First immigrants to Canada from Nebyliw

[Cokie]

I descend from Tychkowskys (also Tichkowsky or Tyczkowsky) from Nebyliw in Kalush, Galicia I beleive. My grandmother was born there abt. 1890. The first Ukrainian immigrants to Western Canada (Alberta) and perhaps all of Canada were from here - Ivan Pylypow, Wasyl Eleniak and Nykola Tychkowsky. There is a monument to them in Nebyliw.
I also descend from Sauchyn family (Sawchyn) from Parahansky which is very near Nebyliw. Sauchyns might have also been from Dolyna or else Parahansky is in Dolyna. My grandfather was born here abt. 1885. My grandparents immigrated to Alberta in 1913. Grandfather was in the Austrian army.

[Hannia]

TODAY both selo/village Nebyliv and selo Perehinske (larger of the two) are located in the Rozhnyativskij Raion/District> Ivano Frankivska Oblast/Region> Ukraine (UA)

Over the yrs districts have changed.

At the turn of the century Kalush contained an Austrian military garrison.

During WW2 this immediate area saw very heavy fighting. People from this area were great Ukrainian patriots and proponents of an independent Ukraine.

Have you done any archival research? There are some older (pre 1870's) records available thru LDS. The newer ones are still queued for filming. You could conduct an inquiry thru the Historical Lviv Archives. There is no prepayment at the Ukrainian Archives.

Galicia - vital records
http://www.lemko.org/genealogy/galicia.html

Genealogy of Halychyna and Eastern Galicia_
http://www.halgal.com/
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For those interested in what Cokie is referring to.

Immigrants to Canada - Ukrainians
http://www.dcs.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/ge...ukrainian.html

Immigration
http://www.tccweb.org/immigration.htm

[lavonne]

Cokie, I come from a Nebyliw Melnyk family. They settled in the Delph region, north of Edmonton. I just visited the old farm 3 weeks ago. My aunt pointed out to me the Tychkowski family farm nearby. I took a photo of an old log building in really good shape. I can't remember if that was on the Tychkowsky (Nick, I believe) farm, but it was close, if not one and the same. I am searching to find the background of my great grandmother's, Yavdocha Iwancewsk/Ivanchewski (various other spellings) Romaniuk.. She too was from Nebyliw, married Mychail Romaniuk, and came to Canada around 1892. Her daughter, Magdalena, married Wasyl Melnyk, who came to Canada with his parents. Magdalena and Wasyl lived their lives at Delph and donated some of their property for the cemetery, beside the Delph Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Do you know about the area?

[Cokie2]

Hi Lavonne,
I know where Delph is but that's one town I can't remember ever visiting even though I live relatively close. I know there are some Tychkowskys from there but as my grandmother emigrated here without any family that I know of I don't know the relationship to us as yet. I recognize all your family names from the metrical records from Nebyliw that I am studying at the LDS family library. Also, according to my family history we are also possibly related to some Melnyks from the Lamont area. There are Melnyks in both the Nebyliw and Perehinski metrical records so it must have been a common name there. I beleive we are descended from Romaniuks as well on my grandfather's side - he was from Perehinski which is very close to Nebyliw. I copied one marriage record from 1839 with a Pelagia Melnyk in Perehinski who very well might be an ancestor of mine.

[lavonne]

Cokie, Where do you live? I live in BC. My aunt and I drove through Fort Saskatchewan and Bruderheim to get to Delph. It is not even a village. There is only the Church and the Delph Community Hall across the road from the farm. My uncle used to have a store there, still standing, made of those old logs and mud filling. There was another small building, which once was the post office. I can see that I will need to do some research, as you are doing. Ukraine is like a magnet for me, something like finding ones roots. I still would like to go there. Please let me know if you come across any Iwanchewskis in your research. (Even I can't get the spelling uniformly.) Did you notice that almost every family has the same first names, which can be confusing, especially when the last names are the same, but from different families? In my Romaniuk history book, it says that Nickolus Tychkosky came to Canada on June 13th, 1892, along with Michael Romaniuk, Michael Eleniak, Dmytro Wiznowyca, Anton Pajsz, Bill Jaciw, and Joseph Pajsz. I am guessing that this Nickolus Tychkowsky might have been an uncle or great uncle of yours. Or, not. My mother has a pioneer book of the settlers around Chipman, AB. I will ask her what is in there on your family names, if anything. It's good to have your input!

[Cokie2]

Lavonne,
Check your messages in your account settings, I sent you a message so we can email one another, it's easier than posting here.
I've travelled extensively through the Ukrainian settlements east of Edmonton, in the 50's and 60's my father used to take us hunting all over that area and there were still lots of the old pioneer houses around.
My brother visited Nebyliw a few years ago and apparently the Tychkowsky name is still common there.
I couldn't read some of the surnames in the metrical records but now that you have supplied a few I can probably guess at some more.
Yes, the given names are very common to many families, I think they kept renaming children after family members so didn't choose many new ones.

[Velo Vol]

Nebyliw must be a small village. A quick Internet search doesn't reveal much about it other than the early emigrants the OP mentioned.