Birth Name: Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date of Birth: May 18, 1974
Ethnicity: Ukrainian, Scottish, English, 1/64 Saulteaux Native Canadian (First Nations), possibly other
Chantal Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Carol (Walaschuk) and John Kreviazuk.
Chantal has appeared on an episode of the Canadian version of genealogy television show Who Do You Think You Are? in 2007 and has traced her ancestry through both her father and mother’s lines. She found out that her mother is of Ukrainian, English, Scottish, and some Saulteaux Native Canadian descent, and that her father also has Ukrainian (and possibly other) ancestry.
Two of Chantal paternal great-grandparents, Nicholas Kreviazuk and Annie Uskiw, were born in Galicia (now Ukraine) and moved to Canada in 1906. Nicholas was originally raised Christian Orthodox and converted to Presbyterianism in Canada.
Chantal’s maternal grandfather is Walter Walaschuk/ Woloszczuk (the son of Anastasia Adamchuk and Joannes Woloszczuk). Joannes was originally from Bohorodchany, Galicia (now Ukraine). Anastasia’s surname is also of Ukrainian origin.
Chantal’s maternal grandmother is Isabel/Isobel Bella Slater Freeman (the daughter of Alice May Slater and George T. Freeman). Isobel has Scottish (from the Orkney Islands), English, and Saulteaux (First Nations) roots.
Isobel’s indigenous ancestry can be traced back on her matrilineal line to a woman named “Mary Suzette Demoran” or Mith-coo-coo-man-E’Squew Cocking, who was born in the Red Lake Indian Reservation to Saulteaux Native parents. She is Chantal’s fourth great-grandmother.
Sources:
Chantal’s Genealogy (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/
Genealogy of Chantal’s maternal grandfather, Walter Walaschuk – http://www.ancestry.ca/
Obituary of Chantal’s maternal grandmother, Isobel Bella Slater Freeman – http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/
Chantal on Who Do You Think You Are?– https://www.youtube.com/
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