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 is the daughter of Carol (Walaschuk) and John Kreviazuk.
Chantal appeared on an episode of the Canadian version of genealogy television show Who Do You Think You Are? in 2007, and traced her ancestry. 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’s 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 Joannes Woloszczuk and Anastasia Adamchuk). 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 George T. Freeman and Alice May Slater). 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: Genealogy of Chantal Kreviazuk (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
http://www.cbc.ca
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 Kreviazuk on Who Do You Think You Are? (2007) – https://www.youtube.com
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