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Home Town or Home Community:
Dysart, Sask.
Our Story:
THE NICULAI PETRAR FAMILY
Arbore, Bucovina, Romania is situated near the Ukrainian border and was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when Niculai was born on Nov. 18, 1887. The town is nestled in the foothills of the heavily forested Carpathian Mountains with wide green valleys and sparkling streams. One of the streams runs through Arbore where gypsies do their laundry on warm, sunny days. Generations of peasants laboriously worked with primitive tools to eke out a living in the surrounding area.
It was into this environment that Niculai (Nicolae) Petrar (Petraru, Petrari) was born to Cozma Petraru (1850-1914) and Ilinca Sturza (1870 ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Gladys Petrar
Box 327
Dysart SK S0G 1H0
Canada
gpetrar@sasktel.net
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