Stavisha [Ru] Stawisza [Polish]

Grybow District, present day SE Poland


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


  1. Basalyga / Basaliga / Wasaliga / Basalyga ( 5 families)
  2. Blaszczuk / Blashchuk (3 families)
  3. Bolesiak / Bolesjak (2 families)
  4. Boczniewicz / Bochnevych (2 families)
  5. Buczniewicz / Buchnevych (2 families)
  6. Wawrys / Vavrys'
  7. Wasula / Vasula
  8. Wolczak / Volchak (2 families)
  9. Hawrylo / Havrylo (5 families)
  10. Chawrynczuk / Havrynchuk
  11. Dziumbelak / Dzjumbeljak (2 families)
  12. Dopczanka / Dopchanka
  13. Zelaska / Zelizka (2 families)
  14. Kaniak / Kanjak (2 families)
  15. Kapitula (2 families)
  16. Kelecawa / Kieleczawa / Kelechava (4 families)
  17. Kirda
  18. Koban (2 families)
  19. Kowal / Koval'
  20. Kowalczyk / Koval'chyk (4 families)
  21. Kuzmicz / Kuz'mych ( 2 families)
  22. Merena / Morena / Merena
  23. Muszynski / Mushyns'kyj
  24. Pawlik / Paulik / Paflik / Pavlyk (2 families)
  25. Pasternak
  26. Pochna / Pokhna (3 families)
  27. Prokopczak / Prokopchak
  28. Romaniak / Romanjak (2 families)
  29. Ropicki / Ropyts'kyj
  30. Choma / Homa / Khoma ( 2 families)
  31. Cymbala / Tsymbala ( 3 families)
  32. Compel / Tsompel' (2 families)
  33. Ciupak / Tsjupak
  34. Ciura / Tsjura (3 families)
  35. Szewczyk / Szewczik / Shevchyk

Parish Data: [from Blazejowskyj and Iwanusiw]

Church was "Saint Demetrius" [1818] [destroyed]

The wooden church was destoyed in 1947. The parish was filial to SNITNYCJA since the late 1700's

In 1785 the village lands comprised 10.59 sq km. There were 470 Greek Catholics 0 Roman Catholics and 0 Jews

1840 - 745 Greek Catholics

1859 - 663 Greek Catholics

1879 - 516 Greek Catholics

1899 - 597 Greek Catholics

1926 - 806 Greek Catholics

1936 - 687 Greek Catholics

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


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