Pelagia (Dolhun) Tesluk (1896 - 1980)

Born 25 Mar 1896 in Putiatycze, Gródek, Galicia, Austria

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Died 20 Nov 1980 at age 84 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA

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Biography

Pauline Dolhun was born "Pelagia Dolhun"^[1][2] on 25 March 1896 in Putiatycze, Lviv, Ukraine,^[2] she was the daughter of Josef Dolhun.^[1][3]

Pauline attended college in the Ukraine^[4] before coming to the United States. Her family recalls her saying that she came to America because Polish discrimination against native Ukrainians prevented her from finding work as a teacher, despite her education. She departed from the port of Bremen and arrived in New York on the ship Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse on 25 September 1912.^[1]

On 24 July 1915, Pauline married Julian Tesluk in Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey.^[5] Shortly after their marriage in 1915, Pauline and Julian moved to Buffalo, Erie County, New York,^[4] where they were living in the 1920 U.S. census.^[6] They were the parents of five children, all born in Buffalo:^[4][3]

1. Anna
2. William B.
3. Henry G.
4. Albert P.
5. Irene

Together, Pauline and Julian ran a series of restaurants, groceries, and butcher shops in Buffalo until Julian's death in 1965. After that, Pauline managed the family's real estate properties and was an active member of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church.^[4] She died on 20 November 1980 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York^[2] and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Tonawanda, Erie County, New York.^[4] She was survived by four of her children (Anna died in the 1918 flu epidemic) and a sister, "Parania Galacha" who lived in Ukraine.^[4]

Research Notes

Who were the siblings of Pelagia Dolhun?

Pauline's obituary stated that she was survived by a sister, "Parania Galacha," who was living in Ukraine in 1980.^[4] Was she the same person as "Paranka Dolhun," who was listed as Pauline's contact when she landed in New York?^[1]

Pauline traveled to the United States in 1912 on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse with a group of three others from Putiatycze, all reporting that their destination was 1020 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. All four of these individuals were apparently related in some way to a person at that address:

• Anna Halaberda, 17, daughter of Dmytro Halaberda of Putiatycze, single maid, (passenger list line 19), "cousin of Paranka Dolhun, 1020 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn."
• Katarzyna Pucaj, 18, daughter of Dmytro Pucaj of Putiatycze, single maid, (passenger list line 20), "cousin of Paranka Dolhun, 1020 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn."
• Pelagia Dolhun, daughter of Josef Dolhun of Putiatycze, 18, single maid, (passenger list line 21), " sister of Paranka Dolhun, 1020 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn."
• Michal Mytiuk, 30, husband of Maryna Mytiuk, married farm worker, (passenger list line 22), "cousin of Antoni Klymsyk, 1020 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn."

The handwriting is difficult to make out and it is hard to tell whether the word at the end of both names, "Paranka Dolhun ______" and "Antoni Klymsyk_______" is a common last name (which might suggest that the two were a married couple), or if it is some other word, so no conclusion can be drawn at this time.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
   Year: 1912; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Line: 21; Page Number: 86
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7488 #4041624967
   Name: Pelagia Dolhun; Gender: Female; Ethnicity/ Nationality: Ruthenian (Russniak) (Ruthenian); Marital status: Single; Age: 18; Birth Date: abt 1894; Birth Place: Galiciá; Other Birth Place: Pulyalyczke; Last Known Residence: Piliasyore, Galicia; Departure Port: Bremen; Arrival Date: 25 Sep 1912; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Final Destination: Brooklyn, New York; Height: 5 Feet, 2 Inches; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Brown; Complexion: Fair; Money in Possession: 27; Person in Old Country: Josef Dolhun; Person in Old Country Relationship: Father; Person in Old Country Residence: Piliasyore, Galicia; Person in US: Parsuka Cothern; Person in US Relationship: Sister; Father: Josef Dolhun; Sibling: Parsuka Cothern; Ship Name: Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse. NOTE that all place names in the index reflect the interpretation made by someone who was likely not familiar with the places being referred to. A reading of the original record will show the spellings used in this profile's narrative.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Funeral Card, Pauline Dolhun Tesluk, died 20 Nov 1980, Slotiuk Funeral Home, 102 Amherst St., Buffalo, N.Y., original in possession of Kathleen Tesluk.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Handwritten family tree written by Pauline's daughter Irene, 1996, in possession of Kathleen Tesluk.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} "Mrs. Julian Tesluk, Ran Business," Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), 23 November 1980, p. 36, col. 6, digital image published on Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115860314/death-of-pauline-tesluk/).
5. ↑ Marriage: "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016"
   New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; Marriage Indexes; Index Type: Bride; Year Range: 1915-1919; Surname Range: C - E
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61253 #900608516 (accessed 15 January 2022)
   Pelahia Dolhun marriage to Julian Tesluk in 1915 in New Jersey, USA.
6. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 21, Erie, New York; Roll: T625_1106; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 196
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #61169242 (accessed 15 January 2022)
   Pauline Tesluk (22), wife, in household of Julian Tesluk (34) in Buffalo Ward 21, Erie, New York. Born in Austria.