Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Constantin Iftody was born May 13, 1881 in Molodia, Bukovina. Maria was born April 21, 1881 in Boian, Bukovina. They migrated to Canada in 1899 along with relatives and friends. In Canada, Constantine worked for farmers in order to earn some money, and Maria worked for one year at the Queen’s Hotel…
Family historyRecordsPhotoLiving Under The Same RoofFamily history Nicolai Iftody was born in 1865 in the village of Molodia, Austria-Hungary. He married Sanda Strimbul also of Molodia and in 1899 they emigrated to Alberta with a family of one daughter and four sons. John was nine, Maria was seven and there were three younger boys, Elie,…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Constantin Hutzkal and his family emigrated to Canada in 1907 from Boian, Bukovina. Constantin married Domnica Yurko and at the time when they arrived in Canada they had three girls, Unculitsa, Maria and Raveta. The family settled in the Ispas district. More children were born to this couple: Lazar, John, William (Bill) Metro,…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Petre Hutzcal was born in 1863 in Boian, Bukovina. Rafira was born in 1873. They grew up in their native village and were married in 1889. Four children were born to the young couple in the old country before they emigrated to Canada in 1899. The first year they lived in a bordei…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Nicolai was born in 1891 in Boian, Bucovina, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hutzcal. He grew up there but as a teenager he decided to accompany his older brother John to Canada. Once he arrived in western Canada he secured a job on the railroad and by the time he…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history John Hutscal was born May 12, 1888 to parents Gheorghe and Maria Hutscal in Boian, Bukovina. While still a young man he had heard neighbors talking about Canada, a country far away but where there were jobs, land, and a future. He, at age of 17, in 1905, along with his younger…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Petre Hauca was born in Boian, Bukovina. As a child he did not attend school since attendance was not compulsory. In 1887 he married Rafira Moroz, also from Boian. Petre earned his livelihood working on the railroad track for a few years. When rumors were flying thick and fast about land in…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Nicolai was born and raised in Boian, Bukovina. He married Domnica Falka and three children were born to this couple in the old country. The first infant died but Metro aged 2 and George aged 1 year came to Canada with their parents in 1899 and settled in Boian district on the N.E.Vi…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Vasile Harasim was born in 1862 in Boian, Bukovina. There he grew up and married Maria Toma, oldest daughter of Toder and Sanda Toma. Both were twenty years old at the time of their marriage. In 1899 they and their children came to Canada with the Tomas and homesteaded on the quarter…
Family historyRecordsPhotoFamily history Bill Harrison was born in 1891 in Boian, Bucovina. He immigrated to North America, an ambitious and young man. Bill worked for a time in the coal mines in West Virginia U.S.A. before moving to Alberta. He then worked in the coal mines in Drumheller and Burns Packing Plant in Edmonton. In…