Carpenter, railwayman.
Born at Mountain Road on 22 December 1900, son of ? Sawchuk and Wasilina Klymkiw, he worked as a master carpenter in northwestern Manitoba, under the influence of cleric and architect Philip Ruh, and constructed 14 church. In 1948, he moved to Transcona and worked as a carman for the Canadian National Railway until retirement in 1965. On 14 February 1928, he married Juliana Rose Hewko (?-1979) at Portage la Prairie and they had two children: Demetrius “Matt” Sawchuk and Catherine “Kay” Sawchuk (wife of F. Kuzyk). He died at his Transcona residence, 359 Regent Avenue West, on 17 November 1971 and was buried in the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Mink Creek, Municipality of Ethelbert
1932-1933
Toutes Aides, RM of Lakeshore
1937
Sandy Lake, RM of Harrison
1937
Zoria, Municipality of Gilbert Plains
1937
Sacred Heart of Jesus Ukrainian Catholic Church
Gilbert Plains, RM of Gilbert Plains
1935-1936
Municipality of Roblin
1940
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church
927 Assiniboine Avenue, Brandon
1940-1941
Birth registration [Michael Sawchuk], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Mike Sawchuk, Yuliana Hewko], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 November 1971, page 14.
Obituary [Juliana Rose Sawchuk Michaels], Winnipeg Tribune, 26 June 1979, page 34.
Obituary [Mary Gwozd], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 1994, page 40.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Wendy Prystenski.
Page revised: 5 February 2025
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