He was born to Georgiy Romanczuk, and Mariya Czuba in the Ukraine village of Kaminky on or about July 23, 1891.
Alex, as he was often known as, left the Ukraine and arrived at Ellis Island on April 24th, 1907 aboard the steamship Pretoria, out of Hamburg, Germany. Alex applied for, and became a U.S. Citizen on Sept 7, 1922.
As with most young immigrants, he went to work in the coal mines in Northeastern Pennsylvania, never to see his homeland again. At the mines, Alex worked at a better job than most of the miners. He was the one responsible for going into the mines first to check for methane fume leaks, making sure it was safe for the miners, before the working crews arrived to dig the coal. Not too long after coming to America, Alex took a young bride, the daughter of another miner, and over the next 20 years he and his wife Anna had 9 children, only to lose Anna and their 9th child in childbirth.
Alex continued to reside in Ebervale until his death. He had fought a long battle with tuberculosis, also known to the miners as the black lung disease, but eventually lost his fight and passed away on June 18th 1942.
Alex, as he was often known as, left the Ukraine and arrived at Ellis Island on April 24th, 1907 aboard the steamship Pretoria, out of Hamburg, Germany. Alex applied for, and became a U.S. Citizen on Sept 7, 1922.
As with most young immigrants, he went to work in the coal mines in Northeastern Pennsylvania, never to see his homeland again. At the mines, Alex worked at a better job than most of the miners. He was the one responsible for going into the mines first to check for methane fume leaks, making sure it was safe for the miners, before the working crews arrived to dig the coal. Not too long after coming to America, Alex took a young bride, the daughter of another miner, and over the next 20 years he and his wife Anna had 9 children, only to lose Anna and their 9th child in childbirth.
Alex continued to reside in Ebervale until his death. He had fought a long battle with tuberculosis, also known to the miners as the black lung disease, but eventually lost his fight and passed away on June 18th 1942.
He was born to Georgiy Romanczuk, and Mariya Czuba in the Ukraine village of Kaminky on or about July 23, 1891.
Alex, as he was often known as, left the Ukraine and arrived at Ellis Island on April 24th, 1907 aboard the steamship Pretoria, out of Hamburg, Germany. Alex applied for, and became a U.S. Citizen on Sept 7, 1922.
As with most young immigrants, he went to work in the coal mines in Northeastern Pennsylvania, never to see his homeland again. At the mines, Alex worked at a better job than most of the miners. He was the one responsible for going into the mines first to check for methane fume leaks, making sure it was safe for the miners, before the working crews arrived to dig the coal. Not too long after coming to America, Alex took a young bride, the daughter of another miner, and over the next 20 years he and his wife Anna had 9 children, only to lose Anna and their 9th child in childbirth.
Alex continued to reside in Ebervale until his death. He had fought a long battle with tuberculosis, also known to the miners as the black lung disease, but eventually lost his fight and passed away on June 18th 1942.
Alex, as he was often known as, left the Ukraine and arrived at Ellis Island on April 24th, 1907 aboard the steamship Pretoria, out of Hamburg, Germany. Alex applied for, and became a U.S. Citizen on Sept 7, 1922.
As with most young immigrants, he went to work in the coal mines in Northeastern Pennsylvania, never to see his homeland again. At the mines, Alex worked at a better job than most of the miners. He was the one responsible for going into the mines first to check for methane fume leaks, making sure it was safe for the miners, before the working crews arrived to dig the coal. Not too long after coming to America, Alex took a young bride, the daughter of another miner, and over the next 20 years he and his wife Anna had 9 children, only to lose Anna and their 9th child in childbirth.
Alex continued to reside in Ebervale until his death. He had fought a long battle with tuberculosis, also known to the miners as the black lung disease, but eventually lost his fight and passed away on June 18th 1942.
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There is some discrepancy with the birth year. Family history records his birth in 1891, but birth records were not as dilligently kept, especially in the Ukraine, as they are here in the U.S.
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