Prusik [Ru] Prusiek [Polish]

Sanok District, present day SE Poland


Lemko Surnames cited by Krasovs'kyj from 1787 Austrian Cadastral Records


  1. Biskup / Biskop / Byskup
  2. Wanio / Van'o
  3. Hawrylo / Havrylo
  4. Hocko / Gocko / Chocko / Hotsko (3 families)
  5. Dziun / Dzjun
  6. Durbak (3 families)
  7. Kobela / Kobiela / Kobelja
  8. Kuzma (3 families)
  9. Lazoryk / Lazoryk (2 families)
  10. Lisiak / Lysjak
  11. Marko
  12. Pawlik / Paulik / Paflik / Pavlyk
  13. Pyrczak / Pirczak / Pyrchak
  14. Popowicz / Popowyc / Popovych
  15. Seleman (7 families)
  16. Serbin / Serbyn (3 families)
  17. Stecko / Stets'ko (3 families)
  18. Chymczak / Chimczak / Hymczak / Khymchak ( 2 families)
  19. Ciopka / Ts'opka (3 families)
  20. Szpyrka / Shpyrka

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

The church was "Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary" [1793] [destroyed]

The wooden church was renovated in 1872 and is now destroyed

In 1785 the village lands comprised 6.95 sq km. There were 400 Greek Catholics 224 Roman Catholics and 11 Jews

1840 - 340 Greek Catholics

1859 - 318 Greek Catholics

1879 - 370 Greek Catholics

1899 - 478 Greek Catholics

1926 - 506 Greek Catholics

1936 - 523 Greek Catholics

In 1936 there were 618 Roman Catholics and 13 Jews in the area

The village was incorporated in to the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934

Filial church located in Sjanichok 2km away and the village of POLOVCI was served by the priest


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