Ivan Franko - Family

Family

Wife

Olha Fedorivna Khoruzhynska (m. 1886-1916), a graduate of the Institute of Noble Dames in Kharkiv and later the two-year higher courses in Kiev, she knew several languages and played a piano, died in 1941

Children
  • Andriy Franko died at 27 from a heart failure.
  • Petro Franko (1890–1941), an engineer-chemist, a veteran of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, founder of the Ukrainian Air Force, a Ukrainian politician, a people's deputy in the Verkhovna Rada
    • Petro Franko had two daughters who after marrying changed their names
  • Taras Franko, a veteran of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
    • Roland Franko (1931- ), a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, a graduate of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, by his efforts in 1996 the United Kingdom freely transferred its Antarctic station Faraday to Ukraine later renamed into Academician Vernadsky
    • Zinoviya Irachkivska (Franko) had sons
    • Daryna Franko
  • Hanna Klyuchko (Franko)

According to Roland Franko his grandfather was 1.74 metres (5.7 ft) tall, had a red hair, always wore mustache and the Ukrainian embroidered shirt (vyshyvanka) even with a dress-coat.

Some of Franko's descendants emigrated to the USA and Canada. His grand-nephew, Yuri Shymko, is a Canadian politician and human rights activist living in Toronto, who was elected to Canada's Parliament as well as the Ontario Legislature during the 1980s.

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