Smokey Lake Alberta, Pecan Alberta

[RATSOY]

SMOKEY LAKE AREA including PECAN
The large influx of immigrants around 1899 to the area included my Grandfather and Grandmother Stephan Ratsoy his wife and one child. That turned out to be 17 kids I believe after immigration. My mother was one Waslya (Violet) Ratsoy. The Ratsoy name of course was NOT spelled this way but RACOI and like most others came from the same geographical area the others did. The question really is are these people all Ukrainian or Polish, or Romanian, or real Austrians? Seems because of the political sphere of the time everybody had a Austrian passport and their origin was so stamped. Anybody have a clear picture of this. Thanks.

[zarjacks]

Hope these may be of some help - from Ancestry.
Ruth

Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
about Stefan Ratcoy
Name: Stefan Ratcoy
Event: Living
Year: 1911
Province: Alberta
County: Victoria
Place: Pakan
Comments: Farmer.
Source: Henderson's Alberta Gazetteer and Directory for 1911.
Volume_Page: 734
Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured.

Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
about Stefan Racoy
Name: Stefan Racoy
Departure Date: 26 Apr 1899
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Age Year: 26
Gender: männlich (Male)
Family: Household members
Relationship: Vater (Father)
Residence: Toporontz
Ethnicity/Nationality: Österreich (Austrian)
Occupation: Landwirt, Besitzer

Ship Name: Brasilia
Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)
Ship Type: Dampfschiff
Accommodation: Zwischendeck
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Kanada (Canada)

Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 102
Page: 659
Microfilm Roll Number: K_1760

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Stefan Racoj
Name: Stefan Racoj
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Date of Arrival: 9 May 1899
Vessel: Brasilia
Search Ship Database: View the 'Brasilia' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany
Roll: C-4519

There's also a Tomka Racoj, maybe a sister or sister-in-law? who immigrated 1904
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Tomka Racoj
Name: Tomka Racoj
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Date of Arrival: 16 May 1904
Vessel: Phoenicia
Search Ship Database: View the 'Phoenicia' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec
Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany Via Antwerp, Belgium
Roll: T-482

[IreneLviv]

Residence: Toporontz -
Might be Toporivtsi? Probably that one near Hordenka - Ivano-Frankivsk region

[Hannia]

It's the Toporivtsi in Chernivtsi (Historical Region Northern Bukovina) !!!

Your Ratsoy Family were among the first immigrants to Canada.

Ukrainian Settlers