Seeking information about the Ilkiw surname generally and also links to Agrippina (nee Gaba) Ilkiw, born c. late 1800's in or around Kuty, Ukraine, married date unknown to William (or Ukrainian equivalent name) Ilkiw. Agrippina and William had two daughters, Katherine (my grandmother) born 1905, and Marya (Maria?), both born in Kuty, Ukraine.
Katherine subsequently emigrated to Canada and then the U.S in the 1920's. Marya married and stayed in Kuty, although family lore has it that her husband attempted to defect from the Russian Army (forcibly recruited?) and they subsequently spent 20 years in Siberia as punishment. Marya left no children when she died in the late 1980's.
Any info would be helpful.
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Jennifer_Hodges@worldnet.att.net