Fred Kurigatz

Fred Kurigatz OR Fred Kurizac
Born	1892 Austria - Ukraine
Died	1914 (aged 21–22) Hillcrest, Alberta
Cause of death	Hillcrest Mine Disaster
Resting place	Hillcrest Cemetery
Nationality	Austrian / Galician
Occupation	Rope Rider
Religion	Roman Catholic (from 1911 census)

Early Life

Birth

1892 near Karliv, Galicia

Marriage

Single

Census Records

In 1911 Fred was living in a house which contained 6 Galician miners. The house was in the area called "Riverbottom", half way between Bellevue and Hillcrest.

Immigration to Canada

1910 (from 1911 Census)

Occupation in 1914

Rope Rider

Cemetery

Fred is buried in the Mass Grave in Hillcrest.

Compensation

Schedule B

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Kyrajac, Kurijatz, Kyrejac, Kuriatz, Korotazh

Interesting Facts

Fred was living in the same house as Peter Fedoruk who was also killed in the Hillcrest Mine Disaster.
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: Fedir Korotazh.

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