{"id":166,"date":"2023-12-29T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:31:49","slug":"stefan-lucyszyn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/?page_id=166","title":{"rendered":"Stefan Lucyszyn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stefan is the third child of Michael and Agniegzka Lucyszyn. Stefan was born in Losiacsu, Poland on December 18, 1891.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dad said it was hard to leave their house in Losiacsu because it was their home place.  In 1902 their parents applied for passports and boarded a ship called the S.S. Arcadia.  The Arcadia was on route to Canada.  Travelling on the ship was hard and many families got seasick. After weeks of sailing, they finally arrived in Halifax. At the custom\u2019s office names were changed as the officers wrote surnames the way it was pronounced.  So Lucyszyn was changed to Lucyshyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next they had to travel on the train cross the new land to Rosthern, North West Territories (known later as Saskatchewan).  The family lived for one year at Harry Stadnyk\u2019s near Alvena.                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The homesteads were not available due to certain contracts on Township 40.  Stefan\u2019s dad, Michael, went to find work to earn a few dollars.  Finally, Michael received the Homestead papers and they packed their belongings and provisions in a wagon, and they started their long journey with their family to start a farm near the Prud\u2019homme area.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The homestead was located on Section 4, Township 40, Range 28, West of 2nd<\/sup> Meridian.  Then the hard work of clearing the land, plowing and building.  Michael was very lucky because as the boys got older they helped out on the farm.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael and his sons all farmed together until the boys got older.  He bought a homestead farm for each of his five boys.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose, the only daughter married in 1908 to John Popovitch.  They settled in the district of Dana, Saskatchewan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicola, the eldest son, worked at home for a while, and then at the age of 15, he went to work on the railway at Lumsden, Sask.  Stefan stayed and worked together with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 My dad, Stefan, received the Homestead at the young age of eleven years.  The years went by.  Stefan met Maria Hrycan of Dana, Sask.  They got married on May 18, 1915.  Maria\u2019s parents were John and Marie Hrycan.  Maria was born in 1889 in Rosthern shortly after the long journey crossing the Atlantic and the log ride on the train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Stefan and Maria (Mary) lived with Stefan\u2019s parents Michael and Agniegzka for a year or two.  With the help of his dad, Stefan bought the his own family farm about 1917.  Stefan and Mary built their first home with two big rooms.  The house was built with heavy logs and was plastered with mud on both the inside and out.  Both the inside and outside were white washed.  Later on Mom bought wallpaper what a nice change that was!  The roof was made of asphalt shingles that lasted for 50 years or more.  Unfortunately, the house burned down in about 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas was always a joyous time.  Mom would cook the traditional dishes.  We received peanuts and candy, but no presents, as they could not afford them.  Christmas carolers came with sleigh and horses.  It was always nice to hear them sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easter was also a big celebration.  During lent our family fasted very often.  We could hardly wait for Easter Sunday because many of our favorite foods were served such as sausage, cabbage rolls, and mullets (fish) about 100lbs. That dad would order from Big River, Sask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They farmed for many years and invested in a herd of cattle to help during the Depression.  In 1920, Stefan bought a threshing machine called \u201cWaterloo\u201d built by John Deere.  It was painted dark green of course.  Dad also bought a tractor “Eagle” with big cast iron wheels.  He was proud of his equipment.  He also went threshing for neighbors in the fall.  He often used Pete (my brother), Tony Kowpack, and Annie (myself) to be the field pitchers along side him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1937 a tornado struck and ripped our shed apart.  Piece by piece lumber was carried into the air for a mile.  I can recall it was about 4p.m.and started to get dark rather quickly.  The wind traveled at 100mph maybe more.  The tornado almost took the house.  I remember thinking it was the end of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The depression years of 1937-1938 were difficult.  There was a Relief Fund available for families. The train would come to Prud\u2019homme with supplies that was divided and handed out to families. The supplies consisted of apples, codfish, beans and potatoes. The shipment came from Nova Scotia and other eastern provinces. Even though these supplies were helpful, some families did not get very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1940\u2019s the crops were much better, but the war broke out and everything was different yet again.  People did not know what they would be facing and many young men were sent to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan and Mary continued farming and raising cattle on the land known today as the \u201cLucyshyn Gravel Pit\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farming became more difficult so in 1958 they moved to Saskatoon where they lived for a few years.  Finally, they decided to live in Cudworth, Sask. a smaller community closer to home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They celebrated their 50th<\/sup> Wedding Anniversary in 1965. Stefan passed away on July 25, 1971 and Mary passed away on December 7, 1972.  Both of them are buried in the Queen of Peace Cemetery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stefan is the third child of Michael and Agniegzka Lucyszyn. Stefan was born in Losiacsu, Poland on December 18, 1891. Dad said it was hard to leave their house in Losiacsu because it was their home place.  In 1902 their parents applied for passports and boarded a ship called the S.S. Arcadia.  The Arcadia was on route […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucyshyn.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}