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In 1885, the first Romanian settlement is in the Yorkton Gen Web region just north of Balgonie, Saskatchewan. The C.P.R. hired many Roumanians as laborers. When they had earned sufficient money to apply for a homestead many settled at MacNutt, again of the Yorkton Gen Web Region
The Romanian population also grew in urban centers, and 1902 saw the construction of a Romanian Orthodox Church in Regina (Regina Gen Web Region)
1907 saw Central European folk settling further west in south Saskatchewan at Wood Mountain of the Moose Jaw Gen Web region The Wood Mountain Romanian Orthodox Cemetery marks this expansion of settlers brought to the Assiniboia and Wood Mountain region because of their rail line endeavors. The Lakenheath Wood Mountain district was homesteaded by Mehais, Adamache, Teonitas, Steffans, Radus, Stoians, Vasile, Moleovans, Bacius, Lascus, Montans settlers. Around 1908 to 1910 the farming community expanded to Wood Mountain, Elm Springs area introducing Yorgas, Lawricks, Ciocia, Nickolsons, Banelevicdks, Cozaks, Balons,Straza, Hysiuks, Pana, Punga, Caragata, Colibaba families settling here. Whereas in the Stonehenge district farm families homesteaded under the names Oancias, Lipons, Istrati, Tarita, Deminchuk, Kelly, Jacob, Radu, Toma, Donison.
When researching, country border changes as well as spelling changes of various languages affects record keeping for example... Bukowina or Buchenland is German, Bukowina is Polish, Bucovina is Romanian, and Bukovyna is Ukrainian. Bukovina: From 1775 to 1918, the easternmost crown land of the Austrian Empire; now divided between Romania and Ukraine. If immigrants hailed from Bukovina, they may have called themselves Ukranian. If they were from Bessarabia, they may have registered under German ethnicity. Many from Romania were also Jewish which may also provide "clews".
In Saskatchewan, searching for Romanian history search local history - family biography books of the Moose Jaw Gen Web region namely in the Kayville, Dahinda, Assiniboia, Wood Mountain, Elm Springs, Stonehenge, Lakenheath communities. Dysart, and MacNutt are home in the Yorkton Gen Web region A little further north in the Kamsack Gen Web Region also has Romaninian heritage around Canora. Lupescu is a placename no longer in existence.
The Hapsburg Dynasty 1278 - 1918 ruled this central European country of Austria On censeii and passenger lists residents may be classified as Austrian, though they may be Croatian, Czech, German, Italian, Ukraninan, Polish, Romanian, Slovene or Slovak.
From 1867-1918, there was an Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Likewise, immigrants classed as 'Austrian' may include Germans, Bohemians, Moravians, Slovaks, Ruthenians, Slovenes, Servians, Croats, Roumanians, and Magyars. In 1938, Northern Austria became a part of Germany. As there were many border differences, this was the reason why immigrants registered their country of origin as Austrian. There were German speaking immigrants from Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany.
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