Mrs. Anna Chorney

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ANNA HAD A LONG LIFE WITH A FEW TWISTS AND TURNS. AGAINST THE ODDS SHE SURVIVED WORLD WAR 2. BORN IN UKRAINE,  HER LATE TEENS AND EARLY 20' S WERE SPENT TRAPPED IN GERMANY WORKING ON A GERMAN FARM WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED OUR BIRTH FATHER STEFAN SMACHYLO. IN GERMANY SHE SAW THE CARNAGE, PLANES BURNING AND FALLING AND BOMBS BURSTING AROUND THEM AND NARROWLY ESCAPING DEATH. IN 1946 FROM GERMANY THEY EMIGRATED TO ENGLAND WHERE IN 1949 ROMAN WAS BORN. IN 1952 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CAME TO ENGLAND LOOKING FOR WORKERS FOR CANADA. ENGLAND AFTER THE WAR WAS RATHER IMPOVERISHED SO MOM AND DAD WENT TO CANADA. THE SHIP RIDE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WAS HORRIFIC FOR ANNA DUE TO SEA SICKNESS.  SHE SAID SHE NEVER LEFT HER CABIN BED FOR A WEEK OR SO. IN CANADA THEY ENDED UP IN THE FAR NORTH OF ONTARIO WHERE MY FATHER WAS TO WORK IN A GOLD MINE.  WELL THE NORTH WAS VERY COLD AND MINING WAS NOT AGREEABLE TO HER FIRST HUSBAND, STEFAN, SO THEY LEFT FOR TORONTO WHERE THEY STAYED THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.  IN 1959 BOHDAN WAS BORN TO THEM. THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER ANNA BECAME SICK WITH CANCER AND WAS OPERATED ON AND THE PROGNOSIS WAS BAD AS SHE WAS UNLIKELY TO RECOVER. SHE WAS GIVEN HER LAST RITES BY A PRIEST.  THEN AMAZINGLY SHE RECOVERED TO GO ON TO LIVE ANOTHER 60 YEARS. ON WEEKENDS, HAVING NO CAR,  ANNA WOULD PACK FOOD AND BEACHWEAR IN BAGS AND RIDE THE STREETCAR TO CENTER ISLAND SO THAT HER YOUNGEST COULD PLAY ON THE BEACH AND LEARN TO SWIM. IN 1969 THE FAMILY GOT A CAR AND ENJOYED MANY TRIPS TO CAMP VESELKA AND VISITING RELATIVES. IN 1977  ANNA'S FIRST HUSBAND STEFAN DIED AT ONLY 57 WHICH LEFT A BIG VOID IN THE FAMILY.  IT WAS A DIFFICULT AND LONELY TIME FOR ANNA. IN 1980 ANNA MARRIED STEFAN CHORNEY WITH WHOM SHE SPENT THE NEXT 42 YEARS WITH.  THEY ENJOYED GOING TO BANQUETS AND TRIPS TO FLORIDA AND HAVING FAMILY GATHERINGS.

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