My great-grandfather, Teodor Chomiak, was the son of Jurij & Irina (Torski) Chomiak. He married (as his second wife) 19 February 1878 in Nahuievychi, Ukraine, Kataryna Buciak, who was the daughter of Demetri & Anna (Czapla) Buciak.
Kataryna & Teodor were the parents of eight children:
1. Kataryna Chomiak, born 31 March 1879 in Nahuievychi.
2. William Chomiak (my grandfather), born as Basilius Chomiak, 2 February 1882 in Nahuievychi, died 7 November 1965 in Willimantic, Connecticut. He married 16 February 1907 in Nahuievychi, Katherine Fusiak, who was born 19 November 1887 in Luzhek Verkhniy, Ukraine as Kataryna Fusiak, and died 22 October 1943 in New London, Connecticut, daughter of Konrad & Ludmila (Karasek) Fusiak.
3. Samuel Komik, born as Simeon Chomiak, 14 February 1885 in Nahuievychi, died 8 May 1924 in Manhattan, New York. He married Hannah Hanasko, who was born 17 July 1886 in Posdiack, Austria, and died 22 January 1978 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
4. Michal Chomiak, born 29 September 1887 in Nahuievychi.
5. Anastazia “Jenny” Chomiak, born 1 August 1890 in Nahuievychi, died 14 September 1956 in New York, New York. She married Phillip Oniskor, who was born 25 November 1894 in Poland, and died in February 1981 in Flushing, New York.
6. Maria Chomiak, born 22 February 1893 in Nahuievychi, died there 11 October 1893.
7. Gregorius Chomiak, born 21 January 1895 in Nahuievychi, died there 2 February 1896.
8. Gregorius Chomiak, born 25 April 1897 in Nahuievychi.
Last Revised: 17 August 2026