Alexander & Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack ~ The Brick Wall Still Stands

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 21 (BRICK WALL)

In the many years I have been searching I have discovered all of my brick walls have stayed stubbornly erect. 

The majority of the lines I have managed to get back a bit further, but none have fully broken through.

This Bramble Bush's most stubborn is my father's paternal Pellack/Maximiw line.

I have managed to find the names of my X3 great grandparents on the Maximiw line, but no other details or documentations. Their names were on a marriage registry for my X2 great grandparents with minimal more found.

On the Pellack line I only have the names for my X2 great grandparents. The only evidence I have that Mary accompanied her 2 boys to Canada is this lonely grave marker in the Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Maryville, Melfort Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

Headstone translation from a family friend:    Here rests Maria Peleh  Forever remembered ('And the ‘h’ in Peleh is deep, like the deep h in Chanukah')

Family lore says their father's name was Mikihor, but I have not found any sources indicating this is true.

My great grandparents came to Canada in 1909 with their 3 children.
My grandfather was the first Canadian born child - on the homestead in 1910.

He is found in the 1911 census as Nikolas, age 1, male.
How he became Max is another mystery.
His older sister Esther/Stella is listed as a son named Steve - in error.

In preparation to write this blog I used the search function on Ancestry to see if I could find any further information for the family before arriving in Canada without success. 

I have found no records prior to their 1909 arrival in Canada via the ship Willehad.

I then searched for more for my grandfather using both his birth name and assumed name, but was not able to find anything new. 

Having grown up knowing nothing of my Pellack heritage I love seeing photos of my great grandparents.

My great grandparents 
Alexander and Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack

7 years ago I received my first genealogical DNA result. 

That first test was from Ancestry. 

Last year I did 23&Me. 

I have uploaded to GedMatch, MyHeritage, and FamilyTreeDNA.

I have found so many distant relatives, but none are close enough to help break down the brick wall.

Researching in Ukraine was hard before the Russian invasion, but now it feels impossible.

It seems the only test left, that might help, is YDNA. 

Since this is my father's paternal line we are stuck on YDNA is our last hope to break this brick wall down.

 

Hoping for a Father's Day special deal for YDNA!!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Sources:

Pellack Family. 1911 Census of Canada for Alexander Polick, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Sub-District 22. Retrieved March 6th 2020 from Ancestry.ca

Ship's Manifest. Library & Archives Canada, Immigration, Passenger Lists, Page 16, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-1865-1922/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5121&fbclid=IwAR0bFKIO58BlaeooRHtWlgBb6yrB7Ii6RlXBMf3dzADF_YdBLfITZJzNJtw

Photos:

Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington,." (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), page 188

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A Grave Marker Translated ~ Remembering X2 Great Grandmother Mary (nee Bernard) Pellack

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 10 (TRANSLATION)

One of my brick wall lines is the Pellack Family.

I was 29 years old when I found out my Scottish Grandfather, Clyde Robertson, didn't exist.

The name on my birth certificate was a random name picked for reasons unknown. 

He was born Max Pellack. 

The 4th born child to his parents Alexander & Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack. 

He was their first child born on the homestead in Canada. 

They had immigrated to Canada in 1909 from Ukraine. 

Max was born in 1910 on the homestead.

How he became Clyde Robertson is a tale still unknown. 

His claim to be born in San Francisco with no living relatives was not true.

He left home (Gronlid, Saskatchewan) about 1930, at the age of 20, with his birth name Max Pellack.

When he left home he had 3 older siblings & 3 younger siblings along with his parents - all alive. 

In 1939 he met his wife, Mary Elizabeth Thomson, in Calgary, using the name Clyde Robertson

The missing 9 years still stand.

Where he was, what he was doing, and how his name change came about is a mystery.

What I do know?

This is his grandmother's grave marker:

An extended family member translated it:

Here rests  * Maria Peleh  * Forever remembered  

Also shared is that "the ‘h’ in Peleh is deep, like the deep h in Chanukah."

This is is my X2 great grandmother.

I never knew she existed.

She is mine!

The family members you don't know about until you do!!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Photos:

Family member provided

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New Facts ~ Still a Brick Wall

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2022: Week 39 (NEW TO YOU)

New to me?

When I first started thinking about this prompt I had no idea what I would write about.

I decided to open our Bramble Bush & look at my brick wall lines.

As I was considering my father's paternal line I realized I hadn't gone back to look at anyone else's hints now that the 1926 prairie census was released.

When it was first released I searched page by page looking for the Pellack family name. I just couldn't wait until the transcripts were finished. 

With excitement I found the family, and then thought 'now I wait for the 1931 to be released.

At no point did I think about the other members of the family that were still living in Saskatchewan that might be able to help me break down the wall.

This week I spent hours researching the family members that remained in the Saskatchewan area.

I looked at my dad's DNA matches again searching with the extended family last names.

In the end I have added lots more details, but the brick wall remains.

Going back to look at the NEW TO ME facts!!!

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Photo:

Alexander & Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack. Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington. (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), 188

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Strange Groupings ~ Mosquitoes & Homestead Grants

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2021: Week 25 (GROUPS)

British Columbia, Canada is in the middle of a heat wave that is shattering long held records. This week our community is set to break the record for hottest day ever, and yet officially summer has barely begun. 

We live on the WEsT COAST - we get a lot of rain here. When we have a hot dry spell areas normally kept wet year round experience the hatching of a bizzillion mosquitoes. Those eggs have been just waiting and waiting and waiting for this type of drying to finally hatch & begin their search for blood. 

Standing in our yard you can see GROUPS and groups of swarming mosquitoes the moment a living thing arrives. 

My husband and I take turns going out to water the hanging baskets. If only one of us went daily during this hot spell we might be in need of a blood transfusion before the weather turns back to our normal cooler temperatures.  

The photo above is a close up of the shirt that I gave my dad many years ago. He's retired Canadian Military, and lived in Manitoba at the time. The Canadian Prairies are well known for their large mosquitoes. 

This is one of the treasures we have found while helping my dad declutter & downsize for his move to a smaller place.

I also found this Homestead record which I didn't know about when I ordered copies of my own from the Saskatchewan Archives several years ago. I opened an envelope, and realized I could have seen the homestead grant years before I paid to get a copy. 

I also found the documents for my maternal great grandparents home in Calgary, but that will wait for another day!

Back to my theme of groups of mosquitoes. When my great grandparents arrived to Canada in June of 1909 from Ukraine they were introduced to mosquitoes while traveling by oxen & wagon with all their worldly goods from Star City to brother Mikita's homestead in Gronlid where the family would eventually obtain the nearby homestead above.

The family of 5 (Alexander, Mary, 11 year old Johanna, 6 year old Harry, 3 year old Stephania) traveled on the ship Willehad. They left the Port of Bremen on June 2nd 1909, and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 19th 1909.  

I can't be sure they didn't already know mosquitoes because my searching suggest Ukraine does have mosquitoes even though the memoirs I read of the Ukrainian immigrant experience suggested they didn't. Maybe it was just the size of the Canadian mosquitoes that were different. 

"... The family departed by train from Skoroki to the port of Bremen, There, a wait of several days ensued while sufficient cargo of livestock and people were assembled to make the voyage profitable. Livestock were placed in the bottom and people were placed in the middle deck. Sometime in May, 1909, the leaky ship set out to sea With numerous stops for additional cargo and delays caused by traffic and icebergs, the voyage took some sixteen days. Quebec felt cold. From the large gathering hall which was the dispersal point for all immigrants, the family was shuffled onto a train bound for Winnipeg and eventually to Star City.  Alexander's brother, Makita who immigrated to Canada two years earlier, met them at the train with a cart and oxen which he had hired from a neighbour. It was a long trip from Star City to the homestead east of Gronlid. Imagine bumping down cut lines, over stumps through sloughs. It was an unforgettable experience, a dark rainy night, with their first encounter with mosquitoes! ..." 1

"When the women saw their little log cabin, which was to be their home for a while, they wept, and almost ganged up on their husbands, and if they had ropes, I believe they would have lynched every last one of them. We are going right back they said, we are not remaining here to be eaten alive by these big elephants, which you call mosquitoes ..." 2

112 years & 1 week after their arrival in Canada I write this blog.
I am Canadian because my great grandparents left all they knew behind to call Canada home. All that I have, and all that I am, I owe to their desire to make a new life. 

Keeping the stories of our ancestors alive!!!

Cause ... 




You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

This is why I search - 

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Footnotes:

1 "Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington,." (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), 188

2 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 62

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Middle Child ~ Max Pellack AKA Clyde Robertson

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 26 (MIDDLE)

                    

I grew up knowing my grandfather was born in San Francisco. By the time he met my grandmother in 1939 his parents were deceased. Being an only child he had no living relatives. 

My grandparents
Clyde & Mary
1940

My grandfather taught me how to play rummy, and served me ring slices of watermelon on a plate to eat with a spoon. He was a very crafty guy who made lamps, and let me choose a shade for the one he gifted me one summer I visited. Grandpa was an accountant which seemed boring to me. I thought I knew who my grandfather was.

Dad, Me, Grandpa

Grandpa, Me, Grandma, Dad

My grandparents
Clyde & Mary

It was many years after he died that I discovered I may have known who he wanted to be, but I didn't know who he started out to be.

The story of how Max Pellack became Clyde Robertson remains unknown. I have written about the search in other blog posts. What is known is that he was not an only child, and his parents were both still alive in 1940 when he met Grandma. 

Grandpa was the middle child of 7 living children born to Alexander & Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack. He was the first child born in Canada. His older 3 siblings were born in Ukraine. His younger 3 siblings born at home - just like he was.


The family homestead was located in northern Saskatchewan - a small hamlet called Gronlid. 

A community I had never heard of, in a province I had never visited. 

My grandfather's part of the family tree went from 3 to 90 plus the children of the next generation.

Watching your tree grow as the generations are added!

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

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Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack ~ Homesteading in Saskatchewan

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 10 (STRONG WOMAN)



When I first became interested in Genealogy it was because I discovered one branch of my tree was completely unknown. My grandfather reinvented himself (for reasons that will never completely be understood), and no one in my dad's immediate family knew about the Pellack family heritage.

*Clyde & Mary (nee Thomson) Robertson
*AKA - Max Pellack
My dad's parents - My grandparents

My dad never met his grandparents on his dad's side. 


He was very connected to his mom's side of the family. I grew up hearing so many family tales of Scotland and Canada that I never realized I was only hearing about half of his family of origin. Grandma was a story teller, and Dad too. I heard many tales from grandma directly, and then dad repeated them for me with photos and artifacts. I thought I knew my family history.


I was 29 years old when I found out that there was more to my dad's family story than either of us understood.


I began searching.


What I discovered was a hardworking family who immigrated from Galicia to Saskatchewan, Canada in 1909. They traveled with my grandpa's three older siblings on the ship Willehad. They left the Port of Bremen on June 2nd 1909, and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 19th 1909. They became homesteading farmers in Gronlid, Saskatchewan.

Sourced below
Page 16 - Library & Archives Canada, Immigration, Passenger Lists

In the book, Our Courageous Pioneers, the journey was described by a family member when the book was published in 1991.

" ... The family departed by train from Skoroki to the port of Bremen, There, a wait of several days ensued while sufficient cargo of livestock and people were assembled to make the voyage profitable. Livestock were placed in the bottom and people were placed in the middle deck. Sometime in May, 1909, the leaky ship set out to sea With numerous stops for additional cargo and delays caused by traffic and icebergs, the voyage took some sixteen days.
Quebec felt cold. From the large gathering hall which was the dispersal point for all immigrants, the family was shuffled onto a train bound for Winnipeg and eventually to Star City.  Alexander's brother, Makita who immigrated to Canada two years earlier, met them at the train with a cart and oxen which he had hired from a neighbour. It was a long trip from Star City to the homestead east of Gronlid. Imagine bumping down cut lines, over stumps through sloughs. It was an unforgettable experience, a dark rainy night, with their first encounter with mosquitoes! ..." 1

The story above is an example of one my branch of the tree never heard first hand. As often happens in family stories, not all the details are exact (they arrived in June not May). Stories are always seasoned with the teller's own memories. 


I imagine that my great grandmother, Mary Maximiw, would tell me this story many times over the years. Each time the story would provide new and different details, but the important details would never change. She would answer all of my questions, and provide more details to explain. I would grow up knowing exactly where my family came from.


Of course this moment could never have happened because my great grandmother died many years before I was born. Her oldest daughter was 11 years older than my grandpa. Maybe she would have been the one to share stories with my dad and his siblings. I was an adult before my great aunt died - maybe she would have gathered me close to tell me of the long journey to come to Canada where my grandfather was the first one born on their homestead in Saskatchewan. 


When my dad was born both his grandparents were alive. I wonder if they ever knew that their 4th born child had gotten married, and had 4  grandchildren living in British Columbia.


A few months ago I found my grandfather in the 1926 census with his usual place of residence as Edenbridge, Saskatchewan. 


WHAT --- I thought he lived in Gronlid, Saskatchewan. 


Curiosity peaked I began searching Edenbridge. I discovered that the detail had been right under my nose since I received my great grandfather's homestead records in 2017. 

When I went looking for more information about Edenbridge I discovered there was a lot of information online & many published memoirs. I began researching while I waited from my interlibrary loan department to find me the books: Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer & Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On.


The European Jewish results in my Ancestry DNA were beginning to make sense. In November 2018 I was left wondering if there was a mistake when the results showed 14% European Jewish. In May 2019 my dad's results showing 27% European Jewish which made everything clear and yet completely confusing. 

Now that Edenbridge was a part of my Saskatchewan story I began to wonder if my grandparents followed the Greek Catholic church as I had understood or if they were Jewish. The centiMorgans (cM)  of European Jewish in mine and my father's results fit for one of his grandparents to be Jewish. 

Alexander & Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack
my dad's grandparents - my great grandparents

My great grandfather's brother Mikita Pellack was a founding member of the Victory Church, also known as  St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church, in Gronlid, and by all accounts Alexander and family attended too.

I then found this map online:

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Edenbridge/Edenbridge%20Maps.html

In the upper left my great grandfather's homestead is the second over from Herman Katzeff who was one of the references on Alexander's homestead application.

Once the 2 books arrived from interlibrary loan I was also able to see that Herman Katzeff was a founding member of Edenbridge. There was a mention in the book that helped clarify things for me. 

Edenbridge sought it's first Rabbi, and Max Shallitt arrived. In describing his character it was noted that:
" ... Mr. Shallitt was also very popular with the gentile neighbors, particularly the Ukrainians. They were very grateful to him as he would do all their English correspondence." 2
I also discovered that Edenbridge was the name of the post office of the area's farming village. 

 I would like to believe my great grandparents and their relatives were who was being referenced as having a connection to the Jewish settlers. Although the European Jewish blood running in my veins likely came via them they are not listed in any of the Edenbridge documents by name so likely did not identify as Jewish. 

My Pellack relatives lived in close proximity to Edenbridge. They arrived in the area at a similar time to the immigrant arrivals that began Edenbridge. While reading the two books I realized just how difficult it had to have been for my great grandmother Mary (nee Maximiw) Pellack to have arrived to homestead in the Canadian prairies.I would like to introduce you to my great grandmother. I now know a bit more about how that journey must have been based on the memoirs of others. 

Mary Maximiw (Maksymiv) Pellack

Born December 24th 1875 in Ukraine/Galicia/Austria

Died August 12th 1946 in Gronlid, Saskatchewan, Canada

From just an idea to homesteading in Canada.


"... while visiting the Post Office, he picked up a pamphlet which attracted his attention. ... by the Canadian Government stating there were homesteads available in the west consisting of 160 acres each for the price of only $10.00.  ..." 3

"The ocean voyage was no picnic! Our ship, which looked like a New York skyscraper in dock, when let out to sea, bobbed up and down like an empty nutshell. Compared to the vastness of the mighty sea, our great vessel and it's hundreds of passengers were quite insignificant. the hustle and bustle of the crew frightened us. Sailors ran up and down; signals flashed, and danger seemed imminent. ..." 4

  "The conductor called out "Star City", and I realized that I had arrived at my destination. I had to get off the train. The trip was really over. I found myself in the middle of a vast, uninhabited country. The only evidence of civilization was the rooftop of the railway station jutting out ... there was no city in sight..." 5

 "...One can imagine their surprise to find a small village at the end of the steel rather that a bustling city as the name implied ..." 6

 "...The ride took place with no sign of a road anywhere. We bumped along through brush and muddy swamps, periodically being splashed from head to foot. Suddenly the wind changed direction and there, on the 26th of May, we were caught in a terrible snowstorm, ..." 7

"... Mr. Riederer informed them that the other members of their family and friends were settled some twenty miles north of Star City ..." 8

"Arriving at Star City, he [Mikita Pellack] met a gentleman by the name of Tony Reider who briefed him on available homesteads 20 miles north known as the Ratner district, ..." 9

"...filed upon virgin land for $10.00. In order to acquire title to the land, the homesteader was required to 'prove-up' by spending at least six months each year in residence on the land and to clear off scrub and put into a tillable state at least five acres a year over a three year period. Having met the above requirements and following an inspection by a homestead inspector, a patent to the land was granted. Among other things, the pioneers first concerns were to build a house on their newly acquired homesteads and to purchase motive power (oxen) and farm implements." 10  


  "...With unbounded determination and courage, with sweat and tears they cleared the land stump by stump, they drained the mosquito infested swamps, they tilled the soil, and transformed the wilderness they found in 1906 into waving fields of grain with accessible roads, schools, homes, and a synagogue ..." 11

"When the women saw their little log cabin, which was to be their home for a while, they wept, and almost ganged up on their husbands, and if they had ropes, I believe they would have lynched every last one of them. We are going right back they said, we are not remaining here to be eaten alive by these big elephants, which you call mosquitoes ..." 12  


  "...more important than any other single factor was how necessary it was for the wives of the new settlers to be courageous: to be strong; to hide their disappointments..." 13

When Mary arrived with her family of 5 they had no house yet. The homestead records show that by 1914 the Pellack home was a 420 square foot log home for a family of 7. By 1914 they had 8 cattle, 31 acres in crop, 1 mile of fencing, a well, and had continually lived on their homestead. 

  "...Farther north along the range line the children of Jewish settlers attended Athol School .." 14  suggesting they attended school with my grandfather and his siblings. 

  "...He stood out in the rain for several minutes restraining a strong urge to inform his friends that he had had enough of this great adventure and was ready to go back, But as he contemplated this decision, ...Our young immigrant realized there was no turning back. Come what may, Canada was his new home. ..." 15  

As I read through the memoirs of others I began to get a sense of what the journey to Canada must have been for my great grandmother as they traveled with 3 children. My grandfather's birth was never registered. He claimed May 10th 1910. If that date was correct he was conceived not too long after arriving to their homestead. If the date is not accurate she may have been pregnant on the long journey by boat and train.


In considering who in my family tree fit for strong woman I realized I had never thought about great grandma Mary Pellack, and it was time that I claimed her as mine. 




Descended from a long line of strong women!








This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***

Footnotes:

1 "Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington,." (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), 188

2 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 67

3 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 61

4 Usiskin Michael, "Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer." (Winnipeg Manitoba: Pequis Publishers Limited, 1983), 13

5 Usiskin Michael, "Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer." (Winnipeg Manitoba: Pequis Publishers Limited, 1983), 14

6 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 13

7 Usiskin Michael, "Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer." (Winnipeg Manitoba: Pequis Publishers Limited, 1983), 16

8"Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington,." (Melfort Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishers , 1991), 189

9 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 13

10 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 14

11 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 17

12 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 62

13 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 40

14 Usiskin Michael, "Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer." (Winnipeg Manitoba: Pequis Publishers Limited, 1983), 35

15 Rosenberg, Norman. "Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On." (Melfort, Saskatchewan: Phillips Publishing, 1980) 11




Sources:


CBC, Story of Saskatchewan's Jewish farmers goes to national museum, published July 12, 2013. Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story-of-saskatchewan-s-jewish-farmers-goes-to-national-museum-1.1302867

Find A Grave, Alexander Pellack, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137111772/alexander-pellack

Find A Grave, Mary Maximiw Pellack, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137112024/mary-pellack

Gronlid and District Historical Society,Our Courageous Pioneers : History of Gronlid and Surrounding Districts of Argus, Athol, Edenbridge, Freedom, Maryville, Murphy Creek, Sandhill Creek, Taelman, Taras, Teddington, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Phillips Publishers Ltd, 1991

JewishGen, Kehila Links, Homestead Maps, Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from 
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Edenbridge/Edenbridge%20Maps.html

Library & Archives Canada, Immigration, Passenger Lists, Page 16, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-1865-1922/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=5121&fbclid=IwAR0bFKIO58BlaeooRHtWlgBb6yrB7Ii6RlXBMf3dzADF_YdBLfITZJzNJtw

Manitoba Historical Society, The Contribution of the Jews to the Opening and Development of the West, Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/jewsandwest.shtml

Rosenberg, Norman. Edenbridge: The Memory Lives On. Melfort, Saskatchewan. Phillips Publishing, 1980.

Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, Church of St. Michael constructed 1949-1951 near Gronlid; R.M. 458., Retrieved March 6th 2020 from
https://www.skeparchy.org/wordpress/about-us/parishes/gronlid-st-michael/

Usiskin, Michael. Uncle Mike's Edenbridge: Memoirs of a Jewish Pioneer Farmer. Winnipeg Manitoba: Pequis Publishers Limited, 1983.







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