Mike Kipryanchuk

Mike Kipryanchuk
Born	1882 Austria
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)

Siblings

10 children

• Mike Kipryanchuk
• Alexander Kipryanchuk
• Antony Kipryanchuk

Marriage

Mike married Dortha - also from Galicia

Children

1 daughter

Census Records

1911 Hillcrest, Alberta, age 30, came to Canada in 1905

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)
Dorothy Leeuwenburg died 22 Apr 1972 at Saanich, BC, aged 85.

Compensation

Schedule A

Alternate Names or Alternate Spelling of Names

Kepryanczuk, Kipriachuk, Kippryanchuk

Interesting Facts

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

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