Her birth father was Ladislaus "Walter" Mosowicz (1882 - circa 1909), who lived and died in Europe. The spelling of that family name is yet to be fully confirmed.
Her mother remarried and came to Canada in about 1909 with her young family. The blended Bilan family was her "nurture family" from a very young age.
An excerpt from the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Gary 1880-1981", which provides some details of the family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2227247#page/228/mode/1up/search/bilan
Marie reported her place of birth as "Zlocow, Tarnopol, Poland" in her 1939 USA Naturalization declaration; most likely actual town name: "Zloczow"; Most probable modern reference: Zolochiv, Lviv, Ukraine (49.806208, 24.879006)
On her 1933 marriage registration in Toronto, ON, CANADA, she reported her maiden name as "Wasowicz"; her husband's obituary gives it as "Wonsowicz"; this part of her story is yet to be confirmed and records from that time in that part of the world are very difficult to obtain.
Her mother remarried and came to Canada in about 1909 with her young family. The blended Bilan family was her "nurture family" from a very young age.
An excerpt from the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Gary 1880-1981", which provides some details of the family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2227247#page/228/mode/1up/search/bilan
Marie reported her place of birth as "Zlocow, Tarnopol, Poland" in her 1939 USA Naturalization declaration; most likely actual town name: "Zloczow"; Most probable modern reference: Zolochiv, Lviv, Ukraine (49.806208, 24.879006)
On her 1933 marriage registration in Toronto, ON, CANADA, she reported her maiden name as "Wasowicz"; her husband's obituary gives it as "Wonsowicz"; this part of her story is yet to be confirmed and records from that time in that part of the world are very difficult to obtain.
Her birth father was Ladislaus "Walter" Mosowicz (1882 - circa 1909), who lived and died in Europe. The spelling of that family name is yet to be fully confirmed.
Her mother remarried and came to Canada in about 1909 with her young family. The blended Bilan family was her "nurture family" from a very young age.
An excerpt from the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Gary 1880-1981", which provides some details of the family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2227247#page/228/mode/1up/search/bilan
Marie reported her place of birth as "Zlocow, Tarnopol, Poland" in her 1939 USA Naturalization declaration; most likely actual town name: "Zloczow"; Most probable modern reference: Zolochiv, Lviv, Ukraine (49.806208, 24.879006)
On her 1933 marriage registration in Toronto, ON, CANADA, she reported her maiden name as "Wasowicz"; her husband's obituary gives it as "Wonsowicz"; this part of her story is yet to be confirmed and records from that time in that part of the world are very difficult to obtain.
Her mother remarried and came to Canada in about 1909 with her young family. The blended Bilan family was her "nurture family" from a very young age.
An excerpt from the volume "Beyond the Gates of Lower Fort Gary 1880-1981", which provides some details of the family's life in the area:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2227247#page/228/mode/1up/search/bilan
Marie reported her place of birth as "Zlocow, Tarnopol, Poland" in her 1939 USA Naturalization declaration; most likely actual town name: "Zloczow"; Most probable modern reference: Zolochiv, Lviv, Ukraine (49.806208, 24.879006)
On her 1933 marriage registration in Toronto, ON, CANADA, she reported her maiden name as "Wasowicz"; her husband's obituary gives it as "Wonsowicz"; this part of her story is yet to be confirmed and records from that time in that part of the world are very difficult to obtain.
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