Bill Watamaniuk wrote: > > At 04:04 PM 4/14/97 -0400, you wrote: > >Anyone who can give me information on the Chervenka Surname. My husband's > >grandmother had the name Jindriska Chervenka. Any info? Send to LUV > >LIDIA@aol.com > > > > > > Hi, > > My Dictionary of Ukrainian Surnames in Canada, F.Bogdan author, > shows a Chervinka (best English rendering). > > Checking http://www.northernlife.com/411.html, a Canadian > telephone directorey, shows 8 listings in Canada of the name Chervenka. > > Jindriska sounds to me like a Ukrainian version of Andrea. > > I hope this is of some help. > > Bill W Chervenka seems to be Cervenka (with a hook over the C), quite common surname (meaning a little bird, I think robin). Jindriska (with hooks over r and s) is Henrietta. Lida Kovarova