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…