Chris Kosmik

Chris Kosmik OR Koste Kosmak
Born	1880 Austria - Ukraine
Died	1914 (aged 33–34) Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death	Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place	Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality	Austrian / Galician
Occupation	Bucker

Early Life

Birth

1880 Austria, Ruthenia
Pewit, Snjatyn, Galicia

Marriage

Wife and family in Old Country

Occupation in 1914

Bucker

Cemetery

Chris is buried in the Mass Grave in Hillcrest.

Compensation

Schedule B

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Kosniuk, Kosniak, Kost, "Kostyn Kazmyk"

Interesting Facts

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. Rusyns were a Slavic group encompassing most of the Western Ukraine. Rusyns were better known in the Crownest Pass as Ruthenians. The list was written in the Cyrillic script and transcribed. Translation of this name: Osyp Kosnyk

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