Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Wolanuk, Victor
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Description area
Dates of existence
1928 - 2016
History
Victor Wolanuk was one years old when his parents Wasyl (Bill) and Annie Wolanuk immigrated from Poland with their three children (Xannie and Antonette) in 1929. Bill (1892 – 1945) homesteaded at NW 10-68-21-W4, Richmond Park, Alberta and two more children were born in 1930 (Mary) and 1937 (John). Annie and the children kept the farm running after Bill’s death in 1945; Victor eventually taking over the homestead. He married Anne Popwich in 1955. Victor became an Athabasca School District No. 42 trustee in 1950, was a member of the Farmers’ Union of Alberta (subsequently the United Farmer’s of Alberta), a director of the Richmond Park Mutual Telephone Company, and a member of the “Reflections from Across the River,” 1994 history book committee. He passed away in 2016 at the age of 88 years. His grandson now farms the family homestead.
Places
Richmond Park, Alberta
Legal status
Deceased
Functions, occupations and activities
Farmer, volunteer, school board trustee
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General context
Victor Wolanuk farmed in Richmond Park, Alberta on his father's homestead from the 1940s to the early 2000s. He was a school board trustee for a number of years and volunteered in several capacities in his community.
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ATH
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD
Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
September 22, 2020
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Sources
"Reflections from Across the River," 1994
Athabasca Archives obituaries
Maintenance notes
Margaret Anderson