The families listed on the first 2 documents are accounted for in our family tree. The remaining one is no not. Please leave a comment if you have any information.
1) Manitoba, Dauphin - 16 - 53:
Listed: Jacko Pitura (head), Maria Pitura (wife), Sofia Pitura (daughter), Anastazya Pitura (daughter), Martall Pitura (son), Apolonia Pitura (daughter), Rozalia Pitura (daughter), Amilia Pitura (daughter), and Josepha Pitura (daughter).
John Petura was born in 1862 in the Village of Chorostkov, Husiatyn, Poland. He came to Canada in 1902, with his wife Maria, born in 1872, daughter of Eraz Bihun and Pauline Prostrileny. They settled in Ethelbert, Manitoba on the NE 1/4 22-28-22 donated by Mary's mother, Pauline Bihun. Several years later they bought NW 27-28-22.
Here is the passenger list from when John, Maria & family left Poland and sailed on the Armenia from Hamburg, Germany on May 2, 1902 to arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 13, 1902.
John & Maria had a total of 10 children. They brought four children with them from Poland: Annie / Hannah born August 9, 1892; Frances / Franka born January 6, 1894; Sophie / Zoska born June 22, 1896 and Nellie / Nastia born in 1898. And had six children born to them in Canada: Lena / Penlenka, Elsie, Jessie, Frank, Rose and Michael. Rose and Michael passed away at an early age of diphtheria.
Annie married Paul Bilowus, and later Peter Bohonos. Frances marreid Philip Rozik. Sophie married Michael Plawicki. Nellie married Nick Moroz. Lena married Stanely Pilat. Jessie married Michael Sawicki and later Andy Lutzyk. Elsie married John Wasyluk and Frank married Anne Medwid.
John passed away in 1948 at the age of 86 and Maria in 1950 at the age of 78. They are burried at the Mink Creek Cemetery.
This is also another example of the Pitura / Petura name change game, and how there were many different variations of spellings and misspellings on documentation. For fun, here are how the names changed through the years:
Jan Pitura --> Jacko Pitura --> John Pitura --> John Petura
Maria Bihun --> Maria Pitura --> Maria Petura
Anna Pitura --> Hannah Pitura --> Annie Bilowus --> Annie Bohonos
Fronka Pitura --> Franka Pitura --> Frances Rozik
Sosia Pitura --> Zoska Pitura --> Sofia Pitura --> Sophie Plawicki
Nastja Pitura --> Anastazya Pitura --> Nastia Pitura --> Nellie Moroz
Michal Pitura --> Mikoly Pitura --> Martall Pitura --> Michael Petura
Apolonia Pitura --> Polly Pitura --> Palenka Pitura --> Lena Pilat
Rozalia Pitura --> Rose Petura
Amilia Pitura --> Aniela Pitura --> Elsie Wasyluk
Josepha Pitura --> Josefa Pitura --> Jessie Sawicki --> Jessie Lutzyk
Franek Pitura --> Frank Petura
2) Manitoba, Winnipeg - 24 - 89:
Listed: Paul Petura (head), Barvara Pitura (wife).
Son of Tomasz Pitura, Paul and Barbara first came to Winnipeg and lived on Aberdeen street, then had four sons of their own Peter, Walter, Michael and Joseph in McMunn, Manitoba.
3) Ontario, Algoma East - 54 - 25:
Listed: Mayk Petura (head).
