Chantal Kreviazuk

Kreviazuk in 2008, photo by prphotos.com

Birth Name: Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Birth: May 18, 1974

Ethnicity:
*75% Eastern European [Ukrainian, some Rusyn and Polish]
*25% mix of Scottish, English, Saulteaux Native Canadian [First Nations]

Chantal Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer, songwriter, composer, pianist, and actress.

She is the daughter of Carol (Walaschuk) and John Kreviazuk. Her father has Ukrainian, and possibly Rusyn, ancestry. Her mother is of Ukrainian, Polish, Scottish, English, and some Saulteaux Native Canadian, descent. Chantal appeared on the Canadian version of genealogy television show Who Do You Think You Are? in 2007, and traced her ancestry.

She is married to musician Raine Maida, with whom she has three children.

Chantal is a second cousin of curler and 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion Alison Kreviazuk.

Chantal’s paternal grandfather was Peter Kreviazuk (the son of Nicolas/Nicholas “Nicholas” Krujczuk/Kreviazuk and Anna/Annie Uskiw). Peter was born in Manitoba, to parents from Galicia, Poland, now Ukraine, who moved to Canada in 1906. Nicholas was originally raised Christian Orthodox, and converted to Presbyterianism in Canada.

Chantal’s paternal grandmother was Katherine/Catherine Rapko (the daughter of Wasyl “William/Bill” Rapko and Lena Darychuk). Katherine was born in Manitoba, to parents from Bukovina, Romania. Katherine and her parents were listed as “Ruthenian” on the 1916 Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, and as “Ukrainian” on the 1931 Canada Census.

Chantal’s maternal grandfather was Walter Walaschuk/Woloszczuk (the son of Joannes Woloszczuk and Anastasia Adamchuk). Walter was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Joannes was originally from Bohorodchany, Galicia, now Ukraine, and was the son of Onofrius Woloszczuk and Maria Biliczak, who was likely of Polish origin, the daughter of Peter Biliczak and Catherine Pawlowska. Chantal’s great-grandmother Anastasia was of Ukrainian origin.

Chantal’s maternal grandmother was Isabel/Isobel Bella Slater Freeman (the daughter of George Thomas Freeman and Alice May Slater or Cook). Isabel was born in St. Andrews, Manitoba, of Scottish, from the Orkney Islands, English, and Saulteaux First Nations roots. George was the son of Thomas Freeman and Elizabeth. Alice was the daughter of William Slater and Catherine Cook.

Isabel’s indigenous ancestry can be traced back 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: Family history of Chantal Kreviazuk – http://www.cbc.ca

Genealogy of Chantal Kreviazuk (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.redriverancestry.ca

Obituary of Chantal’s paternal uncle – https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com

Chantal’s paternal grandfather, Peter Kreviazuk, on the 1931 Canada Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Chantal’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) – https://www.gilbartfuneralhome.com

Genealogy of Chantal Kreviazuk (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Obituary of Chantal’s maternal grandmother, Isabel/Isobel Bella Slater (Freeman) Walaschuk – http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com

Chantal Kreviazuk on Who Do You Think You Are?, 2007 – https://www.youtube.com