Mike Kipryanchuk

Michael [Mike] Kipryanchuk
Born	1882 Austria - Ukraine
Died	1914 (aged 31–32) Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death	Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place	Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	Miner
Religion	Greek Catholic (1911 Census)

Early Life

Birth

1882 Galicia - language Ruthenian. (census return)
From Sokol, Galicia, Poland. (family source)

Miner and Siblings (in birth order)

10 children

• Mike Kipryanchuk
• Alexander Kipryanchuk
• Antony Kipryanchuk

Marriage

Mike married Dortha - also from Galicia - after 1909

Children

1 daughter

Census Records

1911 Hillcrest, Alberta, age 30, came to Canada in 1905
With him is his wife Dortha age 24 who immigrated in 1909

Immigration to Canada

1905 (from 1911 census)
1909 (from family source)

Occupation in 1914

Miner

Cemetery

Mike is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery but not in the Mass Grave. He has a heart shaped headstone - name spelled Kipryanczuk.

After the Hillcrest Mine Disaster

Widow, Dortha, married Mike's brother, Alex Kipryanchuk, and moved to the United States (from Coleman Bulletin).

Alex and Dorothy divorced and she married again, to Mr. Leeuwenburg. (from family source).
Alex changed his surname to Kiper
Dorothy Leeuwenburg died 22 Apr 1972 at Saanich, BC, aged 85.
The remainder of the Kipryanchuk family (parents and siblings) also immigrated to Canada but returned to Poland.

Compensation

Schedule A

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Kepryanczuk, Kipriachuk, Kippryanchuk, Kyprianchuk, Kiprianchuk

Interesting Facts

Coleman Bulletin, 18 Oct. 1918 By 1918 Dortha had not received compensation for the death of her husband.

A Ukrainian newspaper named The Novyny, published in Edmonton, Alberta on the 27th of June, 1914, gave a list of the Rusyn Miners killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster. Our interpretation of the Cyrillic script in the article is Mykhailo Kyprianchuk or Mykhaylo Kiprianchuk. Rusyn miners will include miners of Rusyn, Ruthenian or Ukrianian descent.

If you would like to see more information that we have gathered, please go to http://www.hillcrestminedisaster.com.