Fedor Kostaszczuk1

b. 15 February 1871, d. 6 December 1938
Fedor Kostaszczuk, son of Hryhory Kostaszczuk and Anastasia Molofiy, was born on 15 February 1871 at Tulova, Ukraine.2,3,4

Fedor attended elementary school in nearby Sniatyn. For gymnasium (high school) Fedor went away to Kolomya and boarded with an aunt there. He completed three years but contracted measles before his fourth year and never returned.1


Fedor began military service in about 1891 likely enlisting at Kolomea, Ukraine. He most likely served in Infanterie Regiment (IR) 24 which was based in L'viv (called Lemberg at the time) and recruited in the Sniatyn area. He may have served in the Landwehr (ready reserve) associated with IR 24.5,6,7,8 Fedor likely completed his military service in 1894. Most men served for three years in the military at that time. Educated men who were officer candidates were eligible to volunteer for one year of service. It appears that Fedor served for the full three years.9,7,5,10

Fedor married Anna Zwarych, daughter of Iwan Zwarych and Maria Dolyniuk, circa 1896 at Tulova, Ukraine.8

Fedor and Anna left Ukraine to settle in Canada, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, on 4 April 1900 on the S. S. Arcadia11,12 arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 18 April 1900. They headed west by train to Alberta and settled in the Vegreville area. For more details of the journey from Tulova to Alberta, see the Zwarycz and Kostaszczuk Emigration.11,12

Life for the Kostaszczuks soon settled into that typical of Ukrainian settlers in Alberta. They built a burdei for immediate shelter until they could build a two-room log house with a thatched roof. Fred and Anna's next four children were born in this house.13

Fred and Anna were founding members of the Sich-Kolomea parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox church in Alberta. Fred also leant his deep bass voice to the choir.14

Fred died on 6 December 1938 at Vegreville, Alberta, at age 67.15
Charts
Pedigree of Myroslav Kostaszczuk aka Marshall Kostash

Children of Fedor Kostaszczuk and Anna Zwarych

Exhibits

This is a composite picture of Fred and Anna Kostash and their daughter and six of their seven sons who all graduated from University. Top row, L to R: Marshall, Helen, William. Centre: Anna and Fred. Bottom row: Ladimer, Elias, John, Harry.
Fedor Kostaszczuk's land grant.

Citations

  1. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 362.
  2. Fedor Kostaszczuk household, 1901 census of Canada, Northwest Territories, Alberta (district 202), Beaver Lake (subdistrict I), p. 4, line 16, family 26; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 5 October 2010); citing LAC microfilm T-6550, . The 1901 census differs on the day of birth and lists the 14th not the 15th.
  3. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), The date comes from Fred's biography and quotes his passport and Naturalization.
  4. Fred Kostash, death registration, no. 2774 (1938), 6 December 1938, Alberta Registries, Vital Statistics, Edmonton, Alberta, The death registration says that Fred was born on 14 Feb 1871, rather than the 15.
  5. Peter Svarich, Memoirs 1877- 1904, translated by William Kostash. (Edmonton: Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, 1999),.
  6. Karen Hobbs, "Recruiting Rules of the Austrian Army," East European Genealogist vol. 11 no. 2 (Winter 2002): p. 6. Military service in the Austrian army was mandatory. After 1868 most men began their service at the age of 20.
  7. Karen Hobbs, "Austrian Military Records: Determining the Recruiting Regiment," East European Genealogist vol. 11 no. 3 (Spring 2003): p. 8.
  8. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975).
  9. Karen Hobbs, "Recruiting Rules of the Austrian Army," East European Genealogist vol. 11 no. 2 (Winter 2002): p. 6.
  10. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), The information in Ukraininans In Alberta is a bit contradictory. It states that Fedor served three years in the army, but it also says that he made the rank of sargeant (zugs fuehrer). As an NCO he most likely was a one-year volunteer, however it is possible that he volunteered for the additional two years of service.
  11. Fedor Kostaszczuk and family, S.S. Arcadia, 18 April 1900, p. 3, ships passenger lists for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; LAC microfilm T-494, North York Public Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  12. Fedor Kostaszczuk and family, S. S. Arcadia, 4 April 1900, Hamburg Passenger Lists - Direct Lists, Bd. 109; FHL microfilm 472,955,.
  13. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 364.
  14. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), pp. 364-5.
  15. Fred Kostash, death registration, no. 2774 (1938), 6 December 1938, Alberta Registries, Vital Statistics, Edmonton, Alberta.
  16. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 322.
  17. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 365.