Chwedchuk Photo Album

UNKNOWN DATE

[?]; "Jack" ; [?]; "Daddy"

Daddy Who?

UNKNOWN DATE

Resembles Daddy Who?

Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA; Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna Shalagin (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984), b. KRASNO-USOLSKII, RUSSIA. d. WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA; Anthony (Anton, Antoni, Tony) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961), b. DROHICZYN, STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, buried Fonthill Cemetery, WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA

c. 1923

"Grandfather, Nanny, Uncle Len"

Anthony (Anton, Antoni, Tony) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961), b. DROHICZYN, STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, buried Fonthill Cemetery, WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA

c. 1926

Polish Forces

Left, Front, With Sword, Without Military Jacket?

"But he did serve in the army for a year or two, in the cavalry. We had two pictures of him in uniform, one with him standing in a group of soldiers with their swords ...."

Leonard Chwedchuk, FROM REVOLUTION TO DEPRESSION
(Memoires of an immigrant family from Eastern Europe arriving in
Canada in 1930), (Ottawa, January, 1999) [Microsoft Word Document © Leonard Chwedchuk]

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[MISSING c. 1926 PICTURE]

"But he did serve in the army for a year or two, in the cavalry. We had two pictures of him in uniform ..... the other one taken when he was on leave, with me [Leonard Chwedchuk] standing in front in shorts, jacket and white shirt, while mother sat with my baby sister [b. 1926] , about six months old, in her arms."

Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA; Alexandra Chwedchuk (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984); Lydia (Lidia, Lida, Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-August 3, 2012), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d. LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

1929

DECEMBER

"Lydia & Leonoid Chwedchuk and mother (Alexandra)
Dec 1929 (passport photo)"

1930s

(Rear L-R:) Anthony (Anton, Antoni, Tony) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961), b. DROHICZYN, STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, buried Fonthill Cemetery, WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, m. July 30, 1921; [?] ; Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA; (Front L-R:) Alexandra (Sonia) Maximovna Shalagin (November 6, 1902-April 16, 1984), b. KRASNO-USOLSKII, RUSSIA. d. WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA; Lydia (Lidia, Lida, Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-August 3, 2012), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d. LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

1931

April 16

"Dimitro Demidiuk and __ [?] during visit, Sudbury, Ontario, April 16, 1931"

I recall mother [when they were in Belarus (Poland - 1921-1930) telling me of having received a letter from a friend (Dimitro Demidiuk) who was already in Canada, noting that every day there was like Easter, with white bread available on the table at every meal. That same friend later came back to Poland to his wife and family, as he could not get sufficient work during the depression to bring them to Canada or support them. He wrote a few years later, asking my parents if they could send him a few dollars, as he could not afford to buy stamps to send letters.

1936

Springfield, Massachuttes, United States

[Left] Daniel (Daniil) Petrov Chwedchuk (1876-1949), b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, and Catherine (Ekaterina) Woytowich ([?]-1921 or 1922), b. probably STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA ; [Rear] Paul WOYTOWICH (June 4, 1895 - November 23, 1950, b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. [Springfield, Hampden, Massacusetts]; [Right] Anthony (Anton, Antoni, Tony) Chwedchuk (July 8, 1900-January 10, 1961), b. DROHICZYN, STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, buried Fonthill Cemetery, WELLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, m. July 30, 1921,?

Springfield, Massachuttes, United States

Paul WOYTOWICH (June 4, 1895 - November 23, 1950, b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. [Springfield, Hampden, Massacusetts]; Daniel (Daniil) Petrov Chwedchuk (1876-1949), b. STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA, d. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, and Catherine (Ekaterina) Woytowich ([?]-1921 or 1922), b. probably STARA STRELNA, BELORUSSIA

During the winter of 1936, father decided that he should take a trip to Springfield, Mass., USA, to visit his father Daniel whom he had not seen since 1913, and also his cousin Pavlo Woytovich who lived in the same city. ... Father came back from the USA weighing probably 170 pounds, about twenty pounds heavier than before and very healthy looking, as is evident in pictures of him with his father and prosperous looking cousin Paul.

Ancestors of Lynda (Richards b. Rimmer) Krause

Great Grandfather Daniel, Third cousin Pavlo, and Grandfather Anton (Tony)

1942 - 1946

"Queen's University Student"

Leonid or Leonard (Leonia) Chwedchuk (February 10, 1923-September 26, 1999), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA

Lydia (Lidia, Lida, Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-August 3, 2012), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d. LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA; [?]; [?]; [?]; Richard "Dick" Rimmer (February 27, 1915 - January 17, 1970), b. OLDHAM SOUTH, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, d. WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA

1943

St. Catharines, Ontario, 1943

"Me [Lydia] and Dad (my husband) before we were married on June 23, 1945"

Lydia (Lidia, Lida, Lidochka) Chwedchuk (July 10, 1926-August 3, 2012), b. STARA STRELNA, POLAND, d. LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

1945

"1945 Miraculous Wedding Day"

Lydia Rimmer, June 23, 1945