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TKATCHUK and BILLEY family from Alberta, Canada 1916-1991

TKATCHUK and BILLEY family from Alberta, Canada 1916-1991

Posted: 17 Aug 2005 7:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: TKATCHUK/BILLEY/RADOMSKY/GORYNIUK/WUTZKI
I'm looking for inforamtion on Rose or Rosie TKATCHUK and other various spellings. From her obituary I know: born abt. 1916 in Warsite (Alberta?), died on 29 Jan 1991, married Nick BILLEY in 1936, had children named Florence, Jeanette, Lawrence and James. She had siblings named Nick TKATCHUK, Jean RADOMSKY, Eva GORYNIUK, and Ann WUTZKI.

Would like to connect with any relations and possibly share information.

Re: TKATCHUK and BILLEY family from Alberta, Canada 1916-1991

Posted: 14 May 2011 5:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: TKACZYK/TKACHUK
I have been doing some research on the Tkaczyk/Tkachuk familes from Austria. Tkaczyk is the Latin spelling of the name and Tkachuk is the Ukrainian spelling of the name.

I have recently discovered that Ivan (Joannes) Tkachyk b. 1880 Borschev, Galicia, Austria was the son of Kyrylo (Cyrillus) Tkaczyk and Maria Iwanyszyn. Ivan married my ancestor Sophia Kuczer (Kutcher) and lived in Saskatchewan. I just found that Ivan's father Kyrylo and his wife Lucia (most likely originally Maria), also emigrated to Canada in 1903 and settled in Alberta, Canada.

Kyrylo and Maria had these children when they arrived left Austria in 1903 and were at that time living in Podzimir, Austria: Kaska 27, Oleska 16, Mykola 11, Paraska 10, Anna 8, Nasta 6, Andruch 2, Marya 3 months. There are 11 years between Kaska 27 and Oleska (Alex) 16, so I am sure there are more Tkachuk children that also emigrated, I've found a few other Tkachuk names that settled in SK and in MB, but can't definitely say they're all from the same family or are related. Kyrylo and his family were on their way to Dauphin, MB when they first arrived in Canada. Same as their son Ivan and his wife Sophia Kuczer (Kucher)when the emigrated in 1912 who had a great-uncle living in Sifton, MB (My great-grandfather Anton Kuczer/Kucher).

It's unknown why Kyrylo and his family went to Alberta as well as possibly another son Wasyl born abt 1874 Galcia, Austria who also emigrated in 1903 and lived nearby to Kyrylo and his family in Sub-District:7 (Pakern?) shown on the 1906 census (I did find a Petro Tkachuk born about Austria living in Whitford, AB and a Wasyl Tkachuk born about 1854 Austria emigrated in 1903 with his family, so these may be brothers/relatives of Kyrylo Tkachuk.

1906 Household Members:NameAge (possibly another son of Kyrylo Tkachuk)

Wasel Taschnk 32
Anseia Taschnk 24
Kari Taschnk 4
Rachilia Taschnk 2

As I follow the family through the census records up until 1916, the 1906 census lists them as living in the sub-district of Sacred Heart, AB, possibly was originally around Westaskiwin, AB but I'm not completely certain about that.

1906 census:
Household Members:NameAge
Korneli Tkochuk 61
Lucia Tkochuk 48
Oleksa Tkochuk 18
Nikolai Tkochuk 16
Paraska Tkochuk 14
Anna Tkochuk 12
Nastia Tkochuk 10
Andri Tkochuk 6
Maresia Tkochuk 3

The 1911 census shows them living in the area of Victoria, Alberta:

Household Members:NameAge
Korneli Tkachuk 67
Lucia Tkachuk 52
Nicolay Tkachuk 21
Nasta Tkachuk 14
Andrew Tkachuk 10
Maria Tkachuk 8

Next door:
Kaska Tkachuk 31
Maria Tkachuk 24

Next door:
Oleska Tkachuk 24
Jaga Tkachuk 21
Mary Tkachuk 4
Anna Tkachuk 2
Hruska (Rosey) Tkachuk 6 months

Their home in 1916 for all of these family members is listed as 03, Edmonton East, Alberta address:58, 13, 4. Whether or not this is the area you are searching for I don't know, however when I googled Warspite, AB this is what I found, and is possibly where this family lived, but not knowing the various locations in AB I can't be certain.

Warspite, Alberta (population: 75) is located about 110 km East of Edmonton in Smoky Lake County.

These are about the only Tkachuk families that were listed living in AB at this time that I've so far discovered (barring name spelling variations).

The Rosey Tkachuk that I found was stated to be born about 1910 to Oleska (Alex) Tkachuk and his wife Jaga. She also had a sister Anna.

The 1916 census for 03, Edmonton East, Alberta Address:58, 13, 4 shows the family as this:
Household Members:NameAge
Alex Tkachuk 29
Jaga Tkachuk 25
Mary Tkachuk 9
Annie Tkachuk 7
Rosey Tkachuk 6
John Tkachuk 5
Alexandra Tkachuk 3
Nasca Tkachuk 0

Perhaps this is the family you're searching for? Any other information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Audrey
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