Artemiza was born on April 13th, 1897 in the small village of Cuciurul-Mare, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. At the age of two years, she emigrated with her parents, Procop & Paraschiva Axenty, brothers John and Sam and sister Minadora to Canada. They were part of a mass migration of peasant farmers from Bucovina who were inticed by the Canadian Government with offers of free land to people who would help settle what would become Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Her parents were some of the first settlers to homestead in the area of Calder, SK. They created their farm and raised seven children in a two room, log house with a dirt floor. All seven children survived the Canadian winters on the prarie and grew to adulthood.
At Sixteen, Artemiza married George Elash in Lennard, MB. George was very abusive and would beat Artemiza regularly. After one such beating, Artemiza ran away and walked nearly 30 miles from her home in Manitoba to her sister Minadora's house in Calder, Saskatchewan. When Minadora saw what had happened to Artemiza, she went to find George Elash and beat him so severly, she spent almost a month in jail for nearly killing him.
In 1916, Artemiza went to work for Nestor Woroshuck, who was looking for a nanny to take after his infant son, Metro, after his wife, Anne Delitsoy had abandoned them. Divorce was still illegal in Canada at that time, but Nestor's mother just loved Artemiza and they eventually would have four children together; Elsie, Nonie, Mary, and Peter Woroschuk.
When Artemiza's family began to emigrate to Redondo Beach, CA, Artemiza and Nestor stayed in Canada to farm and raise their family in MacNutt, SK. Artemiza passed away at the age of 58. Nestor continued to farm with his son Peter, who finally took over the operations when Nestor retired and lived out his final days with his daughter, Mary Kuryluk.
Her parents were some of the first settlers to homestead in the area of Calder, SK. They created their farm and raised seven children in a two room, log house with a dirt floor. All seven children survived the Canadian winters on the prarie and grew to adulthood.
At Sixteen, Artemiza married George Elash in Lennard, MB. George was very abusive and would beat Artemiza regularly. After one such beating, Artemiza ran away and walked nearly 30 miles from her home in Manitoba to her sister Minadora's house in Calder, Saskatchewan. When Minadora saw what had happened to Artemiza, she went to find George Elash and beat him so severly, she spent almost a month in jail for nearly killing him.
In 1916, Artemiza went to work for Nestor Woroshuck, who was looking for a nanny to take after his infant son, Metro, after his wife, Anne Delitsoy had abandoned them. Divorce was still illegal in Canada at that time, but Nestor's mother just loved Artemiza and they eventually would have four children together; Elsie, Nonie, Mary, and Peter Woroschuk.
When Artemiza's family began to emigrate to Redondo Beach, CA, Artemiza and Nestor stayed in Canada to farm and raise their family in MacNutt, SK. Artemiza passed away at the age of 58. Nestor continued to farm with his son Peter, who finally took over the operations when Nestor retired and lived out his final days with his daughter, Mary Kuryluk.
Artemiza was born on April 13th, 1897 in the small village of Cuciurul-Mare, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. At the age of two years, she emigrated with her parents, Procop & Paraschiva Axenty, brothers John and Sam and sister Minadora to Canada. They were part of a mass migration of peasant farmers from Bucovina who were inticed by the Canadian Government with offers of free land to people who would help settle what would become Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Her parents were some of the first settlers to homestead in the area of Calder, SK. They created their farm and raised seven children in a two room, log house with a dirt floor. All seven children survived the Canadian winters on the prarie and grew to adulthood.
At Sixteen, Artemiza married George Elash in Lennard, MB. George was very abusive and would beat Artemiza regularly. After one such beating, Artemiza ran away and walked nearly 30 miles from her home in Manitoba to her sister Minadora's house in Calder, Saskatchewan. When Minadora saw what had happened to Artemiza, she went to find George Elash and beat him so severly, she spent almost a month in jail for nearly killing him.
In 1916, Artemiza went to work for Nestor Woroshuck, who was looking for a nanny to take after his infant son, Metro, after his wife, Anne Delitsoy had abandoned them. Divorce was still illegal in Canada at that time, but Nestor's mother just loved Artemiza and they eventually would have four children together; Elsie, Nonie, Mary, and Peter Woroschuk.
When Artemiza's family began to emigrate to Redondo Beach, CA, Artemiza and Nestor stayed in Canada to farm and raise their family in MacNutt, SK. Artemiza passed away at the age of 58. Nestor continued to farm with his son Peter, who finally took over the operations when Nestor retired and lived out his final days with his daughter, Mary Kuryluk.
Her parents were some of the first settlers to homestead in the area of Calder, SK. They created their farm and raised seven children in a two room, log house with a dirt floor. All seven children survived the Canadian winters on the prarie and grew to adulthood.
At Sixteen, Artemiza married George Elash in Lennard, MB. George was very abusive and would beat Artemiza regularly. After one such beating, Artemiza ran away and walked nearly 30 miles from her home in Manitoba to her sister Minadora's house in Calder, Saskatchewan. When Minadora saw what had happened to Artemiza, she went to find George Elash and beat him so severly, she spent almost a month in jail for nearly killing him.
In 1916, Artemiza went to work for Nestor Woroshuck, who was looking for a nanny to take after his infant son, Metro, after his wife, Anne Delitsoy had abandoned them. Divorce was still illegal in Canada at that time, but Nestor's mother just loved Artemiza and they eventually would have four children together; Elsie, Nonie, Mary, and Peter Woroschuk.
When Artemiza's family began to emigrate to Redondo Beach, CA, Artemiza and Nestor stayed in Canada to farm and raise their family in MacNutt, SK. Artemiza passed away at the age of 58. Nestor continued to farm with his son Peter, who finally took over the operations when Nestor retired and lived out his final days with his daughter, Mary Kuryluk.
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