Iwan Zwarych1

b. 8 March 1852, d. 14 September 1919
Iwan Zwarycz in about 1915.
Iwan Zwarych, son of Petro Zwarych, was born on 8 March 1852 at Ukraine.2

Iwan began military service in about 1869 likely enlisting at Kolomea, Ukraine. Military service in the Austrian army was mandatory. After 1868 most men began their service at the age of 20. Iwan most likely served in Infanterie Regiment 24.3,4 Iwan likely completed his military service in 1872. After 1868 most men served for three years in the military.3,4

Iwan married Maria Dolyniuk in 1875 likely at Tulova, Ukraine.2

Iwan and Maria left Ukraine to settle in Canada, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, on 4 April 1900 on the S. S. Arcadia5 arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 18 April 1900. For more details of the journey from Tulova to Alberta, see the Zwarycz and Kostaszczuk Emigration.6

Iwan was a very religious man and felt it was very important to look after the spiritual needs of his fellow Ukrainian pioneers. After a neighbour's child died and Iwan travelled twenty miles for the burial, he decided to organize a parish much closer to home. He made many trips to Edmonton to acquire land for a chapel. This was the first chapel of the Spas-Maskalyk parish, built in 1902.7

For many years the Zwarych home was the centre of Ukrainian life. Many new arrivals would be invited to stay at their home, sometimes for weeks, until they could get settled on their own homestead.

In 1918 Iwan's health deteriorated. He and Maria sold their property and moved to Edmonton.
Iwan died on 14 September 1919 at Edmonton, Alberta, at age 67.8
Charts
Pedigree of Myroslav Kostaszczuk aka Marshall Kostash

Children of Iwan Zwarych and Maria Dolyniuk

Exhibits

Maria (Dolyniuk) Zwarycz and Iwan Zwarycz in about 1915.
Land grant for Iwan Zwarycz.
Grave marker for Ivan and Maria Svarich from Spaca cemetery, Mundare, Alberta. Photo by Nelda Burwash, 2007, from http://www.prairiesouls.com/, used by permission.
Detail of Ukrainian text from the grave marker for Ivan and Maria Svarich from Spaca cemetery, Mundare, Alberta. Photo by Nelda Burwash, 2007, from http://www.prairiesouls.com/, used by permission.
Detail of English text from the grave marker for Ivan and Maria Svarich from Spaca cemetery, Mundare, Alberta. Photo by Nelda Burwash, 2007, from http://www.prairiesouls.com/, used by permission.

Citations

  1. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 363.
  2. Unknown author (likely William and Harry Kostash), Svarich family biographies (unpublished, likely material that was not included in "Ukrainians In Alberta", published 1975), privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario.
  3. Karen Hobbs, "Austrian Military Records: Determining the Recruiting Regiment," East European Genealogist vol. 11 no. 3 (Spring 2003): p. 8.
  4. Karen Hobbs, "Recruiting Rules of the Austrian Army," East European Genealogist vol. 11 no. 2 (Winter 2002): p. 6.
  5. Iwan Zwarycz and family, S. S. Arcadia, 4 April 1900, Hamburg Passenger Lists - Direct Lists, Bd. 109; FHL microfilm 472,955,.
  6. Iwan Zwarycz and family, S.S. Arcadia, 18 April 1900, p. 4, ships passenger lists for Halifax, Nova Scotia; LAC microfilm T-494, North York Public Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  7. Unknown author (likely William and Harry Kostash), Svarich family biographies (unpublished, likely material that was not included in "Ukrainians In Alberta", published 1975), privately held by John Kostash, Hamilton, Ontario, "Ivan and Maria Svarich", p. 2.
  8. John Svarich, death registration, no. 601 (1919), 14 September 1919, Alberta Registries, Vital Statistics, Edmonton, Alberta.