After 25 years of marriage a group of friends and family came together in Timmins, Ontario to celebrate the wedding anniversary of George Vartentiuk and his wife Eva Pinciuc.
- Who: Forty people in total, 19 men, 19 women, 1 boy, 1 girl. People are arranged into three rows.
- Back row of twenty three people are standing with their backs to a wall
- Middle row of ten people are seated at a long table facing the camera
- Front row of seven people are seated closest to the camera on the opposite side of the long table from the middle row
- What: 25th Wedding Anniversary of George and Eva Vartentiuk
- A sign on the wall written in Romanian reads “Doauzece si cinca de ani universeri” which translates to “Twenty-five years of university”. It probably should have read “Doauzece si cinca de ani aniverseri” which would have meant “Twenty-five year anniversary”.
- Where: G.V. Hotel, Timmins, Ontario, Canada
- When: 1941 Possibly
- Why: Capturing attendees of the Anniversary celebration
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1. Unknown. Probably the Romanian Orthodox Minister at the Saint Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Timmins, Ontario.
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2. Ioan “John” Kroitori was about fifty-seven (57) years old when this photo was taken. John was a brother-in-law to the groom (#26). John was born in Bukovina and immigrated to Canada when he was about 26 years old with his wife Domnica (we don’t think she is in this photo). He tried farming in Saskatchewan for some decades but eventually made the move to Timmins, Ontario. John and Dominica raised 6 children who all, save one, were adults at the time of this photo.
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3. Unknown woman.
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4. Unknown man.
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5. Unknown man.
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6. Unknown woman.
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7. Unknown woman.
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8. George Gerald “Gerry” Varteniuk who was about eighteen (18) years old in this photo was the son of the bride and groom, George (#26) and Eva (#27), celebrating their 25th Anniversary. Gerry was born and raised in Timmins, Ontario. He was still single on this day and wouldn’t be wed to his wife Jean Boghean for another six years (1947).
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9. George J. Cojocar who was about twenty-nine (29) years old in this photo was son-in-law to the bride and groom, George (#26) and Eva (#27) having wed their daughter, Mary (#11), five years earlier. George was born and raised near to Kayville, Saskatchewan and when the Great Depression deepened in the mid-1930s moved to find work around Timmins, Ontario. It was in Timmins that he met his wife-to-be. At the time of the photo he had been married to Mary for five years and was raising one daughter, Jeanette (#28), who would have been about three (3) years old.
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10. Laura Victoria Nattress nee Varteniuk who was about twenty-three (23) years old in this photo was the daughter of the bride and groom, George (#26) and Eva (#27), celebrating their 25th Anniversary. Laura was born and raised in Timmins, Ontario. She would go on to marry Merv Nattrass but we do not know the exact date.
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11. Mary Cojocar nee Varteniuk who was about twenty-four (24) years old in this photo was the first-born and daughter of the bride and groom, George (#26) and Eva (#27) who were celebrating their 25th Anniversary. Mary was born in Creighton Mine, Ontario and raised in Timmins, Ontario. At the time of the photo she had been married to her husband George (#9) for five years and was raising one daughter, Jeanette (#28), who would have been about three (3) years old.
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12. Unknown woman.
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13. Unknown woman.
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14. Unknown man.
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15. Unknown woman.
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16. Unknown man.
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17. Unknown man.
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18. Unknown woman.
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19. Unknown man. The boy to the right (#21) seems to have his arm around this man. Perhaps they are father and son? Furthermore the boy also has his arm around the neck of the woman to the right (#22). Is it possible that this man is married to that woman?
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20. Unknown woman.
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21. Unknown boy. We might assume that he is holding on to his mother (#22) and his father (#19)
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22. Unknown woman. It might be assumed that the boy behind her (#21) has his arm around her neck because she is his mother. Also the boy seems to have his arm on the man to the left (#19) which might mean that is this woman’s husband.
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23. Annie Kroitori “Taylor” nee Oglan who was about thirty-one (23) years old when this photo was taken was born and raised in the Dahinda, Saskatchewan area where she met her to-be husband Alexander Kroitori “Taylor” (#34). They married in 1928 and then at some point made their way to Timmins, Ontario. At the time of this photo they had been married for 13 years and did not have any children yet.
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24. Unknown man.
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25. Marghola “Margie” Irimie nee ??? was likely, given where she and her husband Vasile (#29) are seated, the Matron of Honour at the wedding of George & Eva Varteniuk. Marghola and her husband were also Godparents to George & Eva’s daughter Mary (#11). We are not sure if Vasile & Margie are related to the Varteniuk’s.
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26. Georgi “George” Varteniuk the ‘groom’ celebrating 25 years of marriage (c. 1916) would have been about forty-seven (47) years old in this photo. He was the owner of the G.V. Hotel in which this celebration was held! Together with his wife Eva (#27) he was the father of three adult children Mary (#11), Laura (#10) and George (#8).
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27. Paraschiva “Eva” Varteniuk nee Pinciuc the ‘bride’ celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary (c. 1916), would have been about forty-two (42) years old in this photo. Eva is holding her granddaughter Jeanette (#28). Eva and her husband George (#26) ran the G.V. Hotel in Timmins where this celebration was held. Eva raised three children Mary (#11), Laura (#10) and George (#8).
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28. Jeanette Eva Venney nee Cojocar was a wee girl of three (3) years old sitting on the lap of her grandmother! Jeanette was born to her parents George (#9) & Mary (#11) in Timmins, Ontario.
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29. Vasile Irimie was likely, given where he and his wife Margie (#25) are seated, the Best Man at the wedding of George & Eva Varteniuk. Vasile and his wife were also Godparents to George & Eva’s daughter Mary (#11). We are not sure if Vasile & Margie are related to the Varteniuk’s.
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30. Unknown woman.
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31. Unknown man.
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32. Aspazia “Ruby” Flutur “Fluter” nee Cojocar
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33. Gheorghe “George” D. Flutur “Fluter”
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34. Alexander “Alec” Kroitori “Taylor”, who was about thirty-four (34) years old when this photo was taken, was born in Zacharesti, Suceava, Romania and immigrated to Canada with his mother and brother at the age of five in about 1912 where they joined his father who had made the journey two years earlier. He was raised in Canada and met his to-be wife Annie (#23) in the area of Dahinda, Saskatchewan where they were married in 1928. At the time of this photo they had been married for 13 years and did not have any children yet.
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35. Unknown man. We might assume that he is married to the woman to the right (#36)
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36. Unknown woman. Maybe assume that she is married to the man to the left (#35)
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37. George Stanciu
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38. Yugenea “Jennie” Stanciu nee Cojocar
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39. Unknown woman. Might be a safe bet to assume that she is married to the man to the righthand side (#40).
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40. Unknown man. We might assume that he is married to the woman to the left of him (#39)
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