MOCHNACZ from Bilyj Potik Village Chomiakowka RC Parish Czortkow

[ldotto]

Researching my great-grandmother Jerzyna (ERYNA) Pastuszka Mochnacz from Bilyj Potik village, Czortkow district Chomiakowka RC parish. Joannis Mochnacz (Eryna’s husband my great-grandfather and son Gabriel Stanislaw Mochnacz (my grandfather)
Eryna DOB: 1859 Tombstone inscription lived 53 years and died May 10 1912, Krakow AB.
Gabriel Mochnacz married Teckla Bojko (daughter of Theodore and Josefa Bojko) February 7, 1903. Settled in the Krakow area in April 1904. (Alberta)
Trying to establish the year and ship Eryna was on when she came to Canada. 1911 Alberta census says 1904 (hard to read). Impossible as she is not on the 1906 census, June 24, 1906
Gabriel Mochnacz served in the Austrian Army 1895 to 1898. Left Bremerhaven Germany May 21, 1989 via H.F.Glade arrived October 6, 1898 at Honolulu. Assigned to Haiku Sugar Plantations Maui. Gabriel Mochnacz page 101 of Hawaiian ordeal: Ukrainian contract Workers, 1897 – 1910
Summary: Any connections with the village of Bilyj Potik or the surname Mochnacz would be much appreciated.
ldottto

[zarjacks]

Here is link to Hawaii Ordeal by Michael Ewanchuk:

Our Roots / Nos Racines

Will check for immigration records for you.
Ruth

[ldotto]

thank you Ruth. That would be great. Who knows maybe you will stumble on something. That would be great. Keeping my fingers crossed
Thanks again.
lorraine dotto

[Hannia]

Ruth,

The trip to Hawaii was via Canada. Original exit port was in Germany. I read most of the material a bunch of yrs ago, but I think I remember that part correctly.
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Lorraine,

I see you have already been welcomed by our best. If a document exists, Ruth will find it.

What a life Gabriel had. Turn of the century Hawaiian plantations were notorious for the type of work and the work loads. The conditions were hellish. Immigrants were conned by the agents at the German exit ports. These people had no idea what they were headed for.
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Have you examined any films available thru LDS? There are two sets of RC Church Records. There is village Bialy Potok that was absorded into Kosiv > Chortkiv and then there is Chomiakówka abosorbed into Yahielnytsia. ???There is also a Biały Potok, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krościenko nad Dunajcem, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. Regional capital was Krakow.

Are you sure he was from Chortkiv?
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Title
Metrical books, 1855-1865

Authors
Roman Catholic Church. Chomiakówka (Czortków) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of manuscripts at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L′viv.
Roman Catholic Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Chomiakówka (Czortków), Galizien, Austria;
later Chomiakówka (Czortków : Biały Potok), Tarnopol, Poland. From modern-day maps it appears that this
historic locality has been incorporated into Kosiv, Chortkiv, Ternopil′, Ukraine. May include surrounding
villages within the parish. Text in Latin and Polish.
Record group 618, series 2, files 2061-2063.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Chomiakówka (Czortków) - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Chomiakówka (Czortków : Biały Potok) - Church records
Україна, Тернопіль, Чортків, Косів - Метричні книги
Ukraine, Ternopil′, Chortkiv, Kosiv - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Polish

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2005

Physical
on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 618-2/2061 Births, marriages, deaths 1855 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1857-1858 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2395051 Item 1 ]
Volume 618-2/2062 Births, marriages, deaths 1859 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1861-1862 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2395051 Item 2 ]
Volume 618-2/2063 Births, marriages, deaths 1863-1865 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2395051 Item 3 ]
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Title
Kopie księg metrykalnych, 1784-1891

Authors
Kościół rzymsko-katolicki. Parafja Chomiakówka wieś (Czortków) (Main Author)

Notes
Mikrofilm zrobiony z rękopisów w Archiwum i Biblioteka Kurii Arcybiskupiej Labaczów i w Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie.
Tekst w łacinie i po polsku.
Roman Catholic parish register and transcripts of births, marriages and deaths for Chomiakówka koło Jagielnicy, Galizien, Austria;
later Chomiakówka wieś (Czortków), Tarnopol, Poland; now part of Yahil'nytsya, Ternopil, Ukraine. Text in Latin and Polish.

Subjects
Ukraine, Ternopil′, Chortkiv, I︠A︡hil′nyt︠s︡i︠a︡ - Church records
Austria, Galizien, Chomiakówka koło Jagielnicy - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Chomiakówka wieś (Czortków) - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Polish

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Mikrofilmowało The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995

Physical
na 4 rolkach mikrofilmu ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Akta urodzeń 1784-1850 -- Akta małżeństw 1784-1887 -- Akta zgonów 1784-1853 - FHL INTL Film [ 2005222 Item 4 ]
Akta urodzeń 1832-1854 - FHL INTL Film [ 2328804 Item 10 ]
Akta urodzeń 1845-1880 - FHL INTL Film [ 2328804 Item 11 ]
Akta urodzeń 1872-1874, 1876-1890 -- Akta małżeństw 1872-1874, 1876-1877, 1875, 1878-1890 -- Akta zgonów 1872-1875, 1878,
1876-1877, 1879-1881, 1884, 1883, 1882, 1886, 1885, 1886-1890 - VAULT INTL Film [ 2328805 Item 1 ]
Akta małżeństw 1784-1891 -- Akta urodzeń 1784-1844 -- Akta zgonów 1784-1879 - FHL INTL Film [ 2328702 Item 1 ]
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[Hannia]

I found only one Mochnach/Mokhnach = Мохнач in Ukranian (w/telephone) in all of the Ternopil region.
Currently living in Chortkiv, the district center town.

Мохнач М.І. Чортківський район, Чортків, Млинарська 22325

I just called telephone number in Chortkiv. A Russian woman answered and told me she has recently been issued this # by post office because it had become available, but her address was different. She knew no one w/that surname. You could try writing.

Are you aware that most ethnic Poles were resettled by 1947?

[ldotto]

Hannia you have been a big help. Gabriel was from the village of Bily Potik which was documented on the ships manifest from the Hawaiian archives. I am assuming that Bilyj Potik was in the Czortkow district. Thank you for referring me to the films at LDS. That is my last step in searching. Hope I would find some info on these films as that would be my last resort. How fascinating this all is.
I appreciate all the info you sent me.
Regards,
lorraine

[Hannia]

From late 18th century to 1918 Bialy Potok had a population of appx 1,200 & 239 houses. 80% were ethnic Poles. 20% were Ruthenian/Ukrainian. There were several Jewish families in the village as well. The filial Roman Catholic Church was in Chomiakowka and the filial Greek Catholic Church was in Romaszowka. Czortkow was both the POWIAT (administrative/district - county) and the GMINA (judicial/tax district )> Tarnipolskie Wojiwodstwo/Region > Galicia Province, administered by ethnic Poles for the AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE. 1918-1919 Region became a part of the West Ukrainian Nat'l Republic. 1919-1939 Tarnipol came under Reconstituted Poland's domain. Technically Poland had not existed as a geopolitical entity for the previous 125+ yrs. Post WW2 this region became a part of SSR Ukraine, under Soviet domain until 1991 when Ukraine became independent.

Halgal: Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia

Loretta, how is your Polish?

LDS will not be the end of the line. The films will just open up another door to possible surviving family in Ukraine, but more likely in Poland.