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Michael was born in Jan 1905 in Poland and was the second youngest son in a family with three brothers and one sister. Michael lived in Poland with his parents and siblings until 1926 when he was sent a passport from his uncle in Alvena. Upon Michael’s arrival in Canada, he worked on his uncle\u2019s farm for the remaining year to work off his passport. For the next five years, Michael worked for the CN in several areas of Saskatchewan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1932 he rented a quarter of land north of Prud\u2019homme and met his future wife, Mary Gwozdyk. Mary (born Nov. 16, 1905), who was from Ukraine left behind four sisters, one brother, and her mother when she immigrated to Canada in 1927. However, the way she immigrated was different than her husband\u2019s. As well, her first name was really Barbara, but she went by Mary, her second name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It all happened during the war when Russian soldiers ordered Mary\u2019s family to leave their farm, but Mary\u2019s father refused. Instead, he hid behind a tree to protect his farm and told the rest of the family to leave to return later when the soldiers left. However, as Mary\u2019s family was fleeing the soldiers noticed the father hiding and shot him.

Shortly thereafter, the government allowed one member per family to immigrate to another country. Since Mary was the youngest,\\ her family chose her so she could have a better life in another country. Mary immigrated to Canada, which symbolized freedom and prosperity. Mary\u2019s first stop in Canada was in Winnipeg, Manitoba where job placements were given out to immigrants. Mary\u2019s job placement was in a general store as a clerk and housekeeper in Prud\u2019homme, Saskatchewan. After working in the store for some time, Mary met her future husband, Michael Lucyshyn and married him shortly after.

In 1933, Michael and Mary were married on a farm that Michael was renting at the time. During these years they had their family. Three sons were born: 1935 Julius Joseph; 1938 Bernard (Bodham) Edward, and in 1940 Nicholas was born, but died at birth. The family moved to the Bremen area in the fall of 1943 on SW20-39-26 (the old house). When the family moved to Bremen, they moved their chickens in hayracks with a binder canvas tied around it so they wouldn\u2019t jump out. Michael also had 17 horses because of all the additional land he rented. They then purchased two quarters of land from Mr. Felix. They continued living there until 1948. In 1948 they purchased the Jones\u2019 homestead a half a mile east of their old house where the farm is today. In 1956, they built a big barn and a few other smaller barns. The family milked fifteen cows and raised chickens, pigs and turkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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