Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Metru Moskaliuk was born in 1868 in Boian, Bukovina. He married Sanda Falka in 1891 and emigrated to Canada in 1899 with two children, George who was five years old and Vera who was four. At the same time Sanda’s father and her stepmother, the Nikolai Falkas came. The two families brought…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history When working at a copper mine in Butte, Montana in 1925, Bill Moscaliuk had the opportunity to witness a boxing match in which Jack Dempsey participated. He was so impressed by Dempsey’s skill and strength that he immediately started training at the local YMCA. Bill still talks of how he won his…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Peter was a respected and important member of the Boian Romanian Community. After completing grade eight he chose farming as his career. Peter worked for his father and other farmers in the area where he was able to save money to purchase his own farm. Over the years he became a successful…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Andrei Lutic migrated from Bucovina during the reign of Franz Joseph I of Austria. Upon landing in Canada he obtained employment in Montreal for a short period of time. His desire to obtain farm land forced him to travel to the western prairies of Canada. In Alberta he worked on the railroad…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Mike Kachuk left Bukovina with his mother, two brothers and four sisters on May 2, 1905. They arrived at Sandy Lake on June 7, 1905. As a child he attended school only two winters, then went out working. At the age of eighteen he was financially able to buy his own farm.…
Family historyRecordsKinshipPhotoFamily history Vasile Kachuk was born in Boian, Bucovina, in 1858. He married Domnica Hutzcal in 1883. At the age of forty-three he left his wife and eight children behind in the old country and emigrated to Canada. He filed for a homestead S.W.V4, 28, 56, 13, W.4th at Sandy Lake. He liked the area…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Nicolai and Sanda Kelba left the village of Boian, Bucovina in 1899 in the month of April, with their son John who was three. They came as far as Winnipeg and since they had no more money they stayed behind with six other families. Here they built little huts where the families…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history The annals of bygone days reflect the many facets of pioneer life; however the magnitude of the hardships encountered by these pioneers in a raw new land is relatively unknown. The acquisition of 160 acres for a small fee of ten dollars in a country of freedom and unlimited opportunities, was a…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history John was born in the village of Toporoutz, Austria-Hungary in 1877. As a young man he served from 1902-1905 in the Austrian Cavalry, a very prestigious honor. After completing his military service he journeyed to Canada, a sixteen-day trip. From Halifax he travelled to Edmonton where he worked installing sewer lines. When…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Tom (Tonasko) Kokotailo was born in Toporoutz in the province of Bucovina in Austria-Hungary in 1888. He followed his three older brothers to Canada, leaving his homeland in 1912. His journey across the Atlantic Ocean on a White Star liner, the Carpathia, was highlighted by the fact that the sinking of the Titanic…