Prominent leader of the Russian Baptist Church in Albion, Ostop was from the village of Kobryn outside Brest. This was in the Grodno Province, White Russia. He was the son of Stephen and Anna (Lapska) Veramay. He also spoke of being from Mataisy, which is what his 1945 citizenship application indicates. An earlier 1924 citizenship application states Pruzana which is quite some distance. His 1942 application says he arrived at the port of New York on April 12, 1913 and had lived in Grodno province, (White) Russia. Spellings of his first and last names vary as well. For many years, a Vermey spelling was used, then Veramy. The entire family adopted the same spelling of Veramay as his ten children all became adults. Ostop worked at the Albion Malleable Iron Company, and spoke at a dedication of a downtown statue honoring the workers. He served as a lay minister at the Russian Baptist Church for many years, which later became the Eaton St. Baptist Church. He was married three times with his first wife being Antonia Zedroszek from Poland (also listed/spelled as Leja-Jendrusik) whom he married in Albion in 1914. Antonia died in 1934 after the birth of her tenth child. His second wife was Mary Ann Sova whom he married in 1936 and she then died in 1961. His third wife was Lydia Shavielko whom he was married to from 1965 until his death in 1982.
Prominent leader of the Russian Baptist Church in Albion, Ostop was from the village of Kobryn outside Brest. This was in the Grodno Province, White Russia. He was the son of Stephen and Anna (Lapska) Veramay. He also spoke of being from Mataisy, which is what his 1945 citizenship application indicates. An earlier 1924 citizenship application states Pruzana which is quite some distance. His 1942 application says he arrived at the port of New York on April 12, 1913 and had lived in Grodno province, (White) Russia. Spellings of his first and last names vary as well. For many years, a Vermey spelling was used, then Veramy. The entire family adopted the same spelling of Veramay as his ten children all became adults. Ostop worked at the Albion Malleable Iron Company, and spoke at a dedication of a downtown statue honoring the workers. He served as a lay minister at the Russian Baptist Church for many years, which later became the Eaton St. Baptist Church. He was married three times with his first wife being Antonia Zedroszek from Poland (also listed/spelled as Leja-Jendrusik) whom he married in Albion in 1914. Antonia died in 1934 after the birth of her tenth child. His second wife was Mary Ann Sova whom he married in 1936 and she then died in 1961. His third wife was Lydia Shavielko whom he was married to from 1965 until his death in 1982.
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