka, Ostape, Ostapovo, Rosokhovatets, Rosokhovatsets, Khodachkov Malyy, Malyy Khodachkiv, Malyy Khodachkov, Magdalevka, Mahdalivka, Ivanovka, Ivanuvka, Iwanówka, Supranuvka, Chernishuvka, Chornilovka, Zadnishëvka, Zadnishuvka, Sorocko, Sorotska, Sorots’ke, Sorotsko,Sorotskoye, Maslova, Myslova, Korshyluvka, Glebov, Glibov, Hlibiv, Grimalov, Stantsiya Grimaylov, Stacja Grzymalow, Stantsiya Gzhimaluv, Klebanovka, Klebanuvka, Kidantsy, Kydantsi, Ilavche, Ilovtsy, Podvolochisk, Podvolochiska, Podvolochissk, Podwołoczyska, Pidvolochys’k, Orekhovets, Ozhekhovets, Podvolochisskiy Rayon, Volochisk, Woloczysk, Volochys’k, Turovka, Turówka, Turuvka, Kozivka, Kozovka, Grimalov, Grimaylov, Grzhimalov, Grzhymalov, Grzymałów, Gzhimaluv, Hrymayliv, Kanëvka, Yulin’tse, Yuskovtsy, Maksimovka, Maksymivka, Okno, Staromeshchizna

Early 20th Century

Philadelphia, PA c. 1912

Mary Zurawel immigrated with a destination in Philadelphia along with 7 other women who were from near her home. She did not remain there, but married Stanley Pankiewicz in New York in 1917.

Non-Family Historical Information

The following is information gathered on the Zhuravel name mostly before the 20th century and is not able to be definitively linked to our family tree.

19th Century

18th Century

17th Century

16th Century

• In 1578, Shoemaker "Gavriel Zhuravel" helped form the "Assumption Church of the Blessed Virgin" in Chortkiv, (Чортків / Czortków) Chortkivs'kyi district (Чортківський район), Ternopil's'ka oblast, Ukraine.^[4][5]

Modern Zhuravel Relatives

I spoke with Nazar Zhuravel and his sister Oksana who were from Staryy Skalat. It is somewhat likely that there is a relation to Mary Zurawel, since Nazar explained that his father and grandfather are from Novasyulka (Новосилка) which is on the outskirs of Staryy Skalat. If you figure similar ages of parents at birth, Nazar and I may be able to trace our Lowest Common Relative (LCR) to our Great-Great-Grandparents. The pedigree would appear as follows:

Italics are hypotheticals

• LCR Журавель - (b. 1865)
  • Marya Zurawel - (b. 1890)
    • Stella Pankiewicz - (b. 1929)
      • K. Eschuk - (b. 1966)
        • Thomas Worman - (b. 1985)
  • LCRович Журавель - (b. 1892)
    • Гаврило Журавель - (b. 1930's)
      • Гаврилович Журавель - (b. 1960's)
        • Оксана Журавель - (b. 1989)
        • Назар Журавель - (b. 1991)

Nazar will have to find out his Great-Grandfather and Great-Great-Grandparents name in order to confirm this.

References

1. ↑ Original text from Академик - Русские фамилии - Журавель: Журавель Перевод - ЖАРАВЛЕВ ЖЕРАВКИН ЖОРАВ ЖУРАВЕЛЬ ЖУРАВКИН ЖУРАВКОВ ЖУРАВОК ЖУРАВЛЕВ ЖУРАЕВ ЖУРКИН - "Птичьи" нецерковные имена были не редкостью в русских деревнях. От имени Журавль и было образовано отчество ставшее фамилией. Журавок, журай в народных говорах - журавль. Прозвище длинноногого человека. (Ф). Журка - диалектное журавль. (Э). Журавель - украинская или белорусская фамилия, там характерны формы фамилия без специальных суффиксов. Белорусские Жорав, Журавок "журавль" (У). В "Ономастиконе" Веселовского есть Жаравлев Иван Григорьев, крестьянин, 1602 г., Важская область [Ср. Журавль] ; Жеравкин (Журавкин) Дмитрий, таможенный голова у Соли Вычегодской, 1635 г. Журавль, Журавлев - Иван Журавль, 1646 г, Арзамас, Пятуня Журавлев, подьячий. 1630 г [Ср Жаравлев], Журав Михаил, крестьянин, 1545 г., Новгород (Источник: «Словарь русских фамилий». («Ономастикон»))
2. ↑ Translated Text from Academic - Russian Families - Zhuravel: Unchurchly names were not uncommon in the Russian villages. On behalf of the crane and was formed which became patronymic surname. Zhuravok, Zhura the popular saying goes - crane. Nicknamed the long-legged man. (F). Zhurka - dialectal crane. (E). Zhuravel - Ukrainian or Belarusian surname, there are typical of the name without special suffixes. Belarusian Jora, Zhuravok "crane" (Y). In "onomasticon" (A dictionary of surnames) Veselovsky is Zharavlev Ivan Grigoriev , a farmer, in 1602, the area Vazhsky [Cf. Crane] Zheravkin (Zhuravkin) Dmitry, Customs head at Salt Vychegodskaya, 1635 Crane, Zhuravlev - Ivan Crane, 1646 g, Arzamas, Pyatunya Zhuravlev, clerk. 1630 g [Mon Zharavlev] Zhuran Michael, a farmer, in 1545, Novgorod
3. ↑ According to "The Righteous Gentile" by Pioter and Adela Budnik, who remark "In the village of Kaczanovka, which was about 12 kilometers from Podwolocyska, there lived a small Jewish community of about 14 families of which I remember the Blautal, Drimmer, Braun, Crane (Etke Crane of Podwolocyska was their relative)," where Kachanivka and Pidvolochys'k, and is 6 and 8-miles, respectively, from Staryy Skalat.
4. ↑ Original text from Мандруємо Україною: Чортків. Церква Успіня пресвятої Богородиці, 1583. Друга за віком після замку споруда Чорткова. Збудована за ініціативи міського братства. Ще у 1578 р. ковалі, кушнірі і ткачі на своїх цехових зборах вирішили підтримати міське братство і скластися, щоб побудувати церкву. Одним з ініціаторів цієї справи був кушнір Микола Драчук, а пізніше – швець Гаврило Журавель. Будувалася церква з 1581 по 1584 р. Тричі зазнавала страшних руйнувань під час навали на місто турків і татар: у 1593, 1617 та 1640 роках. Церква – одна з найдавніших на Поділлі.
5. ↑ Translated Text from Travels through Ukraine: Chertkov. Church Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, 1583. Second oldest building, after the castle. It was built at the initiative of the city of brotherhood. Back in 1578 blacksmiths, furriers and weavers in their meetings decided to support urban brotherhood and build a church. One of the initiators of this case was a furrier Nicholas Drachuk and later - shoemaker Gabriel Zhuravel. The church was built from 1581 to 1584 and thrice suffered terrible damage during Turk and Tatar invasions in 1593, 1617 and 1640,. Church - one of the oldest in the podolia (valley)