Understanding the region where my Polish ancestors came from in the Ukraine.

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Understanding the region where my Polish ancestors came from in the Ukraine.

By Kevin Jesmer on Saturday, May 28th, 2016 | No Comments

Understanding the region where my Polish ancestors came from in the Ukraine. Link to Jesmer family history Link to Leon Sawicki (Vicenty’s grandson) Born in Ternopil, in the west. Link to Joseph Sawicki (Vicenty’s son) Link to a short history on Galacia Video of the land where Skala is Another video of the Skala castle […]

Immigrants to Canada: The Ukrainians (from c1892-1914)

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 | No Comments

Immigrants to Canada: The Ukrainians (from c1892-1914) Link to Leon Sawicki main page Link to Joseph Sawicki, Leon’s father. Link to Jesmer Family History page. Link to original article Most of this information is from Early Ukrainian Settlements in Canada 1895-1900 by Vladimir J. Kaye, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964) and Canada’s Ukrainians Negotiating an Identity edited by Lubomyr […]

Information on the ship that brought my Polish grandfather, Leon Sawicki, from the “old Country” in the Ukraine to Dauphin Manitoba Canada.

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 | No Comments

Information on the ship that brought my Polish grandfather, Leon Sawicki, from the “old Country” in the Ukraine to Dauphin Manitoba Canada. Link to Leon Sawicki main page Link to Joseph Sawicki, Leon’s father. Link to Jesmer Family History page. The S.S. Prussia entering St John’s Newfoundland. “The three ships were the were the S.S. […]

Leon Sawicki’s First Wife, Anne Dutchyshen

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, June 15th, 2014 | No Comments

Leon Sawicki’s First Wife, Anne Dutchyshen (1897-11/1926) . Leon was my grandfather. I never saw him. He passed away on 4-13-1960, four years before I was born. He first married Anne and in January 1912 in Sifton MB, when Anne was 15 years old and Leon was 22. She bore Leon seven kids and died […]

My Aunt Mary

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, March 4th, 2013 | No Comments

Mary (Sawicki) Yakiwchuk This page is dedicated to my Aunt Mary (Sawicki) Yakiwchuk. She is the sister of my mother. She was born within my grandfather Leon’s first marriage. This would make her my mother’s 1/2 sister. I did not know her. She lives around Toronto area. She and my mother are the last of […]

Bield Manitoba at the beginning of the 20th century

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 | No Comments

Bield Manitoba at the beginning of the 20th century. That is the area where my mom and her brother Ed and their siblings grew up. It is a rural farm area in southern Manitoba.

Joseph and Julia (Orowalska) Sawicki- My great grandparents

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, September 9th, 2012 | No Comments

Joseph is my great grandfather on my mom’s side. He had four sons, Leon (Levi) (my grandfather , Nicholas Rudolph, Micheal Sawicki, and Stanely Sawicki. He had a step son named Anton Chikoski. Click here to return to the family history home page Link to Vicenty and Rosalia Sawicki, Joseph’s parents. Click here to view […]

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