By Jared L. Olar
April 2007-October 2009
NOTE: I am searching for anyone who might be descended from or related to my Olar, Paskar, Toderiuc, and Ciopei ancestors. In February 2008, I had the joy of making contact with the descendants of my grandfather's older brother Mihai Olar. If you are a relative, or think you might be, I encourage you to please contact me by clicking here. See also our Family Search pages with family photographs hosted by Maritza Hreniuc in French, English, and Romanian. Thanks!
In researching my father's genealogy, I have received invaluable assistance from my parents and aunts and uncles and cousins. I must give special mention to my cousin Greg Budovec, for whose generosity in sharing old family photos and mementos I am very grateful. I have also greatly benefited from the kindness of my distant cousins Marianna Zotic and Vitalii Eremeiko, descendants of my grandfather's older brother Michael.
Among the greatest helps to our genealogical research are the vital records of my grandparents' home village of Tereblecea, which the Mormon Church has microfilmed and catalogued among the records of Tereblecea Noua (Porubne or Deutsche-Tereblestie). Last but not least, I also have benefited from the help of The Bukovina Society of the Americas. Their website is a storehouse of very helpful information, and I have relied on some of the Society's articles to help write this account of the Olar genealogy.
WE HAVE been able to trace our Olar genealogy back to the village of Tereblecea in Bucovina during the early 1800s. In light of what is known about the history of the Romanian people in general and the history of the Romanians of Moldavia in particular, it is extremely unlikely that we will ever be able to extend our knowledge of our Olar ancestry much earlier than that. However, we are confident that we will be able to learn more about our Olar cousins that we are sure we have.
Historical records show that Romanian Olars have lived in Tereblecea since at least circa 1775, when Bucovina became a part of the Austrian Empire. Soon after Austria annexed Bucovina, the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa had her officials survey the land and take censuses of the people of living there, to help her administrators to obtain an understanding of the newly-acquired territory. Included in those census records are lists of people who had been subjects of the Austrian Empire prior to 1775, but had moved to Bucovina and were found to be living there after the time the Austria acquired Bucovina. For the village of Tereblecea (then part of the landed possessions of the Orthodox Monastery of Putna), a list was compiled on 27 Jan. 1778 showing 73 ethnic Romanians who had formerly lived in Transylvania, in the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary (See Lumea Carpatica, vol. 1, fasc. 1, pp.53-54). The 66th entry on this list is PETRU OLARIU, who is described as a "plugar din Vica" -- "ploughman of Vica," apparently the Transylvanian town of Vica, today located in Hunedoara County toward the western edge of Romania, which is a considerable distance from Bucovina). When living in Vica, Petru had been a "iobag" or serf. He settled in Tereblecea in 1775, and at the time of the Austrian census his household consisted of one male and two females (most likely himself, his wife, and a daughter).
At this time it is impossible to tell whether or not Petru Olariu was our ancestor, but it is quite possible that he was the grandfather of our earliest proven ancestor, ANDREI OLAR, who was probably born around 1810 or so. On the other hand, it is possible that there were Romanian Olars living in Tereblecea before 1775 -- our ancestry may instead trace back to an Olar family already residing in Tereblecea before Petru's arrival. In any event, Petru Olariu is the earliest known Olar of Tereblecea that we know of at this time.
The Austrian census lists that mention Petru Olariu of Tereblecea also mention other Romanian Olars who moved from Transylvania to Bucovina during those years. For example, in 1773 a peasant named GAVRIL OLARIU, a ploughman from Blajeni, settled in the village of Stupca (today called Ciprian Porumbescu) in southern Bucovina, between Suceava and Gura Humorului. Blajeni, where Gavril lived in Transylvania before settling in Stupca, was located in Hunedoara County, in the general vicinity of Vica, where Petru Olariu lived. While living in Blajeni, Gavril had been a "supus" (subject). At the time Gavril was registered with the Austrian census on 27 Jan. 1778, his household in Stupca consisted of three males and three females (most likely himself and his wife, with two sons and two daughters).
Another Romanian Olar found in these lists was a peasant named DANIIL OLAR, a ploughman of Nimigea, who moved from Transylvania to Todiresti in 1760. While living in Nimigea, Daniil had been a "liber" or free peasant. At the time Daniil was registered on 27 Jan. 1778, his household in Todiresti had a similar makeup to Gavril Olariu's -- three males and three females (most likely himself and his wife, with two sons and two daughters). Of course at this time there is no way to tell if Gavril or Daniil were related to our Olars.
We also know that in the early 1800s, there was a GEORGE OLAR, an ethnic Romanian who was himself a potter by trade, who was involved in the Greek "Philike Hetairia" ("friendly society") movement, a secret conspiracy that attempted to liberate the Greeks and other Christian nations from the Ottoman yoke. On 2 Feb. 1823, George Olar and other Hetairia members were refugees in Czernowitz, where they had fled and taken refuge after the Hetairia revolt failed -- George commented at that time that he was awaiting the arrival of spring in Moldavia, when he intended to return home. (Suceava -- File de Istoria Documente Privitoare La Istoria Orasului 1388-1918 "Suceava -- Pages of History, Documents Concerning the History of the City", vol. I, Bucharest, 1989, pp.618-619, 622) As with the abovementioned Gavril Olariu and Daniil Olar, there is no way to tell if this George Olar, who apparently had adopted a surname from his occupation, is the ancestor of my family, or is even merely related.
With these preliminary investigations into the history and background of Tereblecea and Romanian Olar families, here begins the account of our Olar genealogy:
1. ANDREI OLAR (Andrew Olar), who we guess was probably born around 1810, judging from the fact that his son was born in or around 1836. We know nothing definite about Andrei Olar except his name and that he was an ethnic Romanian. His name is found in the 1892 death record of his son Ioan, and also appears on his grandson's 1906 baptismal certificate. Andrei's son Ioan was a peasant farmer who lived in the village of Tereblecea in Bucovina, so it is probable that Andrei also was a peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Andrei is the "Andreiu Olariu" who is mentioned in the Orthodox parish records of Tereblecea as the husband of PARESCHIVA HUDCIC. Andreiu and Pareschiva had a son named "Toader Olariu," peasant farmer of Tereblecea, born 12 Feb. 1839, who appears several times in the parish marriage and death records as Teodor Olariu and Teodor Olar. At first Toader/Teodor lived at house no. 153, later moving to house nos. 431 and 547, where he had many children. Since Toader/Teoder was a younger brother of my great-grandfather, Pareschiva Hudcic would very likely be my great-great-grandmother. The Tereblecea parish records also mention a "Gavriil al lui Andreiu Olariu din Tereblecea" who was born 13 July 1831. Gavriil (Gabriel) is almost certainly an older brother of my great-grandfather Ioan.
We can't be sure whether or not Andrei was originally from Tereblecea, and in any event we know that the wars between Russia and the Ottoman Empire created a lot of social disruption in and near Bucovina in the 1770s and again in the early 1800s. Due to those upheavals, the native population of Bucovina was unstable, and only in the years after Austria acquired Bucovina in 1775 did the Moldavian Romanians who formerly had a habit of moving in and out of Bucovina seasonally begin to make permanent dwellings.
To illustrate how the Romanian peasantry of Bucovina lived in those days, note the following passage from an email of 12 Dec. 2001 from Bukovina genealogical researcher Irmgard Hein Ellingson, in which she shared some information with me from R. F. Kaindl's Das Ansiedlungswesen in der Bukowina (Innsbruck: Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitaets-Buchhandlung, 1902):
"Kaindl here notes that the population of neighboring lands at the time, especially Moldavia, moved readily. He says that the altered circumstances in Bukovina (referring to social order, the patent of toleration, lighter feudal responsibilities, etc.) attracted people [to Bucovina] just as a discovery of gold might have. . . 1785 and 1786 were years of devastating crop failures, so many farmers returned to Moldavia, again facilitated by the ease with which they could move. A farmer in neither Moldavia nor Bukovina owned his land; he lived in a worthless hut which he could abandon at will or burn. His only possession was his livestock which he took with him."
In light of these facts, in all likelihood it was Andrei Olar's father or grandfather who took up a permanent residence in one of the Romanian villages of Bucovina.
Also, as mentioned above, Andrei's surname means "potter," which shows that he was descended from a man who made a living by making pots and other ceramics. On the other hand, because Romanian surnames were still very fluid at this period -- especially among the peasantry -- it's quite possible that Andrei was himself a potter and adopted a surname from his occupation.
Due to all of these uncertainties and the gaps in Bucovina's vital records at this period, it is unlikely that we will ever determine who Andrei Olar's ancestors were, who he married, or how many children he had. Instead, we turn to his descendants, namely, the families of his sons:
2. GAVRIL OLAR, born 13 July 1831
3. IOAN OLAR, born circa 1836
4. TEODOR OLAR (Toader Olar), born 12 Feb. 1839
2. GAVRIL OLAR (Gabriel Olar), son of Andrei Olar, born 13 July 1831 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died at the age of 80 on 1 Sept. 1911 in Tereblecea. The cause of death is listed as marasmus (malnutrition?), and his funeral on 3 Sept. 1911 was conducted by Father Dimitre Georgescu. Throughout his life, Gavril is known to have lived at house no. 388, where he also died, but he also had family living at house nos. 489 and 722. The name of Gavril's first wife has not yet been ascertained, but on 6 Nov. 1883, when he was 52 years old, Gavril, then a widower, married ELISAVETA, age 34, born circa 1849, a resident of house no. 70, widow of Stefan Bodor of Tereblecea. The marriage record says Gavril's residence was house no. "588," but that seems to be an error for "388," where he and his family are known to have lived. The priest at the marriage was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Ignatie and Maria Tcaci of Tereblecea. Gavril's name in the record is given as "Gavril fiul lui Andrei Olari." His death record shows his name as "Gavriil al lui Andreiu Olariu din Tereblecea," and lists his occupation as agricultor, "peasant farmer." Because Gavril's grandson Ilie is known to have been a close relative of my grandfather, there can be little doubt that Gavril was an older brother of my great-grandfather Ioan Olar, whose father was named Andrei.
5. IACOB OLAR
6. IOAN OLAR, born circa 1855
7. AGRIPINA OLARIU, born circa 1864
8. TETIANA OLARIU, born circa 1871
3. IOAN OLAR (John Olar), son of Andrei Olar, born circa 1836, probably in or near Tereblecea, Bucovina; died at age 55 on 17 Jan. 1892 in Tereblecea; buried 19 Jan. 1892 in Tereblecea, funeral service conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, priest of the Orthodox Church of Tereblecea. The Tereblecea parish register shows Ioan's cause of death as de junghiuri (cf. Romanian junghi, "pangs"). Around 1865, Ioan married ALECSANDRA TODERIUC, with whom he reportedly had 10 children. Alecsandra was born circa 1844 and died in Tereblecea at the age of 58 on 7 March 1902. She was buried in Tereblecea two days after her death, and her funeral service was conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The names of Ioan Olar and Alecsandra Toderiuc are confirmed by my grandfather's birth record as well as his baptismal certificate, which identifies my great-grandparents as "Ioan alui Andrei Olar, agricultor din Tereblecea" (John son of Andrew Olar, peasant farmer of Tereblecea) and "Alecsandra nascuta Toderiuc" (Alexandra nee Toderiuc). Also, my grandfather's death certificate says his mother was "Alexandria Todoruh," a name supplied to the coroner by my Uncle Marion, who spelled her surname phonetically based on his memory of what his father had told him at some point. However, Marion couldn't remember the name of his father's father, so the death certificate shows only "Unknown Olar." Finally, an outline family history that came from my Aunt Linda says that my grandfather was the son of "John Olar" and "Alexandra . . . nee, Todiuk," which is an error for "Todoriuk," the Ukrainian form of the surname "Toderiuc." That family history also says John and Alexandra were both born in Siret, but that perhaps means the District of Siret (where Tereblecea was located) rather than the town of Siret.
The date of Ioan's death comes from the Orthodox Church parish register of Tereblecea, where his name is given as "Ioan a lui Andrei Olari din Tereblecea" (John son of Andrew Olari of Tereblecea), and his age at death is listed as 55. That would mean Ioan was born around 1836. The date of Alecsandra death also comes from the Tereblecea parish register, where her name is given as Alexandra sotia lui Ion Olar din Tereblecea" (Alexandra, spouse of John Olar of Tereblecea), and her age at death is listed as 58, which agrees with the information that my father and his brothers and sisters got from their father. My father has always said that his paternal grandfather was named "John," who reportedly died when my grandfather was only 7 or 8 years old. The outline family history also says John died when my grandfather was 7 years old, which would place John's death in 1890 (in fact, he died in 1892, when my grandfather was approaching his 9th birthday). My father said he had no memory of what his paternal grandmother's name was, but remembered being told that she died when my grandfather was 17 years old, that is, in 1900. The outline family history very nearly agrees with my father's recollection on that point, saying that she died when my grandfather was 18 years old, that is, in 1901. The family history affirms that "John" and "Alexandra" both "died at 58 years," whereas Ioan's death record says he was 55. If Alecsandra died at age 58 in 1901, she would have been born in 1843 rather than 1844 as her death record indicates. Also, if Ioan died at age 58 rather than 55, he would have been born about 1834 ("58" would be an error for Ioan, but is correct for Alecsandra).
The approximate date of my great-grandparents' marriage is based on the fact that Michael, said in the outline family history to be their "oldest" child, was born in 1869. The outline family history is in substantial agreement with that date, saying Michael was 15 years older than my grandfather. Since my grandfather was born in 1883, Michael would have been born in or around 1868. Michael's descendants say 1869, in agreement with Tereblecea parish records, which say he was born 12 May 1869. That means my great-grandparents probably married sometime around 1865-68.
Many years ago, when I first began to ask my father what he knew of his family history, he told me that his grandfather John Olar had been a farmer. We would later confirm that recollection of my father's when we obtained my grandfather's baptismal certificate. However, another recollection is almost certainly incorrect: my father said that his grandfather had been the Mayor of Czernowitz. It is highly unlikely that a peasant farmer from Tereblecea, who was probably uneducated and illiterate, would ever have held so important a public office as mayor of the largest city in Bucovina. (As Romanian genealogical researcher Cosmin Ciocan informed me in an email of 11 April 2001, "Most of the people in a village at the end of the XIX century worked 5 to 10 hectares of farming land.") Undoubtedly my grandfather mentioned the city of Czernowitz when explaining where his family had come from, but it is most likely that he mentioned Czernowitz only because it is much larger and easier to locate on a map than Tereblecea, which is about 15 to 20 miles south-southeast of Czernowitz. It's possible that my father misinterpreted the words "near Czernowitz," spoken in my grandfather's Romanian accent, and thought he had said, "mayor of Czernowitz." On the other hand, perhaps Ioan was mayor of Tereblecea. That would be far more likely than him being mayor of Czernowitz, but even so, given Ioan's apparent poverty, I tend to doubt that he was ever a magistrate even in his village.
Interestingly enough, the outline family history says that my grandfather lived "about 5 hours away" from Czernowitz. No doubt that observation is based on something my grandparents must have said at some point, because today, thanks to the automobile and better roads, it would not take five hours to go from Tereblecea to Czernowitz. But perhaps it took that long when my grandfather lived there, back when the usual mode of transportation was horse and wagon, or simply walking.
The outline family history also says my great-grandparents John and Alexandra had 10 children: "There were ten children in the family, 6 died." Since only four of their children survived past early childhood, and since John and Alexandra both died in their 50s, it is obvious that my great-grandparents must have lived a very hard, poverty-stricken, and sorrowful life. At this time we know the names of seven children of John and Alexandra, and I expect to learn more names by examining the parish records of the Orthodox Church in Tereblecea. The family history only lists the names of the four children who survived to adulthood, but I have found another son in Tereblecea's parish register of births and two other daughters in Tereblecea's parish register of deaths for 1891-1913:
9. MIHAI OLAR (Michail, Michael), born 12 May 1869
?? (NN) OLAR, stillborn or died in infancy
?? (NN) OLAR, stillborn or died in infancy
10. IACOB OLAR (Jacob), born 30 April 1876
?? (NN) OLAR, stillborn or died in infancy
11. ONUFREI OLAR, born 12 June 1881
12. ALECSIE OLAR (Alex), born 17 March 1883
13. ELEANA OLAR, born 31 May 1885
14. MARIA OLAR (Marie), born 26 Aug. 1887
15. DOMNICA OLAR, born 15 Aug. 1889
4. TEODOR OLAR (Toader Olar), son of Andrei and Pareschiva Olar, born 12 Feb. 1839 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died between 1 Nov. 1915 and 3 Feb. 1919, probably in Tereblecea. Teodor, who frequently appears in Tereblecea parish records as "Toader," was a younger brother of my great-grandfather Ioan. At the time of his first marriage in 1867, Teodor lived at house no. 153, but he later lived at house no. 431 prior to June 1882, after which time he and his family lived at house no. 547. On 19 Feb. 1867, at the age of 28, "Toader fiul lui Andrei Olari din Tereblecea," a resident of house no. 153, married ALEXANDRA NEMIGEAN (also called CASANDRA NIMIGEAN), age 25, born circa 1841, probably in Tereblecea, daughter of Vasilei Nimigean of Tereblecea. The priest at their marriage was Father Dimitrie Scleschi. Alexandra died in Tereblecea, house no. 547, at the age of 62 on 10 Sept. 1903. Father Vichenti Simiganoaschi oversaw her funeral and burial on 12 Sept. 1903. In her marriage record, she is called "Aleksandra fiica lui Vasilei Nimigan din Tereblecea." Her death record calls her "Casandra," and calls her husband "Toader Olari." Teodor and Casandra had a daughter and six sons.
The following year, at the age of 65 (marriage record erroneously says 64), Toader remarried on 5 Feb. 1904 to MARIA IHNATIUC of Opriseni, age 60, born 16 Aug. 1843, daughter of the late Ioan Ihnatiuc and widow of Gavril Epure. The priest at the wedding was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and the witnesses were George Oloieriu and his wife Zoita, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Maria's death record does not appear in the Tereblecea death register for the years 1891-1913, so she died either in 1914 or 1915. She was dead by Nov. 1915, because in the Tereblecea marriage register for the years 1914-1919, we find that on 1 Nov. 1915, "Toader Olariu," then a widower living at house no. 547, married PELAGIA MARTINIUC, born 8 Oct. 1860, widow of Dimitrie Beruscu of Opriseni. Pelagia was the daughter of Dimitrie Martiniuc and Agripina Zolobai. One of the witnesses of the marriage of Toader and Pelagia was Agafia Zotic, the midwife who assisted at the birth of my grandfather Alex in 1883, and another witness was GEORGIE OLARIU (perhaps Teodor's brother?). Teodor died before 3 Feb. 1919, on which date his widow Pelagia ("Pelaghia," widow of "Teodor Olariu," peasant farmer of Tereblecea) married Pantoleimon Nimigean, peasant farmer of Tereblecea, born 11 July 1866. The priest who performed and recorded these marriages of Toader/Teodor and Pelagia/Pelaghia was Father Ioan Tipa.
16. MIRON OLARIU, born 17 Aug. 1864
17. IOSIF OLARIU, born 4 April 1865
18. IACOV OLAR, born circa 1865
19. DIMITRIE OLARIU, born circa 1867
20. VASILIE OLARI, born 16 Feb. 1881
21. PETREA OLARI, born 28 June 1882
22. DOMNICA OLARI, born 8 Nov. 1885
5. IACOB OLAR (Jacob Olar), son of Gavril Olar, born probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, where he was a resident of house no. 722, and also house no. 388 prior to moving to no. 722. Iacob's wife was TECLA VASILAS. The Orthodox Church baptismal register of Tereblecea shows a girl named "Teodora," daughter of "Iacov a lui Gavril Olariu" and "Tecla Vasilasiu," born in 1891 at house no. 388. The Tereblecea death register shows a boy named "Ioan fiul lui Iacov alui Gavril Olar din Tereblecea" who died in 1905 at age 11. Another death record shows "Minodora fiica lui Iacob Olariu din Tereblecea" who died in 1903 at 8 months of age. Both Ioan and Minodora were residents of house no. 722 at the time of their deaths, and their father Iacov or Iacob was a son of Gavril Olar, resident of house no. 388. Minodora's birth record says she was born at house no. 388.
Iacob Olar lived at house no. 388 during the 1890s. The parish death records mention a "Vasilie fiul lui Iacob Olariu din Tereblecea," resident of house no. 388, who died soon after his birth in 14 Dec. 1892. About six years later, the parish death records show a "Domnica fiica lui Iacob Olar din Tereblecea," resident of house no. 388, who died at the age of 10 months in Nov. 1898. Iacob and Tecla had another son named Vasilie (or Vasile) in 1899. We know that Gavril Olar died in 1911 while a resident of house no. 388, and Gavril had a son named Iacov or Iacob. Gavril's son Iacob moved from no. 388 after the birth of Minodora in 1903.
23. TEODORA OLARIU, born 4 Feb. 1891
24. VASILIE OLARIU, born 14 Dec. 1892
25. IOAN OLAR, born 27 Nov. 1893
26. GAVRIL OLARI, born 24 Dec. 1895
27. DOMNICA OLAR, born 18 Jan. 1898
28. VASILE OLARI, born 25 Nov. 1899
29. MINODORA OLARIU, born 9 Jan. 1903
30. DUMITRU OLARI, born 25 July 1904
6. IOAN OLAR, son of Gavril Olar, born circa 1855, probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, where he lived at house no. 489. In the Orthodox Church parish records of Tereblecea, Ioan is mentioned in different ways, such as "Ioan a Gavril Olari," "Ion Olar din Tereblecea," "Ioan al lui Gavriil Olariu," and "Ioan alui Gavril Olar din Tereblecea," etc. When he was 27 years old, on 19 Sept. 1882 in Tereblecea, Ioan, then residing at house no. 388, married DOMNICA BODOR, age 20, born circa 1862, daughter of Ioan Bodor of Tereblecea, resident of house no. 489. The priest at their wedding was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Ioan Nemigean of Tereblecea and his wife Tetiana. Several of Ioan's children appear in the parish records, including his sons ILIE OLAR and FILIP OLAR, who went to Canada in 1912. Ilie (Ilica) later lived with my grandfather Alex in Minneapolis in 1918 (see below).
31. ILIE OLAR, born 28 Oct. 1883
32. IULIANA OLARIU, born 16 Dec. 1889
33. FILIP OLARIU, born 8 Oct. 1892
34. ANDREI OLAR, born 13 Aug. 1897
35. FEVRONIA OLARI, born 10 Dec. 1899
36. LEONTINA OLARIU, born 21 June 1901
37. MARIA OLARIU, a twin, born 23 June 1904
38. PETRE OLAR, a twin, born 23 June 1904
7. AGRIPINA OLARIU, daughter of Gavril Olar, born circa 1865 probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina. On 28 Feb. 1891, Agripina, age 26, a resident of house no. 388, married SPIRIDON PANCIUC, age 29, a resident of house no. 535, son of Georgie Panciuc of Tereblecea. Spiridon was a soldier in the Austrian Reserves. The priest at the marriage was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Theodor Nemigean and his wife Ecaterina, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Agripina's name in the marriage record is given as "Agripina fiica lui Gavril Olariu," peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
39. MARIA PANCIUC, born 18 Feb. 1892
40. VASILIE PANCIUC, born 24 Sept. 1893
41. DOMNICA PANCIUC, born 9 April 1896
42. ECATERINA PANCIUC, born 2 Aug. 1898
43. PANTELEMON PANCIUC, born 29 July 1900
44. MINODORA PANCIUC, born 24 Nov. 1902
45. IOAN PANCIUC, born 18 Jan. 1904
8. TETIANA OLARIU, daughter of Gavril Olar, born circa 1871 probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina. On 31 Jan. 1893, Tetiana, age 22, a resident of house no. 388, married a peasant farmer named PETREA ZEHANCIUC, age 22, son of Georgi Zehanciuc of Garbauti. Petrea was a resident of house no. 9 in Garbauti. The priest at the marriage was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Ambrosie Nechiforeti and his wife Sofronia, peasant farmers of Berlinti. Tetiana's name in the marriage record is given as "Tetiana fiica lui Gavriil Olariu," peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Because Tetiana's husband was from Garbauti, the records of their children, if any, are probably to be sought in the parish records of Garbauti, as they do not appear in Tereblecea's Orthodox Church parish records.
9. MIHAI OLAR (Michail Olar, "Michael"), son of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 12 May 1869, probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina; died 1950 probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, where he is buried. Michael is identified in the outline family history as my grandfather's "oldest" sibling: "15 yrs. older than Alex" (in fact he was 14 years older than Alex). The family history says six of Michael's brothers and sisters died young, but it cannot be determined at this time if Michael was (as seems likely) the firstborn child of Ioan and Alecsandra, or rather was their oldest surviving child. When my great-grandfather died in 1892, Michael is said to have taken on the role of the "man of the house" and was something of a surrogate father for my grandfather, who was only 8 years old.
On 13 Nov. 1897, Michael, then a 28-year-old peasant farmer living at house no. 153 (the same house where my great-grandfather John (Ioan) lived), married TEODORA SCRIPCARI, age 26, born 1871, daughter of Paul Scripcari, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 122. It was the first marriage for both Michael and Teodora. About two weeks after the wedding, on 26 Nov. 1897, a dispensation permitting the marriage was granted by the magistrate of Siret district. The priest at the marriage was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Constantin Patras and his wife Eudochia, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. In the marriage record, the names of the bride and groom are given as "Michail fiul lui Ion dela Andrei Olar" and "Teodora fiica lui Paul Scripcar."
According to Mihai's descendants, Teodora was also called "Todosia," and had just one child, a son named GEORGHE (Gherghii). However, only one child of Mihai and Teodora is named in the Tereblecea baptismal registers: a daughter ALEXANDRA, born in 1898 at house no. 153. It is chronologically impossible for Georghe to have been born during the brief marriage of Mihai and Teodora, so Georghe was more likely a son of Mihai from his second marriage. Teodora died on 19 Jan. 1900 at the age of 28, and was buried in Tereblecea on 21 Jan. 1900, with Father Vichenti Simiganoschi presiding at the funeral and burial. The cause of death was aprindere de plamai, a respiratory infection. In the Tereblecea parish register of deaths, Teodora is identified as "Teodora, wife of "Michail Olar," resident of house no. 153. About a year after Teodora's death, her daughter Alexandra died, only 2 years of age.
Less than a month after Teodora's death, Mihai, age 30, remarried on 13 Feb. 1900 to CRISTINA COSIC, age 29, born 4 Aug. 1870 probably in Tereblecea, a resident of house no. 191, daughter of Miron and Vasilea (Epure) Cosic of Tereblecea. Their marriage record says Mihai lived in house no. 155, but that could be a scribal error for "153." The record also mistakenly calls Mihai a "holteiu" (bachelor, never before married) instead of a "veduvoia" (widower). Mihai and Cristina are named in the record as "Michail alui Ion Olariu" and "Christina fiica lui Miron Cosec." The priest at the wedding was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and the witnesses were Constantin Patras and his wife Eudochia, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.
The first child of Mihai and Cristina was PANTELEMON (Pintelei), born at house no. 153 on 9 Sept. 1900, less than seven months after Teodora's death. Mihai moved from house no. 153 to no. 191 around this time, because Mihai and his family were living at no. 191 by Dec. 1900. Mihai's son VALERIAN (Valertu) was born in 1902 at house no. 191, but he had returned to no. 153 by 1904 when his daughter EUDOCHIA was born. His son SERGHIE (Serghei) was born at house no. 153 in 1906. In these birth records, Mihai's name appears as "Michail a lui Ioan Olar," "Michail alui Ioan Olar," and "Mihaiu alui Ion Olariu." His wife Cristina appears usually as "Cristina nascuta Cosic," and sometimes as "Christina." Mihai's descendants have informed me that Cristina was born in 1870 and died in 1953, that she was buried in Tereblecea, that she was also known as "Iustina," and that her father was named Miron Cosic.
The Tereblecea birth register shows that, prior to her marriage to Mihai, when Cristina ("Christina fiica lui Miron Cosic") was 24 years old, on 23 Sept. 1894 she had an illegitimate son named GRIGORIE while living in house no. 191. On 14 June 1897, while still a resident of house no. 191, she had a second illegitimate son named EMANUIL. The birth record of Emanuil does not name his father, but his death record in Dec. 1900 names him "Emanuil fiul lui Mihaiu Olar din Tereblecea." By the time of Emanuil's death, his mother Cristina was married to my great-uncle Mihai. It is not known if Mihai was really Emanuil's father or was merely identified in the death record as his father because he was married to Emanuil's mother.
In light of the doubt surrounding Emanuil's paternity, it should also be mentioned that Mihai and Cristina Cosic are reported to have had a son named GRIGORIE OLAR. It is likely that Cristina Cosic's illegitimate son Grigorie was the same person as Grigorie Olari, who perhaps had taken his stepfather's surname. On the other hand, Mihai could have been the biological father of Cristina's illegitimate son Grigorie, or he could have had a son named Grigorie in addition to Cristina's illegitimate son. According to Mihai's descendants, Cristina Cosic and Mihai had six sons, Serghie being one of the younger ones.
Michael is later mentioned as Mihai Olar alias Allard, age 42, in a U.S./Canada border crossing document of Jan. 1911. My Aunt Linda and my father have told me that one of my grandfather's brothers emigrated to Canada after my grandfather did and later went back to Bucovina, but they did not know which brother it was, nor why he decided not to stay. It is possible that this family tradition is a little garbled -- it could be that it was my grandfather who followed his older brother to Canada, not the other way around. According to the border crossing document, Mihai was from Tereblestie, Bucovina, and had arrived in Quebec, Canada, in June 1909, whereas my grandfather seems to have come to Canada in 1909 or 1910. The border crossing document also says Mihai was living in Montreal and had taken the French name of Allard, probably to help assimilate into Quebec culture. At that time, in Jan. 1911, Mihai was seeking permission to enter the U.S. so he could visit a cousin named Stefan Christimski who was living in Baudette, Minnesota. However, Mihai was debarred from entering the U.S., probably due to illness and insufficient funds. The document says Mihai's wife "Christina Olar" was then living in Tereblestie, Bucovina, so Mihai apparently had come to Canada without his wife, perhaps intending to send for her and his children when they could afford the passage. However, either due to Mihai's health problems, or Christina's inability or unwillingness to join him in Canada, or for some other reason, Mihai decided to go back to Bucovina. It is unlikely that any of his children ever accompanied him to Canada. His descendants now live in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, and Italy.
46. GRIGORIE [COSIC] OLARI, born 23 Sept. 1894
47. EMANUIL [COSIC] OLAR, born 14 June 1897
48. ALEXANDRA OLAR, born 9 Dec. 1898
49. PANTELEMON OLARI ("Pintelei"), born 9 Sept. 1900
50. VALERIAN OLAR ("Valertu"), born 18 Sept. 1902
51. EUDOCHIA OLARIU, born 6 June 1904
52. SERGHIE OLARI, born 1 March 1906
53. GEORGHE OLARI (Gherghii)
54. VASILE OLARI
55. IOSIF OLARI
10. IACOB OLAR (Jacob), son of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 30 April 1876, probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina. "Jacob" is listed in the outline family history as "No. 2" among my grandfather's siblings. He also appears in the Tereblecea parish records as a resident of house no. 153 (the home of our Olar family). On 30 Jan. 1900, Iacob, age 23, married MINODORA DUBAU, age 19, born 30 Nov. 1880, daughter of Teodor Dubau, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 50. Their marriage record names them as "Iacob fiul lui Ion Olariu" and "Minodora fiica lui Teodor alui Grigori Dubau. The priest at the marriage was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and the witnesses were Georgi Iliuc and his wife Elisaveta, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Iacob and Minodora had several children. On 23 June 1904, Minodora served as godmother to Maria, twin daughter of her husband's cousin Ioan Olar, son of Gavril Olar.
Iacob is probably the Iakob Olar who is named as a resident of Montreal, Canada, and a "cousin" of FILIP OLAR in the ship passenger list of the S.S. Oceania, dated 15 May 1912. The passenger list says Filip, supposedly age 17 (actually he was 19), was a farm laborer who was a native and resident of Tereblestie, as were many other passengers on that ship. The list also says Filip was the son of "Olar Iuan" (or "Iuon" -- "Iuan" and "Iuon" are both Romanian forms of the name "John"), who was then living in Tereblestie. Traveling with Filip was his older brother ILIE OLAR (no. 31 below), age 28, who like Filip was a farm laborer and both a native and a resident of Tereblestie. The passenger list says Ilie had left his wife ZINOFIA OLAR (cf. Zenovia Olar of Tereblecea, deported to Siberia by the Russian Communists in 1941) behind in Tereblestie, and was heading for a Canadian settlement called "Wilk" (probably Wilkie, Saskatechewan), where he planned to visit a friend named Onufry Rotar. If "Iakob Olar" whom Filip was going to visit was my grandfather's brother Jacob, then Filip was the first cousin once removed of that "Iakob Olar." In any case, the passenger list says Filip's reason for going to Canada was to join his cousin Iakob Olar, who was then living in Montreal.
Although Ilie later came to Minnesota, it is unknown at this time whether or not he and Filip remained in the New World, or rather decided to go back to Bucovina. Ilie's relationship with Filip is not mentioned in the S.S. Oceania's passenger list, but the Tereblecea parish records show them as brothers. Also, my grandfather's military draft card of 12 Sept. 1918 describes "Ilica Olar" (a diminutive of Ilie), then living with with my grandparents in Minneapolis, as my grandfather's "nearest relative" (they were cousins).
Since it looks like both Jacob and his older brother Michael emigrated to Canada, it is not clear at this time whether it was just Michael who came to Canada but didn't stay, or if both Michael and Jacob decided to return to Bucovina. Mihai (Michael) was in poor health in Jan. 1911, and he is known to have returned to Bucovina, since he died and was buried in Tereblecea in 1951. But at this time it is unknown whether Jacob's descendants are to be sought in the New World or in Europe.
56. ELISAVETA OLAR, born 3 June 1901
57. DOMNICA OLAR, born 30 Jan. 1903
58. MARIA OLAR, born 17 Jan. 1905
11. ONUFREI OLAR, son of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 12 June 1881 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to the Tereblecea Orthodox Church parish records, Onufrei was baptised 20 June 1881 by Father Dimitrie Scleschi and the godfather was Teodor Dornian of Tereblecea. The birth record names his parents as "Ioan alui Andrei Olar" and "Alecsandra nascuta Toderiuc," and the midwife at his birth was "Pelaghiea Bodor" of Tereblecea. The record also says Onufrei was born at house no. 183 instead of 153. "183" is either a clerical error or else our family moved to 153 between June 1881 and March 1883. Ioan and Alecsandra are said to have had six children who died young or were stillborn. Onufrei may have been one of those children.
12. ALEX OLAR (Alecsie Olar), son of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 17 March 1883 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died 9:16 a.m., 13 May 1969, at the T.L.C. Convalescent Hospital, El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States of America. Alex is buried in Lot 107, Section 14, Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois.
Alex was baptised 19 March 1883 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, assistant priest of the Romanian Orthodox parish of Tereblecea. According to Alex's baptismal certificate, the midwife who helped deliver Alex was Agafia Zotec (Zotic) of Tereblecea, and Alex's godfather at his baptism was Teodor Dornian, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea. My father tells me that as a young man in Bucovina, my grandfather worked as a farm laborer. In July 1906, he went to the parish church where he was baptised and acquired a certified copy of his baptismal record, perhaps because even then he was making plans to emigrate.
It was probably either in 1909 or in early 1910 (that is, when he was 26 or 27 years old) that Alex married a young widow named ROSE PASKAR (Eufrosina Pascar), born 2 Oct. 1887 in Tereblecea, died 19 July 1951 in Elmhurst, Illinois, daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar of Tereblecea. In the outline family history that my Aunt Linda provided, Alex and Rose are said to have married in Feb. 1907 and to have arrived in Canada in May 1907. In fact, Feb. 1907 was the date of Rose's first marriage, to a 24-year-old man named GEORGIE IEREADA. According to my father, Rose's first husband "didn't live very long," and after his death, she married Alex. Based on what I have been told by my father and Aunt Linda, it was apparently soon after their marriage that Alex and Rose left Bucovina together and embarked on their long and difficult migration to America. However, the date of their emigration is not known. It couldn't have been May 1907, because it is highly unlikely that Rose's first husband had died and she had already remarried by then, nor do the Tereblecea marriage records show the marriage of Alex and Rose during those months. However, Alex and Rose were married and living in Montreal, Canada, by Dec. 1910, when their first child was born, so in all likelihood they married no later than February or March 1910. In the 1930 U.S. Census, it says Alex's "age at first marriage" was 27, which would mean he married in 1910 if the census is correct. That would also have to be the year of their emigration to Canada. My father says it was Rose's father who gave (or loaned) them the money for the trip to America, and he once told me that it was the equivalent of about $250.
It would seem that Alex and Rose and her family had made the decision during their betrothal or engagement that they should leave Bucovina. My father also says it was the ever-present threat of war that influenced their decision to leave and seek a better life in America. Just a few years after they left Bucovina, the First Balkan War broke out, a conflict that affected several nations in Eastern Europe, including the Romanian people. The Balkan Wars were preludes to the devastating First World War. However, perhaps the strongest incentive that led my grandparents to leave Bucovina were the enticing offers of land and wealth in Canada. In those days, Canada was concerned that the United States might invade once more and attempt to annex the sparsely populated central provinces, so they sent agents to Eastern Europe to attract immigrants to settle those provinces. As a result, several towns and villages in Bucovina lost a good portion of their population as their Ukrainian, German, and Romanian inhabitants rushed to Canada. That is the likely historical context of my grandparents immigration to Canada.
Here is the story my father tells of his parents' grand trek from Bucovina to America: Starting in Bucovina, Alex and Rose went south to Bucharest, capital of Romania, where they took the train (including the Orient Express) northwest to Hamburg, Germany, a distance of about 960 miles. There they got on a boat to Liverpool, England, which is about 530 miles from Hamburg as the crow flies. At Liverpool, they hired passage on a "cattleboat" (as my father calls it) that brought them almost 3,000 miles across the Atlantic to Canada -- we do not yet know the name of the ship that brought them to Canada. The whole trip must have taken several weeks.
According to the outline family history, Alex and Rose landed in St. John, Canada, in May 1907, just about three months after they were married. However, as noted above, it could not have been in 1907 that Alex and Rose arrived in Canada. More likely it was in 1909 or 1910. Perhaps it really was three months after their marriage, just not in 1907. In any case, they soon settled in Montreal. My father says they had only $25 left by the time they got to Montreal. That is where their first child, my uncle JOHN, was born on 16 Dec. 1910. Alex's older brother Michael (no. 9 above) arrived in Montreal in 1909, and it seems that Jacob (no. 10 above), another older brother of Alex, also arrived in Montreal during those years. My father says they later moved out to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he believes my grandfather had a job cleaning and repairing train cars. My father says the very harsh Canadian winters were the primary motivation for our family's move to the United States on 4-5 Nov. 1912. According to the outline family history, my grandparents first lived for a very short time in Baudette, Minnesota, before moving on to Minneapolis before the end of 1912. (It is interesting that in Jan. 1911, my grandfather's older brother Michael tried to go from Montreal to Baudette so he could visit a cousin named Stefan Christimski, but was not permitted to enter the U.S.)
My grandparents lived in Minneapolis from 1912 to 1926, and it was there that most of their children were born. Although my grandparents came to the U.S. in 1912, it seems they left their son John with relatives in Canada for a while, because U.S. census records indicate that my uncle John came to the U.S. a few years after his parents. According to the 1920 U.S. Census, John arrived in the U.S. in 1914, when he would have been less than 4 years old. Although the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses are mistaken and self-contradictory about when Alex and Rose first came to the U.S. -- showing John as born in Canada, but absurdly showing Alex and Rose as coming to the U.S. in 1909 or 1910, before John had even been born -- both censuses indicate that John did not enter the U.S. at the same time as his parents. The 1930 census taker wrote "unknown" as the year John came to the U.S., apparently because Alex and Rose told him that John arrived in this country later than they had, but the census taker must have realised that John couldn't have been born in Canada after his parents had both taken up residence in the U.S. Perhaps, while Alex and Rose went looking for work and a place to live in Minnesota, John was temporarily left with Alex's brother Michael, or his brother Jacob, or his relative Ilie. Then, after Alex secured employment, they sent for John. Or there may been some immigration difficulties that prevented them from bringing John with them in 1912. We may never know the reason for their separation from John during those years, but it is noteworthy that, according to my father, my grandparents did not enter the U.S. legally (though they eventually became naturalised citizens).
According to my father and my late Aunt Linda, during the years from 1912 to about 1915 when they were living in Minneapolis, Alex and Rose had three children who either were stillborn or died in infancy. According to my Aunt Virginia's birth certificate, one of these babies was stillborn, which means the other two must have died in infancy. Aunt Linda couldn't remember the names of these babies, but my father says he remembers one of them was a boy named MAX. After the trauma and sadness of losing three babies, Alex and Rose had their fourth child, my late uncle MARION, on 4 Aug. 1916. About two years later, on 2 Sept. 1918, they had another son, LAWRENCE.
On 12 Sept. 1918, about two months before the end of World War I, my grandfather Alex registered for the draft. His draft registration shows his residence as 3247 N. Second St., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lists his employer as The Creamette Company, 428 First St. North, the famous maker of elbow macaroni that was founded in Minneapolis in 1916 by James T. Williams. Alex's draft card also named his cousin ILICA OLAR ("Ilie," no. 31 below) as his "nearest relative," and said Ilica lived at the same address, 3247 N. Second St. But according to the U.S. Census, Alex and Rose and their children had moved to a different house by 20 Jan. 1920. At that time they lived at 5007 Newton Ave. North, Minneapolis, and Alex was working as a laborer for the City of Minneapolis. The 1920 U.S. Census records my grandparents as "Alexie Olru," age 37 (actually he was still 36) and his wife "Rose," age 32, with a son, "John," and two daughters, "Merriam" and "Florence" (which is a hilarous mistake for "Marion" and "Lawrence," who were my uncles, not aunts). It was just about a month before my aunt LINDA was born, on 14 Feb. 1920. After Linda, three more children were born: SAMUEL, born 5 Sept. 1922, AUREL, born 11 March 1924, and HELEN, born 8 April 1926. At some point the family relocated to the village of Golden Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, which is where Aurel and Helen were born, but it is uncertain whether Sam also was born in Golden Valley.
About two or three months after Helen's birth, Alex moved his family from Minnesota out to Oregon. In an autobiographical sketch written in Feb. 1995, my aunt Linda described the move to Oregon in these words:
"In the summer of 1926 my dad decided to move to Oregon. He heard that job opportunities were better there, and climate was much better than Minnesota. My father had an Overland car with side curtains, running boards, hand crank, etc., and he pulled a small trailer behind the car with our belongings. We camped in tents all the way. How they fit all seven children in the car, I'll never know. I understand it took about three weeks for the trip, arriving in Salem, but my dad couldn't find work, so he drove up to Portland, Oregon, where we settled down in a rented house across from a golf course."
Though this trip was before my father was born, he has told me a few other details that he had heard. For example, Alex's car was a Willys-Overland, a vehicle that was made by a company that eventually became the one that made the Jeep. Also, just as Aunt Linda's words indicate, they couldn't fit all seven children in the car, so some of the boys actually took turns riding on the running boards -- and, according to my father, more than once during the 1,400-mile trip from Minneapolis to Salem, a boy would fall off a running board. This was before the creation of the Interstate, and the roads across the plains of the Dakotas and Montana, and through the mountains of Montana, Idaho, and Oregon in those days often were not paved.
Our family lived in Portland, Oregon, for three years, from 1926 to 1929. According to Aunt Linda, the house they lived in was not far from some railroad tracks, and they could also see Mt. Hood from the house. It was in Portland where my father, JOSEPH, was born at home on 4 Dec. 1927. Though the climate in Oregon was an improvement over Minnesota, the promise of good employment proved elusive. According to my father, Alex tried to get work with the railroad, but the best he could find were low-paying migrant worker jobs such as fruit-picking. So in 1928, Alex turned his eyes to the Chicago area. But this time, rather than taking the entire family on another wearying and arduous cross-country trip, he drove alone from Portland to Gary, Indiana. In Aunt Linda's words:
"My father was not able to find work in Portland, so he decided to go to Chicago, IL, where he found a job working for the Northwestern Railroad in Melrose Park, IL. He sent money to my mom for our upkeep. My dad was away for almost a year, then he sent my mom coach tickets so we could join him in Melrose Park where he had rented a house for us. It was a three-day trip by train from Portland, Oregon, to Chicago, IL. My dad met us at the Union Station in Chicago. He drove us to our house in Melrose Park, IL. It was in a nice area with neighbors on both sides. Wow! And us with seven noisemakers. We walked to Grant School which was only a few blocks away."
According to my father, while our family was living in Melrose Park during the early years of the Great Depression, Alex worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad Company, in the Proviso Railyards. My father also says the house they rented in Melrose Park was located on Lake Street. However, when our family was registered in the U.S. Census on 2-3 April 1930, the address was recorded as 109 37th. Ave., Melrose Park, Proviso Township, Cook County, and the monthly rent for the house was $40. The census form even notes that they owned a radio set. In the 1930 Census, my grandparents are listed as "Albert Oaler," age 46 (actually he had just turned 47), and "Rose," age 42. Under "age at first marriage," the census shows 27 for my grandfather and 18 for my grandmother -- in fact, she was 19 when she married her first husband, but 27 is probably correct for Alex (or at least pretty close). At that time, my grandfather's occupation was "car repairer" for the railroad, while Uncle John, age 19, worked as a "machine feeder" in a factory. The census also lists their eight children who were alive then, and correctly states all of their ages. My father Joseph, then 2 years 3 months old, was then the youngest in the family. (It is also noteworthy that the census shows my Aunt Linda's name as "Lena" -- according to my father, although she always went by "Linda" or "Lyn," her real name was "Lena.")
In the fall or winter of 1930, Alex and Rose had their 12th child, a baby boy named ARTHUR. My father says Arthur was born premature. Arthur died of double pneumonia in Melrose Park on 6 June 1931 at the age of 8 months, which means he would have been born in or near the month of October 1930. Later in 1931, the family moved from Melrose Park to Berkeley. In Aunt Linda's words:
"Another move to Berkeley, IL, which was over the bridge from Melrose Park, IL. My dad rented an old house for $10 per month. It was located on St. Charles Road. There were no homes on either side of us for blocks. We had a sidewalk and a large front porch, from which we would wave to the cars driving by. I believe it was 1931 when we moved to Berkeley, and we lived there for 17 years. We attended Sunnyside School, which was a few blocks away . . . ."
Their address in Berkeley was 5300 St. Charles Road. In those days, that part of Berkeley was still mostly farmland, but today the area is changed beyond recognition. My father says the old house on St. Charles Road where he grew up was torn down long ago. It was in that house that my grandparents had their last child, VIRGINIA, born at 11:30 p.m. on 25 March 1932. The clerk who recorded Virginia's birth certificate on 23 April 1932 mistakenly typed my grandmother's name as "Rosie Barker" instead of "Rose Paskar." Also, the birth certificate says she was born at home in "Bellwood," but 5300 St. Charles Road has been located within Berkeley at least since 1930, not in Bellwood, which is just a few blocks east of where the old house once stood.
One of my father's early memories is of a doctor and a priest (an Eastern Orthodox priest?) coming to the house and conducting what my father thought was some kind of strange ritual over Virginia when she was a baby. My father was too young to understand what they were doing, but he believes she may have been sick and the priest was there to pray for her and perhaps anoint her. On the other hand, it could have been Virginia's baptism. Alex and Rose may have had all of their children receive Eastern Orthodox baptism, but at this time we don't know if there are any extant records of their baptisms. In any case, my grandparents were not devout Christians and regular churchgoing was not a part of their lives. Part of the reason was probably that there weren't many Orthodox churches in the U.S. In any event, Alex and Rose drifted away from Christianity and later became affiliated with the Jehovah's Witnesses sect during the 1940s. That affiliation did not last more than a few years, according to my father. (Their son Larry and his wife Vera were also Jehovah's Witnesses.)
It was some time after Virginia's birth that my grandfather Alex had an accident at work in the Proviso Railyards that led to him losing his job. Aunt Linda thought it was in 1930, while they were still living in Melrose Park, but my father correctly remembers that it was after the move to Berkeley. Aunt Virginia's birth certificate on 23 April 1932 shows Alex's job as "car repairer," and listed his employer as the "C.N.W.R.R. Co." (Chicago Northwestern Railroad). The certificate says he had been employed for four years, and that he had worked there that same month. Therefore the accident must have happened after Aunt Virginia's birth certificate was registered.
In her autobiographical sketch, Aunt Linda wrote, "My dad had an accident while working for the railroad. He had fallen off a boxcar and broke his arm. He had a choice of staying on at the railroad or taking compensation. He chose the latter." As my father tells the story, in those days workers did not have a guaranteed right to "Workman's Compensation" -- workers who were injured on the job would have to sue their employers to help pay medical expenses and reimburse lost hours. However, suing your employer would make other employers unwilling to hire you. My father remembers Alex and Rose arguing about whether or not he should sue for compensation from Chicago Northwestern Railroad. In the end, Alex received a few thousand dollars -- and never held a job again for the rest of his life.
With Alex out of work, the family felt the hardship of the Great Depression. They planted a garden and kept some livestock to provide food, but my father says the meals Rose prepared during those difficult years were simple, usually the same kind of food again and again, and often had to be stretched to feed the whole family. About the time each child turned 12, Alex would find them jobs, so there could be money for food, clothing, and other necessities. In her autobiographical sketch, Aunt Linda described life at 5300 St. Charles Road during the 1930s and 1940s in this way:
"We had a six-car garage, which was used for storage. There were acres of open prairie behind our house which we used to good advantage. We had a large vegetable garden which we planted every year. Also, a large orchard, with peach, pear, apple, and cherry trees. We canned fruit and the vegetables to the tune of 700 to 1,000 quarts per year. They came in handy in the winter. We also had a pig which was butchered for the meat. My dad made the best sausage, ham, pork loins and chops. We also had chickens, geese, turkeys. Of course, a cow for milk, cheese, butter, etc."
Around 1940, Uncle Larry became the first of Alex and Rose's children to get married. Larry and his first wife Hilda had a son, LAWRENCE JR., on 9 Sept. 1942 -- Alex and Rose's first grandchild. By that time, America had entered World War II following the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec. 1941. During the war, most of the sons of Alex and Rose enlisted or were drafted into the Army or Navy. John and Aurel served in the Pacific Theatre, while Larry and Sam served in Europe. However, because Alex was unemployed, Marion was given an exemption from the draft so he could stay home and help support his parents and siblings. My father Joseph was not old enough to be drafted until after the war had ended in 1945, but he was drafted into the Army in 1946 and served in the post-war occupational forces in the Philippines, returning home in April 1947.
In 1948, Alex and Rose moved from Berkeley to Elmhurst, a nearby suburb of Chicago, where they lived in a house on about 8 acres of land, located on York Road about two blocks south of Grand Avenue. Most of their children had moved out by then, but Helen, my father, and Virginia still lived with them. It was at the house in Elmhurst where my grandmother Rose, who had developed cardiovascular problems in her later years, died on 19 July 1951 at the age of 63. My father came home that day and found that she had passed away while no one else was at home. Rose was buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Elmhurst.
Helen and Virginia moved out in the early 1950s, but my father Joseph continued to live with his father in Elmhurst until 1960. In that year Alex sold the house and, according to my father, moved to California, where his children John, Marion, and Helen were living. My father then found a place to live in Lombard. It was perhaps around that time that Alex bought the house at 245 Beech St., El Cajon, near San Diego, that he mentions in his will in 1964. By 1963, however, Alex was living in Illinois, and in 1964 and 1965 he lived with his daughter Virginia and her sons Gary and Greg. Alex stayed with Virginia until about 1966, when he made his last major trip -- across the U.S. to San Diego. He was cared for by his son Marion, who was named executor of his will and to whom he left the bulk of his estate. His health failing due to age, at last he moved to the T.L.C. Convalescent Hospital in El Cajon. There he died on 13 May 1969 at the age of 86. His body was brought back to Elmhurst and buried beside Rose in Elm Lawn Cemetery.
In his will, dated 23 April 1964 in El Cajon, Alex directed that if he still owned the house on Beech St. at the time of his death, the house with all its furnishings would go to his son Marion, and all the rest of his estate was to be divided equally among the rest of his living children. In the event that he no longer owned that house, Alex directed that Marion was to receive $7,000 in cash or in assets of that value, and the rest of his estate was to be divided equally among the rest of his living children. All medical and funeral expenses were to be paid from the rest of his estate prior to its equal division among the rest of the living children. He also left U.S. Savings Bonds to certain of his children. According to my father, the only children not to receive a savings bond were Larry, Linda and Helen.
59. JOHN OLAR, born 16 Dec. 1910 in Canada.
60. MAX OLAR, born circa 1912-1914, died in infancy.
-- [Baby] OLAR, born circa 1912-1914, died in infancy.
-- [Baby] OLAR, born circa 1912-1914, stillborn.
61. MARION OLAR, born 4 Aug. 1916 in Minnesota.
62. LAWRENCE OLAR, born 2 Sept. 1918 in Minnesota.
63. LINDA OLAR, born 14 Feb. 1920 in Minnesota.
64. SAMUEL OLAR, born 5 Sept. 1922 in Minnesota.
65. AUREL OLAR, born 11 March 1924 in Minnesota.
66. HELEN OLAR, born 8 April 1926 in Minnesota.
67. JOSEPH OLAR, born 4 Dec. 1927 in Oregon.
68. ARTHUR OLAR, born Fall 1930 in Illinois.
69. VIRGINIA OLAR, born 25 March 1932 in Illinois.
13. ELEANA OLAR, daughter of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 31 May 1885 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 7 on 22 April 1893 in Tereblecea. The Tereblecea parish register records her birth as a daughter of "Ioan alui Andrei Olari" and "Alecsandra Toderiuc," residents of house no. 153. The midwife at her birth was Pelagia Bodor of Tereblecea. Eleana was baptised 1 June 1885 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Teodor Dornean of Tereblecea. The parish register shows her cause of death as "de lungoare" (typhoid fever). Eleana died just 20 days after her little sister Domnica. The death records of the Orthodox Church of Tereblecea identify Eleana's father as "Ioan Olariu," and again shows the house number as "153." Ioan and Alecsandra are said to have had six children who died young or were stillborn. Eleana was one of those children.
14. MARIA OLAR ("Marie"), daughter of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 26 Aug. 1887 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Since the name "Marion" is the masculine form of "Marie," it is possible that my uncle Marion was named after his aunt Marie. Her birth record in the Tereblecea parish register names her parents as "Ion a lui Andrei Olari" and "Alecsandra nascuta Toderiuc," residents of house no. 153, and says the midwife at her birth was Pelaghia Bodor of Tereblecea. She was baptised 5 Sept. 1887 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Teodor Dornian of Tereblecea. In the outline family history, Maria appears as "Marie" and is listed as "No. 4" among my grandfather Alex's siblings. The family history also says that Marie "died at 10 years of age," but we now know that to be in error, because she married at the age of 17, in 1905. If she had died at age 10, that would have been in 1897 or 1898. Notably, Alex's younger sister Eleana died at age 7 in 1893, when Alex was 10 years old. I suspect that in the scanty family traditions that have come down to us from our grandparents, Alex's age at Eleana's death was mistakenly assigned to Maria, and the story of Eleana's death in childhood was mistakenly assigned to Maria. In any case, on 30 Jan. 1905, Maria, then residing at house no. 153, married GEORGIE DUBAU, age 23, born 5 March 1881, probably in Tereblecea, son of Teodor Dubau of Tereblecea, where Georgie was a resident of house no. 391. In the marriage record, Maria appears as "Maria fiica repausatului Ioan Olariu, taran din Tereblecea" ("Maria, daughter of the late Ioan Olar, peasant farmer of Tereblecea"), and Maria's date of birth is mistakenly given as 25 Aug. instead of 26 Aug. The priest at the wedding was Father Stefan Scleschi, and the witnesses were Pavel Dubau and his wife Saveta, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. The Dubau family of house no. 391 is also related to us on the Paskar side -- our grandmother's uncle Ioan Pascar married Iulita Dubau, daughter of Gerasim Dubau of house no. 391.
15. DOMNICA OLAR, daughter of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar, born 15 Aug. 1889 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 3 on 2 April 1893 in Tereblecea. The parish register records her birth as a daughter of "Ion a lui Andrei Olariu" and "Alecsandra Toderiuc," residents of house no. 153. The midwife at her birth was Pelagia Bodor of Tereblecea. Domnica was baptised 19 Aug. 1889 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Teodor Dornian of Tereblecea. The Tereblecea parish register shows Domnica's cause of death as "de tusa." Domnica's older sister Eleana died later the same month. As with Eleana, the death records of the Orthodox Church of Tereblecea identify Domnica's father as "Ioan Olariu," and shows the house number as "153." Domnica was one of the (six?) children of Ioan and Alecsandra who died young or were stillborn.
16. MIRON OLARIU, son of Teodor Olar, born 17 Aug. 1864, probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary, where he was a resident of house no. 547 and house no. 261. On 23 Jan. 1900, Miron married ACSENIA ZAETI, born 28 Jan. 1874, probably in Tereblecea, widow of Ion Stemco of Tereblecea. The priest at the marriage was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and the witnesses were Gavril Vasilas and his wife Catrina, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. The marriage record says this was Miron's first marriage, but mistakenly says Miron was 36 and Acsenia was 29 --- in fact Miron was 35 and Acsenia was 26. The Tereblecea parish records identify Miron's occupation as lucrator, a laborer. In the 1901 birth record of his daughter Ana, Miron is said to be the son of Teodor Olari. In the 1913 death record of his daughter Leontina, Miron is said to be the son of Toader Olariu, who is the Toader/Teodor Olar of house no. 547, son of Andrei Olar. Two daughters and one son of Miron have been identified in the Tereblecea death records.
70. ANA OLARIU, born 1 March 1901
71. IOAN OLARIU, born 15 Jan. 1904
72. LEONTINA OLARIU, born 7 Oct. 1911
17. IOSIF OLARIU, son of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born 4 April 1865 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary, where he was a resident of house no. 547, the dwelling of the Teodor/Toader Olar family. On 3 Feb. 1891 in Stanestie, Bucovina, Iosif, then a 26-year-old soldier in the Austrian army, married VARVARA ROMANIUC, age 27, born 1863, daughter of Michail Romaniuc, a peasant farmer who lived at house no. 28 in Stanestie. Iosif was then a resident of house no. 547 in Tereblecea. The priest at the marriage was Father Dimitrie Scleschi of Tereblecea. No witnesses are named for the marriage, apparently because it took place in Stanestie rather than Tereblecea. The marriage record gives Iosif's name as "Iosif fiul lui Teodor Olariu si a sotiei sale Alecsandra nascuta Nemigean." His wife Varvara died at age 45 on 18 Dec. 1908 in Tereblecea. Her death record lists the cause of death as oftica (consumption, that is, tuberculosis) and says her funeral and burial on 20 Dec. 1908 was conducted by Father Gheorghe Ciuperca. Iosif married secondly on 25 Feb. 1910 to TODOSIA BULBUC, born 25 May 1886, age 23, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 357, daughter of Niculai and Tetiana (Zegre) Bulbuc. The witnesses at the wedding were Iosif Nimigean and his wife Minodora, peasant farmers of Tereblecea, and the priest was Father Dimitrie Georgescu. The following children of Iosif and his first wife Varvara have been identified in the parish records of Tereblecea:
73. IERINA OLARIU, born 11 April 1891
74. LEONTINA OLAR, born 3 Aug. 1893
75. ANA OLARIU, born 3 April 1894
76. LEON OLARIU, born 18 Feb. 1900
18. IACOV OLAR, son of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born circa 1865 probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at age 30 on 13 March 1896 in Tereblecea, funeral service 15 March 1896 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. His death record identifies him as "Iacov fiul lui Teodor Olar din Tereblecea," a resident of house no. 547, and shows the cause of death as de aprinderea plamailov, apparently a respiratory infection.
19. DIMITRIE OLARIU, son of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born circa 1867 probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at age 25 on 16 Sept. 1892 in Tereblecea, funeral service 18 Sept. 1892 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. His death record identifies him as "Dimitrie fiul lui Teodor Olariu din Tereblecea," a resident of house no. 547, and shows the cause of death as de lungoare (typhoid fever).
20. VASILIE OLARI, son of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born 16 Feb. 1881 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His birth record identifies his parents as Toader Olari alui Andrei and Casandra nascuta Nimigean, residents of house no. 431. The midwife assisting at Vasilie's birth was Eudochiea Olari of Tereblecea. He was baptised the same day as his birth by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Nastasiea spouse of Georgi Bulbuc of Tereblecea.
21. PETREA OLARI, son of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born 28 June 1882 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His birth record identifies his parents as Teodor a lui Andrei Olari and Alexandra nascuta Nemigean, residents of house no. 547. The midwife assisting at Petrea's birth was Pelagia Bodor of Tereblecea. He was baptised 3 July 1882 by Father Dimitrie Scleschi, and his godmother was Parascheva, spouse of Leonti Vasilasi of Tereblecea. On 10 Feb. 1908, when he was 25 years old, Petrea, still living at house no. 547, married IERINA HUPCA, born 10 April 1882 probably in Tereblecea, daughter of Constantin and Domnica (Iuriciuc) Hupca, peasant farmers of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 178. The marriage record gives Petrea's name as "Petre fiul lui Toder alui Anirei Olar si a sotiei sale Alecsandra nascuta Nimigean," and "Anirei" is obviously a slip of the pen for "Andrei." The priest at the wedding was Father Stefan Scleschi, and the witnesses were Petrea's own cousin Maria (my father's aunt -- see no. 14 above) and her husband Georgie Dubau, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.
22. DOMNICA OLARI, daughter of Teodor and Casandra Olar, born 8 Nov. 1885 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died at age 15 on 5 Oct. 1900 in Tereblecea; funeral and burial 7 Oct. 1900 in Tereblecea, funeral conducted by Father Vichenti Simiganoaschi. Domnica's birth record identifies her parents as Teodor a lui Andrei Olari and Alecsandra nascuta Nemigean, residents of house no. "347" (most likely a clerical error for "547"). The midwife assisting at Domnica's birth was Agafia Zotic of Tereblecea. Domnica was baptised 16 Nov. 1885 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Anna, daughter of Leontie Vasilasi of Tereblecea. Domnica's death record names her as "Domnica fiica lui Andrei a Teodor Olar din Tereblecea" (or "Andreiu Teodor Olar"), apparently a clerical error for "Teodor a (lui) Andrei Olar" or "Teodor Andreiu Olar." At the time of her death, she and her father were residents of house no. 547.
23. TEODORA OLARIU, daughter of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 4 Feb. 1891 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Her birth record says her parents were "Iacov a lui Gavril Olariu" and "Tecla Vasilasiu," residents of house no. 388. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Teodora was baptised 9 Feb. 1891 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Ioan Gabor of Tereblecea.
24. VASILIE OLARIU, son of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 14 Dec. 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died 29 Dec. 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina; funeral service and burial 30 Dec. 1892 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Vasilie was baptised 19 Dec. 1892 by Father Ilarion, and his godfather was Ioan Gabor of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Iacov a lui Gavriil Olariu" and "Ttecla nascuta Vasilasiu" (the capital "T" was added to correct the mistakenly lowercase "t" in the mother's Christian name). Vasilie's death record identifies him as "Vasilie fiul lui Iacob Olariu din Tereblecea," and the cause of death is listed as de tusa. He and his parents were residents of house no. 388.
25. IOAN OLAR, son of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 27 Nov. 1893 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at age 11 on 18 May 1905 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 19 May 1905 conducted by Father Stefan Scleschi. At the time of his birth, Ioan's parents were residents of house no. 388. The midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Ioan was baptised 4 Dec. 1893 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godfather was Ioan Gabor of Tereblecea. His death record identifies him as "Ioan fiul lui Iacov alui Gavril Olar din Tereblecea, and lists the cause of death as tuberculosis. At the time of his death, he and his father Iacob were residents of house no. 722.
26. GAVRIL OLARI, son of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 24 Dec. 1895 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. The midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. In his birth record, Gavril's parents are named as "Iacov Olari" and "Tecla nascuta Vasilasiu," residents of house no. 388. Gavril was baptised 30 Dec. 1895 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Acsenia, daughter of Ion Gabor of Tereblecea.
27. DOMNICA OLAR, daughter of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 18 Jan. 1898 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 10 months on 24 Nov. 1898 in Tereblecea; funeral and burial 26 Nov. 1898 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. In the birth record, Domnica's parents are named as "Iacob Olar" and "Tecla nascuta Vasilas," residents of house no. 388. Domnica was baptised 24 Jan. 1898 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Axenia, daughter of Ion Gabor of Tereblecea. Her death record names her as "Domnica fiica lui Iacob Olar din Tereblecea" and shows a cause of death of de gutunariu in plamai, apparently indicating a respiratory infection. At the time of her death, she and her father Iacob were residents of house no. 388.
28. VASILE OLARI, son of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 25 Nov. 1899 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. The midwife at his birth was Iftima Coiocari of Tereblecea. His birth record calls him "Vasile" and names his parents as "Iacob a lui Gavril Olari" and "Tecla nascuta Vasilasi," residents of house no. 388. Vasilie was baptised 27 Nov. 1899 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and his godfather was Ion Gabor of Tereblecea.
29. MINODORA OLAR, daughter of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 9 Jan. 1903 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 8 months on 4 Sept. 1903 in Tereblecea; funeral service 6 Sept. 1903 conducted by Father Vichenti Simiganoaschi. Minodora's birth record identifies her parents as "Iacov a lui Gavril Olar" and "Tecla nascuta Vasilas," residents of house no. 388. The midwife assisting at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Minodora was baptised 11 Jan. 1903 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and her godfather was Ioan Gabor of Tereblecea. Her death record names her as "Minodora fiica lui Iacob Olariu din Tereblecea" and lists the cause of death as catar de stomach (stomach inflammation). At the time of her death, she and her father were residents of house no. 722.
30. DUMITRU OLARI, son of Iacob and Tecla Olar, born 25 July 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Dumitru's baptismal record identifies his parents as "Iacob a lui Gavril Olari" and "Tecla nascuta Vasilas," residents of house no. 722. The midwife assisting at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Dumitru was baptised 31 July 1904 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and his godfather was Ioan Gabor, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
31. ILIE OLAR, son of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 28 Oct. 1883 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 5 Nov. 1883 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, godfather Ioan, son of Toader Nemigean of Tereblecea. The midwife assisting at Ilie's birth was Agafia Zotic of Tereblecea, who was also midwife at my grandfather's birth in March 1883. At the time of his birth, Ilie and his parents were residents of house no. 489. His birth record names his parents as "Ioan a Gavril Olari" and "Domnica noescula Bodor." In his marriage record, Ilie's parents are called "Ioan al lui Gavriil Olariu" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor." When he was 26 years old, on 12 Nov. 1909, Ilie married ZENOVIA DANILIUC, born 8 July 1889 in Starcea, Bucovina, daughter of Cosma and Anastasia (Rusu) Daniliuc, who lived at house no. 16 in Starcea. The minister at the wedding was Father Georghe Ciuperca, and the witnesses were Ciprian and Elisaveta Gabor and Gavriil Gabor, all of Tereblecea.
When he was 28 years old, in May 1912, Ilie left Bucovina and took ship to Canada. This is shown by the ship passenger list of the S.S. Oceania, dated 15 May 1912, which shows Ilie en route to Saskatchewan, traveling with his younger brother FILIP OLAR, said to be 17 years old (actually he was 19). Ilie's relationship with Filip is not mentioned in the S.S. Oceania's passenger list, but the Tereblecea parish records identify them as brothers. The passenger list says Filip was a farm laborer who was a native and resident of Tereblestie, as were many other passengers on that ship. Like Filip, Ilie was listed as a farm laborer and both a native and a resident of Tereblestie. The passenger list says Ilie had left his wife "Zinofia Olar" (cf. Zenovia Olar of Tereblecea, deported to Siberia by the Russian Communists in 1941) behind in Tereblestie, and was heading for a Canadian settlement called "Wilk" (probably Wilkie, Saskatechewan), where he planned to visit a friend named Onufry Rotar. The passenger list says Filip's reason for going to Canada was to join his cousin Iakob Olar, who was then living in Montreal. Iakob was perhaps my grandfather's older brother Jacob, though it is noteworthy that Ilie and Filip also had an uncle named Iacob. My grandfather's military draft card of 12 Sept. 1918 describes "Ilica Olar" (a diminutive of Ilie), then living with with my grandparents in Minneapolis, as my grandfather's "nearest relative."
Although Ilie later came to Minnesota, it is unknown at this time whether or not he and Filip remained in the New World, or rather decided to go back to Bucovina. It is very probable that Ilie and Filip appear on a list of Romanian passports from 1919-20. The list shows that an "ILIE GLAR" (no. 62, certainly an error for "Ilie Olar") from Tereblecea applied for a Romanian passport on 15 Nov. 1919, and a "PHILIP OLAR" (no. 65) from Tereblecea applied for a Romanian passport on 15 Dec. 1919. After the end of World War I in 1918, Bucovina became a part of Romania and the people of Bucovina living overseas would have needed to obtain Romanian passports. Perhaps Ilie and Philip applied for Romanian passports because they intended to travel back to Bucovina. Or perhaps they had already gone back to Bucovina and wanted to get passports so they could go to Canada or the U.S.
32. IULIANA OLARIU, daughter of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 16 Dec. 1889 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. The Tereblecea birth register shows her parents as "Ion a lui Gavril Olariu" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor," residents of house no. 489. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Iuliana was baptised 23 Dec. 1889 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Ion Nemigean of Tereblecea. On 13 Nov. 1911, about a month before her 22nd. birthday, Iuliana married a widower named GRIGORIE HUDCIC, age 40, born 25 Jan. 1871 in Tereblecea, son of Ioachim and Domnica (Stemco) Hudcic. The witnesses at the marriage were Toma Cosic and his spouse Pelagia, peasant farmers of Tereblecea, and the priest was Father Ioan Tipa.
33. FILIP OLARIU, son of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 8 Oct. 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Filip's birth record names his parents as "Ioan a lui Gavriil Olariu" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor," residents of house no. 489. The midwife at his birth was Agafia Zotic of Tereblecea. Filip was baptised 10 Oct. 1892 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godfather was Ioan Nemigean of Tereblecea.
When he was 19 years old, in May 1912, Filip left Bucovina with his older brother Ilie and took ship to Canada. This is shown by the ship passenger list of the S.S. Oceania, dated 15 May 1912, which shows Ilie en route to Saskatchewan, traveling with his younger brother "Filip Olar," erroneously said to be 17 years old. Ilie's relationship with Filip is not mentioned in the S.S. Oceania's passenger list, but the Tereblecea parish records identify them as brothers. The passenger list says Filip was a farm laborer who was a native and resident of Tereblestie, as were many other passengers on that ship. Like Filip, Ilie was listed as a farm laborer and both a native and a resident of Tereblestie. The passenger list says Filip's reason for going to Canada was to join his cousin Iakob Olar, who was then living in Montreal. Iakob was perhaps my grandfather's older brother Jacob, though it is noteworthy that Filip also had an uncle named Iacob. My grandfather's military draft card of 12 Sept. 1918 describes "Ilica Olar" (a diminutive of Ilie), then living with with my grandparents in Minneapolis, as my grandfather's "nearest relative."
Although Ilie later came to Minnesota, it is unknown at this time whether or not he and Filip remained in the New World, or rather decided to go back to Bucovina. It is very probable that Ilie and Filip appear on a list of Romanian passports from 1919-20. The list shows that an "ILIE GLAR" (no. 62, certainly an error for "Ilie Olar") from Tereblecea applied for a Romanian passport on 15 Nov. 1919, and a "PHILIP OLAR" (no. 65) from Tereblecea applied for a Romanian passport on 15 Dec. 1919. After the end of World War I in 1918, Bucovina became a part of Romania and the people of Bucovina living overseas would have needed to obtain Romanian passports. Perhaps Ilie and Philip applied for Romanian passports because they intended to travel back to Bucovina. Or perhaps they had already gone back to Bucovina and wanted to get passports so they could go to Canada or the U.S.
34. ANDREI OLAR, son of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 13 Aug. 1897 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at one year of age on 29 Dec. 1898 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 30 Dec. 1898 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife at his birth was Iftima Coiocar of Tereblecea. Andrei's birth record identifies his parents as "Ion lui Gavril Olar" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor," residents of house no. 489. He was baptised 15 Aug. 1897 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Fevronia, daughter of Ion Nemigean of Tereblecea. Andrei's death record identifies him as "Andreiu fiul lui Ion Olar din Tereblecea," and lists his cause of death as bronchitis. At the time of his death, Andrei and his father Ion were residents of house no. 489.
35. FEVRONIA OLARI, daughter of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 10 Dec. 1899 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died 28 Dec. 1899 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 29 Dec. 1899 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi. The midwife at her birth was Iftima Coiocari of Tereblecea. In the birth record, Fevronia's parents are named as "Ioan a lui Gavril Olari" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor," residents of house no. 489. Fevronia was baptised 11 Dec. 1899 by Lazar Gherman, "cooperator din Sirete," who had been delegated to baptise by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi. The godmother was Fevronia, daughter of Ioan Nimigean of Tereblecea. Fevronia died just a little over two weeks after she was born, with the cause of death listed as "slab nascuta" (born frail). The death record names her as "Fevronia fiica lui Ion Olariu din Tereblecea," a resident of house no. 489.
36. LEONTINA OLARIU, daughter of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born 21 June 1901 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; baptised 24 June 1901 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, godfather Ion Nimigean of Tereblecea. The midwife assisting at Leontina's birth was Iftima Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Leontina's birth record identifies her parents as "Ioan a lui Gavril Olariu" and "Domnica nascuta Bodor," residents of house no. 489.
37. MARIA OLARIU, a twin, daughter of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born and baptised 23 June 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 7 years 11 months on 18 May 1912 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial 20 May 1912 conducted by Father Ioan Tipa. The midwife at the birth of Maria and her twin brother Petre was Iftinca Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Maria was baptised by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and her godmother was Minodora, wife of my grandfather's older brother Iacob Olariu Tereblecea. In her death record, she is named "Maria fiica lui Ioan al lui Gavriil Olariu din Tereblecea," and her cause of death is given as aprindere de plamai, a lung inflammation or respiratory infection. She and her father Ioan were residents of house no. 489.
38. PETRE OLAR, a twin, son of Ioan and Domnica Olar, born and baptised 23 June 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at one year of age on 9 April 1905 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial 10 April 1905 conducted by Father Stefan Scleschi. The midwife at the birth of Petre and his twin sister Maria was Iftinca Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Petre was baptised by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and his godmother was Eleana, daughter of Ioan Coiocariu of Tereblecea. His death record names him as "Petre fiul lui Ioan alui Gavril Olar." Petre and his father Ioan were residents of house no. 489. He predeceased his twin sister Maria by nearly seven years. The cause of death was slab din nastere or congenital fraility or weakness.
39. MARIA PANCIUC, daughter of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 18 Feb. 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. At the time of her birth, Maria's parents were living at house no. 535. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Maria was baptised 22 Feb. 1892 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Teodor Nemigean of Tereblecea. Just a few weeks before her 20th birthday, Maria married on 29 Jan. 1912 to IOAN TODERIUC, born 6 Jan. 1883 in Tereblecea, age 28 years 1 month, a resident of house no. 593, son of Dimitrie and Eleana (Cupcic) Toderiuc. Maria was a resident of house no. 738 at the time of her marriage. The witnesses were Constantin Nimigean and his spouse Elisaveta, peasant farmers of Tereblecea, and the priest was Father Ioan Tipa.
40. VASILIE PANCIUC, son of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 24 Sept. 1893 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Vasilie's parents were residents of house no. 535, and the midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Vasilie was baptised 2 Oct. 1893 by Father Ilarion Dracinchi, and his godfather was Teodor Epure of Tereblecea.
41. DOMNICA PANCIUC, daughter of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 9 April 1896 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Domnica's parents were residents of house no. 535, and the midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Domnica baptised 13 April 1896 by Father Ilarion Dracinchi, and his godfather was Matrona, daughter of Constantin Epure, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
42. ECATERINA PANCIUC, daughter of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 2 Aug. 1898 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Ecaterina's parents were residents of house no. 535, and the midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Ecaterina was baptised the same day she was born, by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Her godfather was Teodor Nemigean of Tereblecea.
43. PANTELEMON PANCIUC, son of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 29 July 1900 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Pantelemon's parents were residents of house no. 535, and the midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Pantelemon was baptised 5 Aug. 1900 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. His godmother was Domnica, daughter of Paul Panciuc, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
44. MINODORA PANCIUC, daughter of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 24 Nov. 1902 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Minodora's parents were residents of house no. 535, and the midwife at her birth was Iftima Coiocar of Tereblecea. Minodora was baptised 30 Nov. 1902 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Her godmother was Domnica, daughter of Paul Panciuc, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
45. IOAN PANCIUC, son of Spiridon and Agripina Panciuc, born 18 Jan. 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Ioan's parents were residents of house no. 738, and the midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Ioan was baptised 24 Jan. 1904 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi. His godmother was Domnica, daughter of Pavel Panciuc, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.
46. GRIGORIE [COSIC] OLARI, illegitimate son of Cristina Cosic, perhaps son of Mihai Olar, born 23 Sept. 1894 in Tereblecea, Bucovina. It is noteworthy that the Tereblecea birth register shows the birth of a GRIGORIE, illegitimate son of "Christina fiica lui Miron Cosic," residents of house no. 191, where Mihai Olar and his wife Cristina Cosic later lived. Cristina's illegitimate son Grigorie was born 23 Sept. 1894 and the midwife at his birth was Iftima Coiocar of Tereblecea. This Grigorie was baptised 1 Oct. 1894 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Domnica, wife of Zaharie Nemigean of Tereblecea. It is possible that Cristina's illegitimate son Grigorie Cosic later adopted the surname "Olari" after his mother married Mihai. It is even possible that Mihai was the father of Cristina's illegtimate son Grigorie. On the other hand, Grigorie Olari may have been a different person from Cristina's illegitimate son Grigorie.
47. EMANUIL [COSIC] OLAR, illegitimate son of Cristina Cosic, perhaps son of Mihai Olar, born 11 June 1897 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, died 30 Dec. 1900 at age 3 in Tereblecea, Bucovina; funeral and burial in Tereblecea on 31 Dec. 1900 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Emanuil's birth record does not name his father, but shows his mother as "Christina fiica lui Miron Cosic si a sotiei sale Vasilea nascuta Epure." The midwife at his birth was Iftima Coiocar of Tereblecea. Emanuil was baptised 21 June 1897 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Domnica, wife of Zaharie Nemigean, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Emanuil's death record identifies him as "Emanuil fiul lui Mihaiu Olar din Tereblecea" and shows his residence as house no. 191. The cause of death was scarlatina, scarlet fever. By the time of Emanuil's death, his mother Cristina was married to my great-uncle Mihai. It is not known if Mihai was really Emanuil's father or was merely identified in the death record as his father because he was married to Emanuil's mother.
48. ALEXANDRA OLAR, daughter of Mihai and Teodora Olar, born 9 Dec. 1898 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died 22 Jan. 1901 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 25 Jan. 1901 in Tereblecea by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Alexandra was probably named after her grandmother Alecsandra, Mihai's mother. Her birth record names her parents as "Michail Olar" and "Teodora nascuta Scripcar," residents of house no. 153. The midwife at Alexandra's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. She was baptised 11 Dec. 1898 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Eleana, wife of Ignatie Nemigean of Tereblecea. Her death record shows her as a resident of house no. "133" (a clerical error for "153"), and names her as "Alexandra fiica lui Mihaiu Olar din Tereblecea" (though the name of her father was written in a crimped and hasty hand and is difficult to read). The cause of death was "absceispeiah," a Romanian medical term which may be related to the word "abscission," meaning a sudden cutting off -- a sudden, unexpected death?
49. PANTELEMON OLARI ("Pintelei"), son of Mihai and Cristina Olar, born 9 Sept. 1900 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Mihai's descendants have informed me that one of the sons of Mihai and Cristina was named "Pintelei," which is apparently a diminutive form of "Pantelemon." In the birth records, Pantelemon's parents are identified as "Michail a lui Ioan Olar" and "Christina nascuta Cosic," residents of house no. 153. He was baptised 16 Sept. 1900 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Eleana, wife of Ignatie Nemigean of Tereblecea. Pintelei married twice, and his second wife was named VIORICA.
50. VALERIAN OLAR ("Valertu"), son of Mihai and Cristina Olar, born 18 Sept. 1902 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the Tereblecea parish birth records, his parents are named "Michai a lui Ioan Olar" and "Cristina nascuta Luncan" (an error for "Cristina nascuta Cosic"), residents of house no. 191, and the midwife at his birth is shown as Iftima Coiocar of Tereblecea. The records also say Valertu was baptised 22 Sept. 1902 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and that his godmother was Eudochia, wife of Constantin Patras of Tereblecea.
51. EUDOCHIA OLARIU, daughter of Mihai and Cristina Olar, born 6 June 1904 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Eudochia's birth record names her parents as "Mihaiu a lui Ion Olariu" and "Cristina nascuta Cosic," residents of house no. 153, and show the midwife at her birth as Iftinca Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Eudochia was baptised 13 June 1904 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi and her godmother was Eudochia, wife of Constantin Patras of Tereblecea. The Tereblecea death register says Eudochia, daughter of "Michail Olariu," resident of house no. 802, died of scarlet fever on 4 Dec. 1908, aged 4 years 6 months.
52. SERGHIE OLAR (Serghei Olari), son of Mihai and Cristina Olar, born 1 March 1906 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died 4 Dec. 1991 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. The Tereblecea parish birth records name his parents as Michail alui Ioan Olar and Cristina Cosic, residents of house no. 153, and show the midwife at his birth as Iftimia Coiocar of Tereblecea. The records also say Serghie was baptised 4 March 1906 by Father Vichentie Simiganoschi, and that his godmother was Eudochia, wife of Constantin Patras of Tereblecea. Serghie married NATALIA NIMIGEAN, born 1907, died 4 Dec. 1981, daughter of Ilie and Maria Nimigean of Tereblecea. Serghie and Natalia are both buried in Tereblecea. Their only child was:
77. ECATERINA OLARI, born 18 Nov. 1932.
53. GHEORGHE OLARI (Gherghii), son of Mihai (and Teodora?) Olar, probably born in Tereblecea, Bucovina. Mihai's descendants say he was a son of Mihai and his first wife Teodora, but his birth is not recorded in the Tereblecea baptismal registers during the time of Mihai's marriage to Teodora. He was more likely a son of Mihai's second wife Cristina. Gheorghe's wife was named FROZINA. They had an only son:
78. GRIGORI OLARI
54. VASILE OLARI, son of Mihai and Cristina Olar, probably born in Tereblecea, Bucovina. His wife was named MARENCIA.
55. IOSIF OLARI, son of Mihai and Cristina Olar, probably born in Tereblecea, Bucovina.
56. ELISAVETA OLAR, daughter of Iacob and Minodora Olar, born 3 June 1901 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 9 June 1901 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife assisting at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Elisaveta's birth record shows her parents as "Iacob a lui Ioan Olar" and "Minodoroa nascuta Dubeu," residents of house no. 153. Elisaveta's godmother at her baptism was Elisaveta (Dubeu) Iliuc, wife of Georgi Iliuc of Tereblecea.
57. DOMNICA OLAR, daughter of Iacob and Minodora Olar, born 30 Jan. 1903 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 1 Feb. 1903 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife assisting at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Domnica's birth record names her parents as "Iacov a lui Ioan Olar" and "Minodora nascuta Dubeu," residents of house no. 153. Domnica's godmother at her baptism was Elisaveta (Dubeu) Iliuc, wife of Georgi Iliuc of Tereblecea.
58. MARIA OLAR, daughter of Iacob and Minodora Olar, born 17 Jan. 1905 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 22 Jan. 1905 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi. The midwife assisting at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Domnica's birth record names her parents as "Iacob alui Ioan Olar" and "Minodora nascuta Dubau," residents of house no. 153. Domnica's godfather at her baptism was Toder Cupcec of Tereblecea.
59. JOHN OLAR, firstborn child of Alex and Rose Olar, born 16 Dec. 1910 in Montreal, Canada; died 9 July 2003 in San Diego, California. During World War II, John was a radio operator in the U.S. Army and served in the Philippines and New Guinea. He was awarded the Bronze Star for going on a mission into the Japanese-controlled Philippines and setting up a radio tower to help prepare for the American liberation of the Philippines. After the war, John operated a radio repair shop for a while in San Diego. He also was employed as an electronics technician for General Dynamics, and until his retirement was an avid HAM radio operator.
Although John's parents came to the U.S. in 1912, John apparently was left with relatives in Canada for a while, being brought to the U.S. a few years later. According to the 1920 U.S. Census, John arrived in the U.S. in 1914, when he would have been less than 4 years old. Although the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses are wrong about when Alex and Rose first came to the U.S. -- showing John as born in Canada, but absurdly showing Alex and Rose as coming to the U.S. in 1909 or 1910, before John had even been born -- both censuses indicate that John did not enter the U.S. at the same time as his parents. The 1930 census taker wrote "unknown" as the year John came to the U.S., apparently because Alex and Rose told him that John arrived in this country later than they had, but the census taker must have realised that John couldn't have been born in Canada after his parents had both taken up residence in the U.S. Perhaps, while Alex and Rose went looking for work and a place to live in Minnesota, John was temporarily left with Alex's brother Michael, or his brother Jacob, or his relative Ilie. Then, after Alex secured employment, they sent for John.
As a child in Minnesota, John contracted the mumps and as a result was left unable to conceive children. After World War II, in 1946 he married MARGARET HELEN BURRIS, born 11 Feb. 1911 in Weiser, Idaho, daughter of Donald and Estella (Perkins?) Burris. John was Margaret's third husband. Her first husband was CALVIN O. POULSON, born 3 Sept. 1910, died 18 Aug. 1988 in Yakima, Washington. Margaret and Calvin divorced around 1934, and Margaret moved to California, where she married secondly to DALLAS KIME, born 19xx, died in Texas, son of Dallas S. Kime and Mattie Levell Christiansen. Margaret's second marriage also ended in divorce, and she then went back to her maiden name, also legally changing the surnames of her sons to Burris. Margaret lives in southern California.
79. DONALD CALVIN POULSON, born 27 May 1932.
80. DWIGHT EDWIN KIME, born 11 June 1936.
60. MAX OLAR, son of Alex and Rose Olar, born between about 1912 and about 1915, at home, either in Canada or Minnesota. As mentioned above, the family moved to the United States in Nov. 1912, first living for a short time in Baudette, Minnesota, before moving on to Minneapolis, where they lived from 1912 to 1926. In Feb. 1995, Aunt Linda wrote to me that "all of mom's thirteen children were born at home. My mom lost three babies between John and Marion, either in childbirth or a few weeks old." According to my Aunt Virginia's birth certifice, one of those three babies was stillborn, which means the other two must have died in infancy. Aunt Helen's birth certificate says Helen was the ninth child, which indicates that probably only Max was counted -- if the other two babies are included in the count, Helen is the eleventh child. Aunt Linda did not remember the names of these babies, but my father once told me that there were two babies between John and Marion, that they were boys, and that one of them was named Max. Their dates of birth and death, and their birth order, are unknown to me at this time.
61. MARION OLAR, son of Alex and Rose Olar, born 4 Aug. 1916 at home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died 16 Sept. 2001 in San Diego, California. He married MARIA LUISA HERNANDEZ in 1955 in San Diego, California. Maria Luisa was born 19 Aug. 1931 in Guanajuato, Mexico, daughter of Francisco and Teodora Hernandez. There are five children in Marion's family, including two stepsons whose father was the late Toribio Meza of Guanajuato, Mexico, died 1951.
81. MIGUEL MEZA ("Mike"), born 5 Sept. 1949.
82. TORIBIO MEZA ("Tori"), born 28 Sept. 1951.
83. ROSEMARY OLAR, born 2 Jan. 1956.
84. ALEXANDER OLAR ("Alex"), born 19 Nov. 1964.
85. JOEL OLAR, born 4 July 1972.
62. LAWRENCE OLAR ("Larry"), son of Alex and Rose Olar, born 2 Sept. 1918 at home in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died at age 77 on 15 Feb. 1996 at Wellington Care Center in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida; cremated by the National Cremation Society, Tampa. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, Larry saw action in the European Theatre. His obituary in The Tampa Tribune (19 Feb. 1996) erroneously says he was born in Chicago. His obituary also says he moved to Tampa in 1950, and describes him as a packing and shipping clerk for a frozen food company and a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect. Around 1940, Larry married firstly HILDA MARY KLINGHAMMER, born 17 Aug. 1914 in Illinois, died Jan. 1979 in or near Tampa, Florida, stepdaughter of Henry Hildenbrand, a German immigrant, and daughter of (NN) Klinghammer and Louise Ebert, who also were German immigrants. Larry and Hilda had one child in 1942, but they divorced in 1948 in Hillsborough County, Florida. (Hilda remarried in 1951 in Hillsborough County to J.B. McManus, but they later divorced, and he died in 1964. Hilda later married James Downs, who seems to have survived her.). Larry married secondly in 1948 to VERA MAE IDELPHIA (HATHCOCK) SMITH, born 20 Nov. 1913 in Moultrie, Georgia, ex-wife of (NN) Smith, daughter of Robert and Maggie Julia Virginia Hathcock. Vera had children from her previous marriage. Three months after Larry's death, Vera died on 22 May 1996 at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Florida. She was cremated by the National Cremation Society, Tampa. Her obituary in The Tampa Tribune (23 May 1996) says she first moved to the Tampa area in the 1930s, and describes her as a homemaker and a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect.
86. LAWRENCE OLAR JR. ("Larry Jr."), born 9 Sept. 1942.
87. WILLIAM D. SMITH SR., born ??.
88. [Step-daughter]
63. LINDA OLAR ("Lyn"), daughter of Alex and Rose Olar, born at 7 a.m. on 14 Feb. 1920 at home in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died of cancer at 8:37 a.m. on 18 Jan. 2008 in the Memory Care Unit of Crown Pointe Assisted Living, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida. In the 1930 U.S. Census, Linda's name is shown as "Lena," and according to my father that was her legal name. I have not yet consulted her birth certificate to verify that.
Linda married 23 June 1945 to JOSEPH EDWARD BUDOVEC, born 13 Feb. 1916 in Berwyn, Illinois, son of John Norbert and Aloise ("Louise") Vavrin (or Vavrinova) Budovec, of ethnic Czech descent. This was Joseph Budovec's second marriage -- his first marriage (to a woman named Lorraine) had ended in divorce. Linda and Joseph were married for 15 years and divorced in 1960. (For further information on Joseph Budovec, see No. 69 VIRGINIA OLAR below.) Linda married secondly on 10 Nov. 1962 to GERALD HULL RIPLEY ("Rip"), born 11 Nov. 1917, son of Walter E. Ripley of Bellwood, Ill., a distant cousin of Robert L. Ripley of Ripley's 'Believe It or Not'. During World War II, Rip served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Ski Troops, 86th Mountain Infantry. On 25 June 1945, he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat, for displaying courage in battle while seriously wounded fighting the Nazis near Riva Ridge, Italy, on 21 Feb. 1945. Rip also received a Purple Heart for his injuries, and was honorably discharged 21 Sept. 1945. Lyn and Rip were married for nearly 30 years, until Rip's death. He died of cancer at home in Cape Coral, Florida, at 7:40 a.m. on 20 Aug. 1992. Rip had long been an avid boater, so he directed that his body be cremated and his ashes scattered over the Gulf of Mexico. Linda gave the same instructions for herself. A few days after a private celebration of life with family in Avon Park, Florida, on Jan. 20, 2008, her body was cremated and her ashes scattered over the Gulf of Mexico.
Linda had no children from her second marriage, but had one child from her first marriage:
89. RONALD JOSEPH BUDOVEC ("Ron"), born 9 April 1947.
64. SAMUEL OLAR ("Sam"), son of Alex and Rose Olar, born 5 Sept. 1922 at home in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died 22 Sept. 1975, buried in Lot 80, Section 14, Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois. During World War II, Sam was a TEC 4 in the U.S. Army, serving in anti-aircraft in England and France. He married GLORIA MAE KASSAL, born 1 Nov. 1928 in Maywood, Illinois, died 24 June 1992 in Gainesville, Georgia, daughter of Earl J. and Lillian (Wilks) Kassal. She is buried next to her husband, in Lot 80, Section 14, Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois. Sam and Gloria had four children. He also had a son with his mistress JANET (NN).
90. DANIEL ALAN OLAR ("Danny" or "Dan"), born 21 March 1954.
91. SANDRA ANN OLAR ("Sandy"), born 6 Feb. 1956.
92. SUSAN MAE OLAR, born 5 Aug. 1958.
93. CATHLEEN LYNN OLAR ("Cathy Lynn"), born 26 May 1966.
94. (NN), born ??.
65. AUREL OLAR ("Smiley"), son of Alex and Rose Olar, born 11 March 1924 at home in Golden Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota; died at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, 3 Aug. 2008 at home, 2401 W. Seville Road, Avon Park, Florida; memorial service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 7 Aug. 2008 at his home, followed by burial of his cremated ashes with his beloved pet dogs in his back yard. Like his older brother John, when he was a child Aurel contracted the mumps, rendering him sterile. Aurel was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy, suffering a shrapnel wound to the head during a naval battle with the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. After the war, Aurel became a taxi cab driver in Chicago. He married 7 April 1951 to AGNES WAUNITA (WINTERS) BRANDO ("Juanita"), widow of William E. Brando, was born 3 Sept. 1922 in Owensboro, Kentucky, died about 7:30 a.m. on 9 Jan. 2009 in Carol Stream, Illinois, daughter of George and Nina L. Winters. Juanita worked as a "cracker-packer" at United Biscuit Co. of America (later known as the Keebler Co.) in Melrose Park and Elmhurst, Illinois. In 1988 Aurel and Juanita moved from the Chicago area to Avon Park, Florida, where they lived until his death, after which Juanita returned to Illinois. Aurel was an avid motorcyclist and was known as the neighborhood handyman. Prior to her marriage with Aurel, Juanita had been married twice. From her first marriage, with CARL PHILLIPS of Kentucky, Juanita had two daughters. Juanita's second marriage was with WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDO, born 1918 in Vermont, died 1950 in Chicago of a gunshot wound, son of Hammond E. and Clara F. (Rivers) Brando. Juanita and William had one daughter. Aurel and Juanita also legally adopted two of Juanita's granddaughters (see below).
95. JESSIE CARLINE PHILLIPS ("Carolin"), born 8 July 1940.
96. JOYCE ANN PHILLIPS, born 1941.
97. BEVERLY FRANCES BRANDO ("Bev"), born 17 Nov. 1947.
66. HELEN OLAR, daughter of Alex and Rose Olar, born at 4 p.m. on 8 April 1926 at home in Golden Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota; died 26 May 1993 in San Diego, California. Helen's birth certificate and the Social Security Death Index say she was born 27 April 1926, but that date is unlikely to be correct. Helen and her brothers and sisters always said she was born on 8 April 1926, and Helen always celebrated her birthday on that date. Her birth certificate undoubtedly has other errors -- for example, it shows Helen's mother as "Eftinca Pascar," but that was Helen's maternal grandmother. The birth certificate says Clyde A. Undine reported Helen's birth to the county clerk on 26 April 1926. How then could Helen have been born the day after the birth was reported? The date of birth and the date of the report cannot both be correct. If the birth was really reported on 26 April, Helen could not have been born any later than 25 April -- probably earlier, since Helen was born at home and the physician may not have been able to make a home visit to check on Helen and her mother for some days after, and then he may not have dropped off his report of Helen's birth with the county clerk until a few days after that. Newspaper headlines from early April 1926 tell of heavy snowfalls in the Midwest in late March and early April, so an early Spring blizzard could have caused the delay in the physician's home visit and report of Helen's birth. It seems likely that the registrar recorded Helen's birth on 27 April 1926, but mistakenly entered that date as her date of birth. All in all, we are inclined to trust our family tradition regarding Helen's birthday, since it is clear that her birth certificate cannot be trusted on this point.
Helen married first PAUL STANLEY WEBSTER, born 13 Feb. 1925 in Port Angeles, Washington, only child of Samuel and Clara Belle (Whitmore) Webster. Helen and Paul divorced in 1954, and Paul currently lives in northwestern Washington and southwestern Arizona. Helen married secondly on 17 Dec. 1958 at the Wedding Bell Chapel, San Diego, to CLYDE WARREN PALMER, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean and Vietnam Wars, born 31 Oct. 1932 in Spokane, Washington, died 2 March 2008 in Flagstaff, Arizona, son of Alfred and Rubie (King) Palmer. Helen and Clyde divorced in May 1969, and Clyde most recently lived in Flagstaff until his death. Helen married thirdly GLENN E. MAIERS, born 7 May 1936 in Mankato, Minnesota, son of Edward and Ruby Maiers. Glenn lives in southern California. Helen had one daughter from her first marriage and a second daughter from her second marriage:
98. JANET LEE WEBSTER, born 12 Jan. 1953.
99. NANCY GAIL PALMER, born 8 Sept. 1960.
67. JOSEPH OLAR ("Joey" or "Joe"), son of Alex and Rose Olar, born 4 Dec. 1927 at home in Portland, Oregon. Joe received baptismal initiation in the Radio Church of God from 10 to 17 Oct. 1957 in Gladewater (Big Sandy), Texas, by Garner Ted Armstrong. He married 22 Dec. 1962 in Lombard, Illinois, to DOLORES FRANCES SHAW, born 15 Aug. 1936 at Amboy Public Hospital, Amboy, Illinois; died 10 Nov. 2007 at Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon, Illinois; cremated and ashes buried 15 Nov. 2007 at Woodside Cemetery, Lee Center, Illinois; daughter of Sherman Linn Shaw II and Frances Mae Miller of Dixon, Illinois. Joe retired in 1990 from the Greater Peoria Sanitary District. Dolores operated Olar's Sewing Service in Pekin and Dixon, Illinois. Joe lives in central Illinois. They had five sons:
100. ETHAN JOSEPH OLAR, born 28 Nov. 1963.
101. JASON SHERMAN OLAR, born 11 Aug. 1965.
102. JARED LINN OLAR, born 6 Feb. 1968.
103. DEREK ANDREW OLAR, born 5 Nov. 1970.
104. CALEB ALDEN OLAR, born 28 July 1974.
68. ARTHUR OLAR, son of Alex and Rose Olar, born in the fall or winter of 1930 at home in Melrose Park, Illinois; died of double pneumonia in Melrose Park on 6 June 1931 at the age of 8 months (so he would have been born in or near the month of October 1930). My father says Arthur was born premature. A while after Arthur's death, the family moved from Melrose Park to Berkeley in 1931.
69. VIRGINIA OLAR ("Ginny"), daughter of Alex and Rose Olar, born at 11:30 p.m. on 25 March 1932, at home in Berkeley, Illinois; died of cancer at 1:30 p.m. on 25 Oct. 1990 at LaGrange Memorial Hospital, LaGrange, Cook County, Illinois. She was cremated and her ashes were interred in Lot 218, Section 18, at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago on 29 Oct. 1990 following funeral services that day at Chrastka Memorial Chapel in Berwyn, Illinois. Virginia's birth certificate mistakenly says she was born at home in "Bellwood," but 5300 St. Charles Road was within the Berkeley city limits, not in Bellwood, which borders on Berkeley. When she was 20, Virginia had a child with her boyfriend WAYNE STALEY, a singer. A few years later, she had a child with her sister Linda's husband JOSEPH EDWARD BUDOVEC (see No. 63 above). Linda and Joe divorced in 1960. Joe and Virginia then entered into a common law marriage and later civilly married on 5 Nov. 1979 at the Candlelight Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Virginia owned and operated a book exchange. At the time of her death, she and Joe were living in Indian Head Park, Cook County, Illinois. Virginia's children are:
105. GARY KENT STALEY, born 8 Aug. 1952.
106. GREGORY ALAN BUDOVEC ("Greg"), born 28 Dec. 1956.
70. ANA OLARIU, daughter of Miron and Acsenia Olariu, born 1 March 1901 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died at the age of 11 years 7 months on 2 Oct. 1912 in the town of Starcea, a short distance east of Tereblecea; funeral service 4 Oct. 1912 conducted by Father Dimitrie Georgescu. Her baptismal record identifies her as "Ana Olari," daughter of "Miron a lui Teodor Olari" and "Acsenia nascuta Zaeti," residents of house no. 547. The midwife at Ana's birth was Iftima Coiocari of Tereblecea. Ana was baptised 3 March 1901 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Ecaterina wife of Gavril Vasilas of Tereblecea. Ana's death record says she died of pertussis, whooping cough. The record identifies her as "Ana fiica lui Miron Olariu din Tereblecea," but indicates that she died and was buried in Starcea rather than Tereblecea. Probably because she died outside of Tereblecea, her death record does not provide the house number of her residence, but her father was apparently the Miron Olariu who is known to have lived at house no. 261 in Tereblecea.
71. IOAN OLARIU, son of Miron and Acsenia Olariu, born 15 Jan. 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at age 5 on 30 Dec. 1908 in Tereblecea; funeral service 1 Jan. 1909 conducted by Father Michail Rusu. Ioan's baptismal record identifies his parents as "Miron alui Toader Olari" and "Acsenia nascuta Zaet," residents of house no. 261. The midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. He was baptised 17 Jan. 1904 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and his godmother was Ecaterina wife of Gavril Vasilas, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Ioan's death record calls him "Ioan fiul legitim alui Miron Olariu din Tereblecea" and shows his cause of death as scarlatina, scarlet fever. Probably it was the same outbreak of scarlet fever that claimed the life of Ioan's cousin Leon Olariu (no. 76 below). At the time of his death, Ioan and his father lived at house no. 261.
72. LEONTINA OLARIU, daughter of Miron Olariu, born 7 Oct. 1911 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 1 year 3 months on 23 Jan. 1913 in Tereblecea; funeral service 25 Jan. 1913 conducted by Father Ioan Tipa. In her death record, Leontina is called "Leontina fiica lui Miron al lui Toader Olariu din Tereblecea," and her cause of death is shown as aprindere de plamai, a respiratory infection. At the time of her death, she and her father were living at house no. 261.
73. IERINA OLARIU, daughter of Iosif and Varvara Olariu, born 11 April 1891 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died the day after her birth, on 12 April 1891 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 13 April 1891 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Ierina's baptismal record says the midwife at her birth was Pelaghia Bodor of Tereblecea, and that she was baptised 12 April 1891 by Father Dimitrie Scleschi, with her godmother Eudochia, spouse of Macsim Vasilasiu, peasant farner of Tereblecea. The baptismal record names her parents as "Iosif a lui Teodor Olariu" and "Varvara nascuta Romaniuc." Her death record indicates that she was born with serious health problems and lived only a short time. The record identifies her as "Ierina fiica lui Iosif Olariu din Tereblecea," and her baptismal and death records show that she and her father were residents of house no. 547.
74. LEONTINA OLAR, daughter of Iosif and Varvara Olariu, born 3 Aug. 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died 21 July 1896 in Tereblecea; funeral service and burial on 22 July 1896 conducted by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The midwife at Leontina's birth was Iftima Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Leontina was baptised 8 Aug. 1892 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Eudochia, wife of Macsim Vasilasi of Tereblecea. Leontina's death record calls her "Leontina fiica lui Iosif Olar din Tereblecea," and lists her cause of death as de lungoare (typhoid fever). She and her parents were residents of house no. 547. Her death record mistakenly gives her age at death as 3 years 7 months, but in fact she was almost 4 years old.
75. ANA OLARIU, daughter of Iosif and Varvara Olariu, born 3 April 1894 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the time of her birth, Ana's parents were residents of house no. 547. The midwife at her birth was Iftima Coiocariu of Tereblecea. Ana was baptised 9 April 1894 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godparents were Ecaterina, wife of Nicolai Buliga; Maria, wife of Filemon Biletchi of Opriseni; and Eudochia, wife of Macsim Vasilas of Tereblecea. On 14 Jan. 1918 in Tereblecea, when she was 23 years 7 months old, Ana married MANOLI COSTIUC, born 4 Aug. 1892, son of Petru Costiuc and Elisaveta Semoniuc. Manoli was a farmer of Vascauti, a town a few miles south of Tereblecea, where he was a resident of house no. 115. The wedding of Manoli and Ana was witnessed by Constantin and Elisaveta Nimigean. At the time of the marriage, Ana was a resident of house no. 547 in Tereblecea. Her marriage record names her parents as "Iosif Olariu" and "Varvara nascuta Romaniuc," while her baptismal record identifies her father as "Iosif lui Teodor Olar."
76. LEON OLARIU, son of Iosif and Varvara Olariu, born 18 Feb. 1900 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died at the age of 8 years 11 months on 10 Jan. 1909 in Tereblecea; funeral service 12 Jan. 1909 conducted by Father Michail Rusu. Leon's death record identifies him as "Leon fiul legitima al lui Iosif Olariu din Tereblecea," and shows his cause of death as scarlatina, scarlet fever. He and his father were residents of house no. 547. It appears there was an outbreak of scarlet fever in Tereblecea around this time, because Leon's cousin Ioan (no. 71 above) also died of scarlatina less than two weeks before Leon's death.
77. ECATERINA OLARI, only child of Serghie and Natalia Olari, born 18 Nov. 1932 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Romania; died 20 Dec. 2004 in Tereblecea, Ukraine, where she was buried. Ecaterina married TOADER SCRIPCARI (Teodor), son of Nicolai Scripcari and Anna Nemigean. Toader Scripcari was born 10 Feb. 1926 in Tereblecea, died 11 April 1992 in Tereblecea, where he was also buried. Toader and Ecaterina had three daughters and one son:
107. ANNA SCRIPCARI, born 24 Jan. 1952.
108. SILVIA SCRIPCARI, born 19 April 1956.
109. NATALIA SCRIPCARI, born 8 Jan. 1960.
110. NICOLAI SCRIPCARI, born 2 May 1964.
78. GRIGORI OLARI, only son of Georghe Olari. He had two children:
111. MARIA OLARI
112. GEORGHE OLARI
79. DONALD CALVIN POULSON, stepson of John Olar, son of Calvin and Margaret (Burris) Poulson, was born 27 May 1932 in Boise, Idaho. Don's mother Margaret later had his name legally changed to DONALD LEROY BURRIS. He married firstly to GLORIA REININGER, born 6 Dec. 1936, daughter of Cole and Irene Reininger. Don and Gloria divorced around Jan. 1967. He married secondly on 31 May 1969 in Weiser, Idaho, to MARILYN LEE (THORSON) EISENBARTH, born 23 Dec. 1931 in Weiser, daughter of Lee and Emma Thorson. Marilyn was the widow of Dwayne Eisenbarth, with whom she had five children. Dwayne was killed in a car crash around 1960 in or near Spokane, Washington. Don and Marilyn live in Idaho.
-- MARGARET HELEN BURRIS, born 9 April 1953.
-- DAWN IRENE BURRIS, born 2 March 1961.
-- JOHN COLE BURRIS, born 18 July 1963.
80. DWIGHT EDWIN KIME, stepson of John Olar, son of Dallas and Margaret (Burris) Kime, was born 11 June 1936 in National City, San Diego County, California; died 5 Feb. 2003 at the La Jolla Veterans Administration Hospital, La Jolla, California. His father left Margaret and Dwight when Dwight was about 2 years old. Margaret then had his name legally changed to DWIGHT EDWIN BURRIS. When he was 18, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years. Later he became the owner of Hamilton's T.V. & Radio in La Jolla, California. Dwight married firstly to FRANCES JACQUELINE (JOHNSTON) MCQUINN ("Jackie"), born 19 March 1936, ex-wife of (NN) McQuinn, daughter of Frank and Mildred (Madox) Johnston. Jackie had a daughter from her first husband and two more children with Dwight. Dwight and Jackie separated in 1975 and divorced. He married secondly to WENDY (NN). They later divorced. Dwight married thirdly to LINDA (NN) (?). Just a few days before his death, Dwight married his last wife BETTY (NN).
-- MILDRED DENISE MCQUINN "BURRIS", born 16 May 1955.
-- JAMES DEE BURRIS, born March 1957.
-- LINNEA CHARLENE BURRIS, born 5 Oct. 1959.
81. MIGUEL MEZA ("Mike"), stepson of Marion Olar, son of Toribio Meza and Maria Luisa Hernandez, was born 5 Sept. 1949 in Mexico. Mike married in April 2007 to CATHY (NN). They live in southern California.
82. TORIBIO MEZA ("Tori"), stepson of Marion Olar, son of Toribio Meza and Maria Luisa Hernandez, was born 28 Sept. 1951 in Mexico. Tori married EMMA (NN), a Filipina. They live in southern California. They have one son:
-- ANTHONY MEZA, born ?? 1992.
83. ROSEMARY OLAR, daughter of Marion and Maria Olar, born 2 Jan. 1956 in San Diego, California. Rosemary married first on 9 June 1979 in Clark County, Nevada, to STEPHEN THOMAS MCCARTHY, born 18 Sept. 1954, died 1 Dec. 1991 in San Diego, son of Stephen and Ruth McCarthy. Rosemary and Stephen divorced around 1984. She married secondly on 12 Nov. 1988 at the Church of Christ, San Diego, to JIM GONZALES, son of David and Rita Gonzales. Rosemary and Jim live in southern California. From her first marriage, she had one child:
113. STEPHEN SEAN MCCARTHY, born 1 Sept. 1973.
84. ALEXANDER OLAR ("Alex"), son of Marion and Maria Olar, born 19 Nov. 1964 in San Diego, California. Alex lives in southern California. He married about 1992 to GLENDA RENEE (SCHERMERHORN) MEYER, born 9 June 1962, ex-wife of George Meyer, daughter of James and Carla (Clement) Schermerhorn. Alex and Glenda divorced in 2002. They have two children:
114. HALEY RENEE OLAR, born 30 June 1996.
115. NATHAN ALEXANDER OLAR, born 7 April 2000.
85. JOEL OLAR, son of Marion and Maria Olar, born 4 July 1972 in San Diego, California. Joel lives in southern California.
86. LAWRENCE OLAR JR. ("Larry Jr."), son of Lawrence and Hilda Olar, born 9 Sept. 1942. Larry Jr. was the first grandchild born to Alex and Rose Olar. Apart from a few photos of Larry Jr. with his parents when he was a little child, we know nothing of what became of him after his parents divorced in Florida. An online family tree says Larry Jr. married a woman whose maiden name was PHELAN, but otherwise tells us nothing about him.
87. WILLIAM D. SMITH SR., stepson of Lawrence Olar, son of (NN) and Vera Smith, was born ??. William lives in Florida.
88. (NN) SMITH, stepdaughter of Lawrence Olar, daughter of (NN) and Vera Smith, was born ??.
89. RONALD JOSEPH BUDOVEC ("Ron"), son of Joseph and Linda (Olar) Budovec, born 9 April 1947 in ??. Ron is a retired school teacher. He married on 17 May 2002 to BEVERLY FRANCES BRANDO (No. 97 below). They live in northern Illinois.
90. DANIEL ALAN OLAR ("Danny" or "Dan"), son of Sam and Gloria Olar, born 21 March 1954 in ??. Dan married firstly on ?? to (NN). He and NN divorced on ??. Dan married secondly on 5 June 1982 in DuPage County to BARBARA LYNN BURKE ("Barb"), born 4 Aug. 1953 in Elmhurst, Ill., daughter of George Warren and Gloria Jane (Cooke) Burke. Dan and Barb live in northern Georgia. Dan has three children:
116. GINGER LYNN OLAR, born 2 July 1974.
117. LANDIS SUZANNE OLAR, born 30 Dec. 1982.
118. JONATHON DANIEL OLAR, born 8 Oct. 1985.
91. SANDRA ANN OLAR ("Sandy"), daughter of Sam and Gloria Olar, born 6 Feb. 1956 in ??. Sandy lives in Georgia.
92. SUSAN MAE OLAR, daughter of Sam and Gloria Olar, born 5 Aug. 1958 in ??. Susan married on 1 Nov. 1996 at the Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel, Catalina Island, California, to RONALD JAY DEL BARRIO, born 20 Dec. 1965 in New York, son of George del Barrio and Anita (NN). Susan and Ron live in southern California.
119. NICOLETTE MARIE DEL BARRIO, born 24 Sept. 1999.
93. CATHLEEN LYNN OLAR ("Cathy Lynn"), daughter of Sam and Gloria Olar, born at 3:33 p.m. on 26 May 1966 at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, Elmhurst, Illinois. Cathy married in 1984 to NICHOLAS SEIFERT, son of (NN) and Miranda Seifert. She and Nicholas divorced in 1990. Cathy lives in Georgia.
94. (NN), son of Sam Olar and Janet (NN), born circa 1970. At this time we know nothing of what became of Sam's illegitimate son.
95. JESSIE CARLINE PHILLIPS ("Carolin" or "Carol"), stepdaughter of Aurel Olar, daughter of Carl and Juanita Phillips, was born 8 July 1940; died 18 April 1999 in Seattle, Washington. Carolin married firstly to EDWARD ARTESE. They later divorced. Carolin married secondly LOUIS ALVAREZ of Arizona.
120. TINA MARIE ARTESE, born ??.
121. EDWARD ARTESE JR., born ??.
96. JOYCE ANN PHILLIPS, stepdaughter of Aurel Olar, daughter of Carl and Juanita Phillips, was born 1941; died Nov. 1995 in Evansville, Indiana. She married firstly an ethnic Greek, but the marriage ended in divorce. Joyce married secondly JARVIS HARDIN JR., born ??, son of Jarvis Hardin and ??. She married thirdly MICHAEL MANN, born ??, son of ??.
122. JULIA ELAINE HARDIN ("Elaine"), born ??.
97. BEVERLY FRANCES BRANDO ("Bev"), stepdaughter of Aurel Olar, daughter of William and Juanita Brando, was born 17 Nov. 1947 in Loretto Hospital, Chicago. She married firstly in May 1965 in Crowne Pointe, Indiana, to KERRY DALE SNELLING SR., born ?? in ??, son of ??. Bev married secondly in Oct. 1967 or 1968 in Villa Park (?), Orange County, California, to DONALD JOSEPH ANDERSON, born ?? in ??, died ?? in ??, son of ??. Bev married thirdly in 1978 or 1979 in Highlands Hammock State Park, Sebring, Florida, to QUENTIN WAYNE ATKINS, born ?? in ??, died 1992 or 1993 in ??, son of ??. She married fourthly in 1994 in Florida to CHARLES GILLILAN, born ?? in ??, son of ??. She married fifthly on 17 May 2002 to RONALD JOSEPH BUDOVEC (No. 89 above). Bev and Ron live in northern Illinois. Bev has three children:
-- KERRY DALE SNELLING JR., born 9 June 1965 in Chicago, Ill.
-- VICTOR ALLEN ANDERSON, born 30 March 1968 in Elmhurst, Ill.
-- HARMONY JOY ATKINS, born 29 Sept. 1983 in Avon Park, Florida.
98. JANET LEE WEBSTER, daughter of Paul and Helen (Olar) Webster, born 12 Jan. 1953 in Bremerton, Washington. Janet married first in 1972 to MICHAEL BERNIE SMITH, born 13 Dec 1950 in San Diego, California, son of Tex and Rose Smith. Janet married secondly in Feb. 1975 to DONALD DUANE HATCH, born 24 Nov 1945 in ??, son of ??; no children. Janet married thirdly on 11 April 1998, to BERNARD PLENT ("Berndog"), born 22 Sept. 1954 in Oakland, California, son of Paul and Eileen Plent. In 1975, Bernard pitched for the Cincinatti Reds Minor League team, the Billings Mustangs. Janet, who lives in southern California with Berndog, has one child:
123. CRISTAL LEIGH SMITH, born 21 Aug. 1973.
99. NANCY GAIL PALMER, daughter of Clyde and Helen (Olar) Palmer, born at 4:17 a.m. on 8 Sept. 1960 at Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, San Diego County, California. Nancy married on 10 Nov. 1979 in San Diego to JAMES A. EATON ("Jim"), born ??, son of ??. Nancy and Jim divorced 30 Jan. 2002. Nancy, who lives in southern California, has one child:
124. MICHELLE ANN EATON, born 10 July 1988.
100. ETHAN JOSEPH OLAR, son of Joseph and Dolores Olar, born 28 Nov. 1963 at home in Elmhurst, Illinois. Ethan lives in central Illinois.
101. JASON SHERMAN OLAR, son of Joseph and Dolores Olar, born 11 Aug. 1965 at Proctor Hospital, Peoria, Illinois. Jason, an upholsterer, lives in central Illinois.
102. JARED LINN OLAR, son of Joseph and Dolores Olar, born 6 Feb. 1968 at Proctor Hospital, Peoria, Illinois; baptismal initiation as a member of the Worldwide Church of God on 29 Oct. 1988, by Ronald A. Lohr; baptised as a Catholic on 22 April 2000, by Father Blaine D'Acci, sponsored by Gary Blake. Jared married on 2 Feb. 1997 in Jerome, Illinois, CHRISTINA CARLENE SPENCER, born 7 July 1972 in or near Des Moines, Iowa, daughter of Roy and Carolyn Spencer. Jared and Christina live in central Illinois. They have six children:
125. ALEXANDER JAMES SHAW STEWART OLAR ("Alex"), born 13 July 1999.
126. JULIA MARCELLINA ROSE OLAR, born 3 April 2001.
127. JOSEPH SPENCER BLACKHALL OLAR ("Joey"), born 30 Dec. 2002.
128. ELIZABETH PAULINE FRANCES OLAR, born 24 March 2005.
129. STEPHEN CARL MAXIMILIAN OLAR, born 21 Feb. 2007.
130. ANNA MARIE DOLORES OLAR, born 17 March 2009.
103. DEREK ANDREW OLAR, son of Joseph and Dolores Olar, born 5 Nov. 1970 at Pekin Memorial Hospital, Pekin, Illinois; married 6 Oct. 1995 in Pekin to KIMBERLY MICHELLE BARNETT, born 24 Oct. 1971 in ??, daughter of Jimmie Reed and Barbara Jean (Parish) Barnett. Derek and Kim live in central Illinois. They have two sons:
131. ANDREW MICHAEL OLAR, born 9 Jan. 1998.
132. DAMIEN ANTHONY OLAR, born 19 Oct. 2001.
104. CALEB ALDEN OLAR, son of Joseph and Dolores Olar, born 28 July 1974 at Pekin Memorial Hospital, Pekin, Illinois; married 26 May 2001 to ANNETTE THEDE, but divorced within a year, no children. Caleb lives in central Illinois.
105. GARY KENT STALEY, son of Wayne Staley and Virginia Olar, born at 2:41 a.m. on 8 Aug. 1952. Gary married firstly on 19 June 1971 to JANET VIRGINIA LINZMEIER, born 2 May 1952, daughter of .... Gary and Janet divorced in or about Feb. or March 1993. He married secondly on 12 Dec. 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to ELONA PATRICIA MILNER ("Pat"), daughter of ??. Gary, who currently lives in Georgia, had three sons with his first wife:
133. BRIAN CHRISTOPHER STALEY, born 21 March 1974.
134. KEVIN MICHAEL STALEY, born 28 May 1978.
135. JEFFREY ALAN STALEY, born 17 July 1982.
106. GREGORY ALAN BUDOVEC ("Greg"), son of Joseph Budovec and Virginia Olar, born at 9:44 p.m. on 28 Dec. 1956 at MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois. He married on 25 Nov. 1992 at the Canterbury Wedding Chapel, Excalibur Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, to JAXENE RENEE (VOELKER) PAYNE, born 14 Sept. 1962 in Orange County, California, ex-wife of Mark Payne, daughter of Gary and Janet Voelker of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Greg and Jaxene separated on 6 March 1998 and divorced on 28 July 1998. Later in 1998, Greg began a common law marriage arrangement with his former step-daughter KRISTY DAWN BUDOVEC, born KRISTY DAWN PAYNE on 16 Sept. 1979 in Missouri, daughter of Mark Payne and Jaxene R. Voelker. Greg and Kristy separated on 20 Feb. 2002 and legally divorced on 9 June 2004. Greg, who currently lives in New Mexico, had a son with each woman:
136. GREGORY SCOTT BUDOVEC, born 25 March 1987.
137. TYLYR ALAN BUDOVEC, born 10 July 1999.
107. ANNA SCRIPCARI, daughter of Toader and Ecaterina Scripcari, born 24 Jan. 1952 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. She married VASILE ZOTIC, born 5 April 1950 in Tereblecea, son of Nicolai Zotic and Domnica Nemigean. Anna and Vasile have two children:
138. SERGHEI ZOTIC, born 24 Oct. 1973.
139. MARIANNA ZOTIC, born 27 Aug. 1979.
108. SILVIA SCRIPCARI, daughter of Toader and Ecaterina Scripcari, born 19 April 1956 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. She married ANATOLII EREMEIKO, born 4 Oct. 1944 in Scerbentsy, Ukraine, son of Vasilii Eremeiko and Maria Perebykovskaia. Silvia and Anatolii have two children:
140. VITALII EREMEIKO, born 2 Jan. 1977.
141. ALINA EREMEIKO, born 8 Dec. 1980.
109. NATALIA SCRIPCARI, daughter of Toader and Ecaterina Scripcari, born 8 Jan. 1960 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. Natalia married GHEORGHE MELINICIUC (Georgii Melinichiuk), born 1957 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. Natalia and Gheorghe have two sons:
142. ALECSANDRU MELINICIUC (Alexandr Melinichiuk), born ??.
143. ION MELINICIUC (Iwan Melinichiuk), born ??.
110. NICOLAI SCRIPCARI, son of Toader and Ecaterina Scripcari, born 2 May 1964 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. Nicolai married GALIA ROZOHATA (Galina Rosohata), born 1964 in Vinnitsa, Ukraine. Nicolai and Galia have two children:
144. TOADER SCRIPCARI, born Aug. 1987.
145. CRISTINA SCRIPCARI, born 26 April 1992.
111. MARIA OLARI, daughter of Grigori Olari.
112. GEORGHE OLARI, son of Grigori Olari.
113. STEPHEN SEAN MCCARTHY, son of Stephen and Rosemary McCarthy, born 1 Sept. 1973 in southern California.
114. HALEY RENEE OLAR, daughter of Alexander and Glenda Olar, born 30 June 1996 in southern California.
115. NATHAN ALEXANDER OLAR, son of Alexander and Glenda Olar, born 7 April 2000 in southern California.
116. GINGER LYNN OLAR, daughter of Dan and (NN) Olar, born 2 July 1974.
117. LANDIS SUZANNE OLAR, daughter of Dan and Barbara Olar, born 30 Dec. 1982.
118. JONATHON DANIEL OLAR, son of Dan and Barbara Olar, born 8 Oct. 1985.
119. NICOLETTE MARIE DEL BARRIO, daughter of Ronald and Susan del Barrio, born at 10 a.m. on 24 Sept. 1999 in Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Beverly Hills, California.
120. TINA MARIE ARTESE, daughter of Edward and Carline Artese, adopted daughter of Aurel and Juanita Olar, born ??. Tina's first husband was CURTIS GARNER, who died of cancer, and they had three sons. Her second husband is MIKE FORMAN.
--- CURTIS GARNER
--- DANIEL GARNER
--- JAMES GARNER
121. EDWARD ARTESE JR., son of Edward and Carline Artese, born ??, died on ?? around the age of 18 months or younger, scalded to death in an accident at home.
122. JULIA ELAINE HARDIN ("Elaine"), adopted daughter of Aurel Olar, daughter of Jarvis and Joyce Hardin, born ??. She married MARK SUMMARIA.
123. CRISTAL LEIGH SMITH ("Cristie"), daughter of Michael and Janet Smith, born 21 Aug. 1973 in San Diego, California. In 1975, Cristie was adopted by her stepfather Don Hatch, and her name was changed to CRISTAL LEIGH HATCH. On 8 Jan 1992 in San Diego, she married ERIC THOMAS ARNOLD, born 6 Feb. 1973 in Price, Utah, son of John Thomas and Claudia Ann (Hill) Arnold. Cristie and Eric live in Texas.
146. CHRISTIAN MICHAEL ALEXANDER ARNOLD, born 23 Sept. 1994.
147. CIERRA ASHLEIGH ARNOLD, born 7 August 1996.
148. CONNER ALEXANDER ARNOLD, born 21 July 2008.
124. MICHELLE ANN EATON, daughter of James and Nancy Eaton, born 10 July 1988.
125. ALEXANDER JAMES SHAW STEWART OLAR ("Alex"), son of Jared and Christina Olar, born 13 July 1999 in central Illinois; baptised 22 April 2000 by Father Blaine D'Acci.
126. JULIA MARCELLINA ROSE OLAR, daughter of Jared and Christina Olar, born 3 April 2001 in central Illinois; baptised 22 April 2001 by Father Timothy Nolan.
127. JOSEPH SPENCER BLACKHALL OLAR ("Joey"), son of Jared and Christina Olar, born 30 Dec. 2002 in central Illinois; baptised 26 Jan. 2003 by Deacon Mark Wilder.
128. ELIZABETH PAULINE FRANCES OLAR, daughter of Jared and Christina Olar, born at home on 24 March 2005 in central Illinois; baptised 17 April 2005 by Deacon Mark Wilder.
129. STEPHEN CARL MAXIMILIAN OLAR, son of Jared and Christina Olar, born at home on 21 Feb. 2007 in central Illinois; baptised 11 March 2007 by Deacon Martin Pogioli.
130. ANNA MARIE DOLORES OLAR, daughter of Jared and Christina Olar, born at home on 17 March 2009 in central Illinois; baptised 19 April 2009 by Deacon Timothy Blanchard.
131. ANDREW MICHAEL OLAR, son of Derek and Kim Olar, born 9 Jan. 1998 in central Illinois.
132. DAMIEN ANTHONY OLAR, son of Derek and Kim Olar, born 19 Oct. 2001 in central Illinois.
133. BRIAN CHRISTOPHER STALEY, son of Gary and Janet Staley, born 21 March 1974. Married and divorced three times. By two of his wives, Brian had one child each.
149. (NN) STALEY, born ??.
150. (NN) STALEY, born ??.
134. KEVIN MICHAEL STALEY, son of Gary and Janet Staley, born 28 May 1978. Married (NN). Kevin has five children:
151. (GIRL) STALEY, born ??.
152. (BOY) STALEY, born ??.
153. (GIRL) STALEY, born ??.
154. (BOY) STALEY, born ??.
155. (GIRL) STALEY, born ??.
135. JEFFREY ALAN STALEY, son of Gary and Janet Staley, born 17 July 1982.
136. GREGORY SCOTT BUDOVEC, son of Greg Budovec and Jaxene Payne, born 25 March 1987. Greg lives in New Mexico.
137. TYLYR ALAN BUDOVEC, son of Greg Budovec and Kristy Budovec, born 10 July 1999.
138. SERGHEI ZOTIC, son of Vasile and Anna Zotic, born 24 Oct. 1973 in Tereblecea, Ukraine.
139. MARIANNA ZOTIC, daughter of Vasile and Anna Zotic, born 27 Aug. 1979 in Tereblecea, Ukraine. Marianna moved to Italy, where on 10 Feb. 2007 she married MARCO LO BASSO, born 19 Nov. 1974 in Rome, Italy, son of Giuseppe and Mirella (Ferrantelli) Lo Basso. Marianna and Marco have one child, a daughter:
156. MARIA LO BASSO, born 7 Sept. 2007.
140. VITALII EREMEIKO, son of Anatolii and Silvia Eremeiko, born 2 Jan. 1977. A former resident of Moldova, Vitalii currently lives in Italy.
141. ALINA EREMEIKO, daughter of Anatolii and Silvia Eremeiko, born 8 Dec. 1980.
142. ALECSANDRU MELINICIUC (Alexandr Melinichiuk), son of Gheorghe and Natalia Meliniciuc, born ??.
143. ION MELINICIUC (Iwan Melinichiuk), son of Gheorghe and Natalia Meliniciuc, born ??.
144. TOADER SCRIPCARI, son of Nicolai and Galia Scripcari, born Aug. 1987.
145. CRISTINA SCRIPCARI, daughter of Nicolai and Galia Scripcari, born 26 April 1992.
146. CHRISTIAN MICHAEL ALEXANDER ARNOLD, son of Eric and Cristie Arnold, born 23 Sept. 1994 in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
147. CIERRA ASHLEIGH ARNOLD, daughter of Eric and Cristie Arnold, born 7 August 1996 in Anchorage, Alaska.
148. CONNER ALEXANDER ARNOLD, son of Eric and Cristie Arnold, born at 4:45 p.m. on 21 July 2008 in Washington.
149. (NN) STALEY, child of Brian Staley, born ??.
150. (NN) STALEY, child of Brian Staley, born ??.
151. (GIRL) STALEY, daughter of Kevin Staley, born ??.
152. (BOY) STALEY, son of Kevin Staley, born ??.
153. (GIRL) STALEY, daughter of Kevin Staley, born ??.
154. (BOY) STALEY, son of Kevin Staley, born ??.
155. (GIRL) STALEY, daughter of Kevin Staley, born ??.
156. MARIA LO BASSO, daughter of Marco and Marianna Lo Basso, born 7 Sept. 2007 in Italy, baptised 2 Dec. 2007 in Italy by Father (NN).