The birth records obtained by family members many years after her passing tell us she was born in House #682, in the village of Mielnica, near the town in which she married Fred at the age of 28: Krowinka in the province of Galicia in the then Austrian Empire. Most probable modern reference: Mel'nytsya-Podil's'ka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopilska, Ukraine (48.6079275, 26.1668489)
Some records have this as being variously in Russia and Poland. This is seen as a reflection of the numerous events involving the winning and ceding of this territory in the later decades of the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries.
Variations of her birth family (maiden) name seen on various documents include but are not limited to Burdejny, Burdnia, Burdy, Burdey, and Birdie. Her given name was also recorded with many variations such as Deaukia, Dokie, Udocia, Dokita, and Fedona Annie. At its source, it may have been a more common name seen on records of this region: Eudokia.
At the age of 39, she left the family home in Mielnica and migrated to Canada (through Hamburg, Germany, via Boulogne, France, and New York, New York, USA) with her young family aboard the ship "Palatia" in about July 1899. She then assisted in raising the family while living variously on the homestead, on NE-02-17-03-E1 (50.429212, -97.073312), and in the nearby town of Winnipeg Beach.
Following the death of her husband, she lived with her children, mostly on the family homestead, helping with keeping the home and raising her grandchildren.
Besides the strife and turmoil which were endemic in Europe in her early life, she experienced World War 1 as a resident and citizen of Canada. She also survived the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918 and the following years, which took her husband, and would have been one of the first women eligible to vote in Canada when that right was granted in 1918.
Further:
MB Death Registration #1936,048487, as "Dokia Russin"; estimated age at death: 77 years
Some records have this as being variously in Russia and Poland. This is seen as a reflection of the numerous events involving the winning and ceding of this territory in the later decades of the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries.
Variations of her birth family (maiden) name seen on various documents include but are not limited to Burdejny, Burdnia, Burdy, Burdey, and Birdie. Her given name was also recorded with many variations such as Deaukia, Dokie, Udocia, Dokita, and Fedona Annie. At its source, it may have been a more common name seen on records of this region: Eudokia.
At the age of 39, she left the family home in Mielnica and migrated to Canada (through Hamburg, Germany, via Boulogne, France, and New York, New York, USA) with her young family aboard the ship "Palatia" in about July 1899. She then assisted in raising the family while living variously on the homestead, on NE-02-17-03-E1 (50.429212, -97.073312), and in the nearby town of Winnipeg Beach.
Following the death of her husband, she lived with her children, mostly on the family homestead, helping with keeping the home and raising her grandchildren.
Besides the strife and turmoil which were endemic in Europe in her early life, she experienced World War 1 as a resident and citizen of Canada. She also survived the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918 and the following years, which took her husband, and would have been one of the first women eligible to vote in Canada when that right was granted in 1918.
Further:
MB Death Registration #1936,048487, as "Dokia Russin"; estimated age at death: 77 years
The birth records obtained by family members many years after her passing tell us she was born in House #682, in the village of Mielnica, near the town in which she married Fred at the age of 28: Krowinka in the province of Galicia in the then Austrian Empire. Most probable modern reference: Mel'nytsya-Podil's'ka, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopilska, Ukraine (48.6079275, 26.1668489)
Some records have this as being variously in Russia and Poland. This is seen as a reflection of the numerous events involving the winning and ceding of this territory in the later decades of the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries.
Variations of her birth family (maiden) name seen on various documents include but are not limited to Burdejny, Burdnia, Burdy, Burdey, and Birdie. Her given name was also recorded with many variations such as Deaukia, Dokie, Udocia, Dokita, and Fedona Annie. At its source, it may have been a more common name seen on records of this region: Eudokia.
At the age of 39, she left the family home in Mielnica and migrated to Canada (through Hamburg, Germany, via Boulogne, France, and New York, New York, USA) with her young family aboard the ship "Palatia" in about July 1899. She then assisted in raising the family while living variously on the homestead, on NE-02-17-03-E1 (50.429212, -97.073312), and in the nearby town of Winnipeg Beach.
Following the death of her husband, she lived with her children, mostly on the family homestead, helping with keeping the home and raising her grandchildren.
Besides the strife and turmoil which were endemic in Europe in her early life, she experienced World War 1 as a resident and citizen of Canada. She also survived the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918 and the following years, which took her husband, and would have been one of the first women eligible to vote in Canada when that right was granted in 1918.
Further:
MB Death Registration #1936,048487, as "Dokia Russin"; estimated age at death: 77 years
Some records have this as being variously in Russia and Poland. This is seen as a reflection of the numerous events involving the winning and ceding of this territory in the later decades of the 19th and early decades of the 20th centuries.
Variations of her birth family (maiden) name seen on various documents include but are not limited to Burdejny, Burdnia, Burdy, Burdey, and Birdie. Her given name was also recorded with many variations such as Deaukia, Dokie, Udocia, Dokita, and Fedona Annie. At its source, it may have been a more common name seen on records of this region: Eudokia.
At the age of 39, she left the family home in Mielnica and migrated to Canada (through Hamburg, Germany, via Boulogne, France, and New York, New York, USA) with her young family aboard the ship "Palatia" in about July 1899. She then assisted in raising the family while living variously on the homestead, on NE-02-17-03-E1 (50.429212, -97.073312), and in the nearby town of Winnipeg Beach.
Following the death of her husband, she lived with her children, mostly on the family homestead, helping with keeping the home and raising her grandchildren.
Besides the strife and turmoil which were endemic in Europe in her early life, she experienced World War 1 as a resident and citizen of Canada. She also survived the "Spanish Flu" epidemic of 1918 and the following years, which took her husband, and would have been one of the first women eligible to vote in Canada when that right was granted in 1918.
Further:
MB Death Registration #1936,048487, as "Dokia Russin"; estimated age at death: 77 years
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