Zastavna

[bobward]

I could use some help regarding my grandfather and his origins in Zastavna.

His name is George William Kemick; he was born on May 24, 1892 and he came to Canada in 1909 via Montreal on his way to Webb, Sask. He joined his brother Michael who was working in Belview in the coal mines. Later his younger brothers Nicholas, William, John and his sister Elisabeth joined him in Sask. He married Arcelia Turcotte in 1922 and stayed in Webb for the rest of his life. He died in 1962. I believe his parents were William Wasye Kemick (Kimeck? or Jakemick?) and Katherine Nellie Pawack or Pawlak both of Zastavna. Until he died my grandfather always claimed to be Austrian although Bukovina passed through the hands of Romania and finally the Ukraine. I am looking for any help in finding family members in Zastavna (according to my grandfather several brothers and sister remained in Bukovina -a Stephen and possibly Katherine are two names that come up quite frequently). All my great uncles in Canada are dead and their children have very little information on the family in Europe. I was hoping to travel to the region maybe this summer so if anyone has any way to find out who still exists in Zastavna I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks Bob

[Edited by bobward on 8th February 2005 at 08:24]

[mikeve6bja]

Hi. I don't know how much I can help you. Zactavna is a large region, and if you don't know the town where they came from, that could be a large problem. My Great Grandparents came from a town of Malay Kuchariw (small curls)in the Zactavna Region. We were able to relocate relatives -surprise, surprise- by simply writing a letter in english, russian and ukrainian and there was still family there. They would be cousins to me. As we knew our great grandfather and great grandmother's name they were able to go to the achives in Chernovtsi and come back with a lot of information. So far we cannot locate the area or town of Kuozurmik! Anyway, if you are in Calgary, go to the Orthodox Church. It is along side of the river on the north side. If you get this e-mail, I can look up the number for you. The fellow who looks after the library there has a lot of information that could help. What caught my eye was Webb Sask. I grew up around Pennant-Battrum on a farm. CUL Mike

[Hannia]

KUCHURMIK & MALIJ KUCHYRIV are one and the same village in Zastavnivskij raion/district> Chernivetska Oblast/Region.

You are correct in that immigrants frequently referred to their district name as place of origin for geographical reasons, because their own villages were small.

[bobward]

Mike

Thanks for the reply. I had always been told that my grandfather was from the actual town of Zastavna which I thought existed. It sure changes things if he were from one of the small towns in the region of Zastavna.
My mother and sister both live in Calgary so I will have them check at the orthodox church for me.

Thanks again

Bob

[Hannia]

Bob,

List of villages in Zastavna District might be helpful to your search??? These are some other villages not listed on this link: Balamutivka, Vaslovivtsi, Horoshni Sherivtsi is different than Horosivtsi, Dobrynivtsi, Zadubrivka, Kostryzhivka, Rzhavyntsi, & Shubranetz. Iurkivtsi is also spelled as Jurkivtsi or Yurkivtsi.

Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Historical Maps: Zastavna District, circa 1900
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ukrainia...t/zastavna.htm

Zastavna district
http://www.bucoda.cv.ua/Tourizm/eng/e_zast.html

This link is exc for researching hints.
Research Hints
http://www.saskgenealogy.com/researc...arch_hints.htm