Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Dumitru Feica was born in Boian, Bucovina, and as a child he attended the village school and completed the elementary grades. When he was in his twenties he married Anija Lazur and settled in the local village. Caught up with the fever of other adventurous souls who wanted more out of life,…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Lazar Fedorak and his wife, Anna Sandulac, were both from the Village of Boian in Romania, which was then part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Anna emigrated with her family in 1902. They settled in the Shalka District (near Hairy Hill). Lazar came to this area three years later and they were married. They…
Family historyPhotoFamily history Peter Esak was born July 12, 1888 in Boian, Bucovina. He came to Canada in 1899 at age 11 with his parents Domnica and Petre Esak. The family settled at Desjarlais, Alberta, about 70 miles north-east of Edmonton. At a very young age Peter accompanied some older men to seek jobs on…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Petre and Domnica Esak came from Boian, Bukovina. Domnica was the daughter of Toader and Sanda Toma. Petre and Domnica were married in 1893. They first lived with Petre’s widowed mother and two sisters. However, in 1899, they decided to emigrate to the New World. By this time they had four children…
Family historyRecordsKinshipPhotoFamily history Tanas (Tom), Sarah, George. Domnica, Maria, John (circa 1914) George Dubetz emigrated from the village of Toporoutz, in Austria-Hungary, when he was eighteen years old. Arriving in Canada, he worked in many different places wherever he was able to secure a job. At the age of 22 he met Sarah M. Matei who…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Tanas’s thoughts about emigrating to Canada began one night after a visit to a boyhood friend’s place. There was a good deal of talk in the village of Toporoutz about Canada – a land of plenty. His friend told him that he was leaving for Canada and asked Tanas to accompany him.…
Family historyRecordsFamily history Ion Darda and Marija Nesarobni grew up and married in Boian, Bucovina. Ion was a carpenter by trade and therefore built a big house for his family. Because he had the biggest house in the neighborhood, classes for the elementary grades were held there, too. With the school in Ion’s house, the…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Both Alexander and Catrina were born in Toporoutz, Bucovina, Austria. Alexander was born on March 17, 1872. Catrina (née Revega) was born June 9, 1876. They were married Nov. 3, 1896 in Toporoutz. The following year they decided to emigrate to Canada. In spring 1897 they arrived in South Edmonton (Strathcona). From…
Family historyPhotoFamily history Vasile Cohan was born Dec. 24, 1897 in Voloca, Bucovina. He emigrated with his parents to Montreal, Quebec, in 1912. In 1919 he married Elizaveta Pentelciuc, who had also come from Voloca. They were married in St. Elie Romanian Orthodox church in Inglis, Manitoba. Vasile Cohan was ordained as a priest on…
Family historyPhotoFamily history Alex Creison was born in Russia of Finnish parents. At the age of fifteen he left home and began a long trek across Russia. He recalled that at one time during a cold winter night he and his comrades were travelling by sleigh drawn by horses and a pack of famished wolves…