Anna Zwarych1

b. 18 June 1879, d. 12 December 1963
Anna (Zwarycz) Kostash in about 1935.
Anna Zwarych, daughter of Iwan Zwarych and Maria Dolyniuk, was born on 18 June 1879 at Tulova, Ukraine.1,2

Anna was the second eldest in the family and spent many years helping her mother raise her younger siblings. Anna had poor eyesight so she did not attend school. She did not learn to read until she was much older than most of her siblings.1
Anna married Fedor Kostaszczuk, son of Hryhory Kostaszczuk and Anastasia Molofiy, circa 1896 at Tulova, Ukraine.3

Anna and Fedor left Ukraine to settle in Canada, sailing from Hamburg, Germany, on 4 April 1900 on the S. S. Arcadia4,5 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.4,5

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.6

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.7

Anna died on 12 December 1963 at Vegreville, Alberta, at age 84.3
Charts
Pedigree of Myroslav Kostaszczuk aka Marshall Kostash

Children of Anna Zwarych and Fedor Kostaszczuk

Citations

  1. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 363.
  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,.
  3. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975).
  4. 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.
  5. Fedor Kostaszczuk and family, S. S. Arcadia, 4 April 1900, Hamburg Passenger Lists - Direct Lists, Bd. 109; FHL microfilm 472,955,.
  6. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 364.
  7. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), pp. 364-5.
  8. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 322.
  9. Ukrainian Pioneers' Association of Alberta, Ukrainians In Alberta (Edmonton: Ukrainian News Publishers Ltd., 1975), p. 365.