Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Grandfather and Grandmother, Toader and Elisaveta Stefureak arrived in Canada in 1912 with their nine children (4 boys, 5 girls). One of whom was our father, Peter Stefureak who was 11 years old at the time. The family immigrated from Bucovina, Romania, where Toader held the title of Magistrate, representing Bucovina in…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Lazur Sandulak was born Sept. 20, 1882 in Boian, Bucovina, the son of Simeon and Vasilca Sandulak. He grew up in Boian and in 1902 emigrated to Canada with the rest of the family. Dochita was born March 9, 1889, the daughter of Metro and Gafita Burmey. She came to Canada in 1901…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Simeon Sanduleac and Vasilca Badicel were both from Boian, Bukovina. In 1902 Simeon, Vasilca and 4 children (Lazar, Maria, Ana and Nicolai) emigrated to Canada. Family history has not been published yet. Please check for records or photo and visit this page later. RecordsBirth and marriage records from church books. Boian, Bukovina…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Vasile Russ was born in Boian Bukovina in 1878. In 1898 he married Sophia Holowity and in 1911 they emigrated to Canada, a distant unknown land, with their first born son, Tom. Like all newcomers when they arrived they lived in a hurriedly constructed sod house (bordei) on a homestead in the Soda…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Vasile Romanko was born in Voloca, Bucovina and grew up there. He attended the village school but as a young man he decided to leave his land of birth and emigrate to Canada along with many other Romanians and Ukrainians in 1898. Once in Canada he worked where he was able to…
Family historyRecordsKinshipPhotoFamily history One of the first who emigrated to Canada was Elie Ravliuk. He had three daughters and one son Nicholas. The daughters all married in the Boian area. The son, Nicholas, married Alexandra Hantiuk in 1920. In 1929 Nicholas and Elie left for Pierceland, Saskatchewan to search for a homestead. Having located one, they…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history School was a luxury. I was needed on the farm so I quit in 1935 to help my dad. In 1941 I married Jean Lukiwski. We farmed for four years and then our son Lenard was born in 1945. Because of my severe problems with hay fever we quit farming and went…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history One of the more progressive farmers in the Romanian community at Boian was John Porozni. He was born in 1903 and grew up on the farm, had little formal education because the local school remained open only during the summer months. By the time he was eleven he had to help in…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Lack of land and opportunities resulted in George and Domnica Porozni leaving the province of Bukovina in Austro-Hungary, November, 1899. They came to Canada from Hamburg through the New York. The last record in the Old World are dated on September 9th, 1900 when George and Domnika sailed away on a ship Bulgaria…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Family history has not been published yet. Please check for records or photo and visit this page later. RecordsBirth and marriage records from church books. Boian, Bukovina Ioan Patranici birth record. Ioan was born on Feb. 14, 1864. Father – Vasilie Patranici. Mother – Iwana Cojocariu. Godparents – Petrea Dogovolsci? from Rarance…