Origins of Sennikoff and Shershen
My grandparents Prokop and Natalia came to the U.S. via Ellis Island 1913. I have a Copy of the passenger jacket cover. It says Cenikob-Cennik. It was written in English on the manifest as Senkow-Senik.In searching the database I saw very few names written this way. Was this
an attempt to add the second n to the name. Or did they truly have a duel
name. After naturalizing they dropped assigned name of Raymond and began using Sennikoff. They were married in Kiev Februaury 10. 1913.
Natalia's maiden name was Shershen. I would like to try and obtain a copy
of this record, but I am unsure if the last name is Senkov, Sennik, or Sennikov? None of the above seem to be very common. So I have nothing to compare to. Thank you for your time and consideration
Jane Sparks.
Re: Origins of Sennikoff and Shershen
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My grandparents Prokop and Natalia came to the U.S. via Ellis Island 1913. I have a Copy of the passenger jacket cover. It says Cenikob-Cennik. It was written in English on the manifest as Senkow-Senik.In searching the database I saw very few names written this way. Was this
an attempt to add the second n to the name. Or did they truly have a duel
name. After naturalizing they dropped assigned name of Raymond and began using Sennikoff. They were married in Kiev Februaury 10. 1913.
Natalia's maiden name was Shershen. I would like to try and obtain a copy
of this record, but I am unsure if the last name is Senkov, Sennik, or Sennikov? None of the above seem to be very common. So I have nothing to compare to. Thank you for your time and consideration
Jane Sparks.
What is "passenger jacket cover"??? :o :o :roll:
But anyway, Sennikoff (Sennikov) is a genuine Russian name. So are Senkov and Sen'kov (with soft n). Sennik sounds more like a Ukranian one. I doubt your granddad had a double name, I guess those were variations of the same one. Since they settled on Sennikoff, I think that this is what they thought was the correct form.
Shershen is a Ukranian last name (It may be found among Russians too, but those Russians have Ukranian or Cossack ancestors).