MaryAnn,
I just received the following e-mail. I have no idea who Karl is talking about. It's been 10-12 years since I worked on my wife's Pelyak/Pelak/Pellock Family Tree. I assume that her family might be in your Tree.
Paul Kankula
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From:
Eximcan@yahoo.com To:
kankula@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: Geneology
To the kind attention of:
Ms.Nancy A. Kankula
Mr.Kankula:
I am sending you the information about the Pelyak
family that I have had the pleasure to know.I am not
one of them.I am a graduate medical student from Uganda. Galina Pilyak(mention below) was my pharmacology lecturer at a local medical college.I live in their other flat/apartment so,we are neighbours.I decided to
look for other Pelyak family members after she had
told me about the origins of her family and since I have
access to the Internet and she is building her family
tree,I decided to provide some help.
There is less likelihood that you could be
relatives.But 'less' likelihood is not 'zero'
likehood.So,I am sending you the information that
might help you decide.
Hoping to hear from you when time allows.
Respectfully,Karl
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1.Miron Pelyak is the one of the first known family
members.He lived in Vola Ceklynska.He was the youngest in the family and inherited family land.Most of his other brothers and sisters moved(immigrated)to North America(as far as some family members know,to Canada).One of Miron's
sons follows in point 2 below.
2.Vasily Pelyak(born in 1892.Died in 1952 in
Kamenka,Ukraine). Vasily Pelyak(Vasily) was married to Anastasia. Their children are mentioned
in point 3 below.
a)Vasily had a brother called Pavel Pelyak.He was a
blacksmith. His first wife died in childbirth.He later married Vasilysa,remembered to have been a very kind woman*.Pavel died in Kolomia,Ukraine.
3.Vasily Pelyak had 4 children(a,b,c,and d):
a).Anna Pelyak(born 7 October 1922.Anna Pelyak married
Vasily Dziama (and became Anna Dziama)towards,or in 1944.They had 1 daughter Maria(born in 1944).Vasily Dziama died in the early
1990s.
Anna Dziama and her daughter(Maria and Maria's
husband,Victor Pen), and other relatives now live in Wroclaw,Poloand).There is active correspondence going on between them(in Wroclaw,Poland) and Galina Pilyak(in Donetsk,kraine).
b).Piotr Pelyak(born 24 March 1928 in Vola Ceklynska,Yaslowsky rayon/Yaslowsk district.Died in 1994,in Rovenky,Luhansk District,Ukraine). Piotr(Pyotr) Pelyak is Galina Pelyak's father.Piotr married Maria Biryukova
and Pilyak was born on 11 August 1952).Galina's
daughter is Elvira Pilyak(born 10 July 1977).
c).Mikhail Pelyak(born 14 July 1939).Lives in
Rovenky,Ukraine with his family: wife,Vera,daughter Natalia.
d).Pavel(Pavlo in Ukrainian)Pelyak(born in Vola
Ceklynska 17 April 1935).Died in Rovenky,Ukraine in
1997.
The family was evacuated from Vola Ceklynska to
Ukraine on 5 April 1945.The family was first evacuated
to Starobelsk (Luhansk,Ukraine),then to Borislav(Lviv
district) in 1946,to Korchevk district in 1948 before
settling in Rovenky,Luhansk district.
Other:
-Old photographs of all people mentioned above
except(Miron Pelyak)
are on record in the family album in Donetsk.
-Pelyak was changed to Pilyak(according to some Soviet
rules)when the
family was re-settled in Ukraine.
-Originals of certain documents such as the baptismal
certificate,school
leaving certificate(Swiadetwo Szkolne)are available.
-In some documents,such as school leaving
certificate(Swiadetwo Szkolne),Pelyak is spelt as
Pelak while in some others,such as the baptismal
certificate(hand-written,in Latin).
-Other relatives whose last name(surname) is Rak live
in Kolomia,Ukraine.
-Anna Dziama and Galina Pilyak correspond
often.Therefore,more details can be provided on
request.
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*All the Pelyaks that I know of are:).
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