The Paskar Genealogy

The Paskar Surname

LIKE THE Olar surname, the Paskar surname historically has been found in various Eastern European countries, but seems to be most common in Romania and nearby territories. Most Pascars or Paskars seem to have come from Moldavia and Basarabia. Among ethnic Romanians, the name is usually spelled "Pascar" or "Pascaru," and also appears as Pascari and Pascariu. In parish records of the 1800s, our Paskar ancestors appear with three variations of the surname -- Pascar, Pascari, and Pascariu -- though my grandparents seemed to favor the "Paskar" spelling. "Pascar" is thought to be an occupational surname that means "fisherman." However, there are also Jewish families from Basarabia and Moldavia who have the Paskar surname, and in their case the origin of their surname is probably to be found in the Hebrew word Pesach, "Passover," which is called Pascha in Greek and Latin. The Christian Paschal festival is usually called "Easter" in English, and it is from that holiest of Christian celebrations that other Christian families from Eastern Europe came to be surnamed "Paskal" or "Paszkal," "Paszk" and "Paschka," etc.

Our Pascars were a Romanian Orthodox Christian family of Tereblecea in Bucovina. It is interesting, however, that my father has informed me that his mother, my grandmother Rose, told him that her family formerly was Jewish. Afterwards, my dad asked his father if he knew whether or not Rose's family was Jewish -- but my grandfather, who did not like Jews, simply fell silent and would not answer either yes or no. Of course this stray piece of family folklore proves absolutely nothing about the origins of our Pascar ancestors. We have no record of any Jewish ancestors or relatives on the Pascar side of our family -- rather, our documented genealogy includes only Orthodox Christians who bore Christian saints names. Nevertheless, an autosomal DNA test conducted in December 2015 through AncestryDNA found that about 1% of my DNA matched Eastern European Jewish DNA. A follow-up DNA test conducted in February 2016 through 23andMe found that less than 0.1% of my father's autosomal DNA matched "Ashkenazi" (Eastern European) Jewish DNA, while 0.7% of his autosomal DNA was Middle Eastern. The apparent Ashkenazi DNA is on Chromosome 6, while the Middle Eastern DNA is on Chromosomes 3 and 6. These test results corroborate the tradition of Jewish descent on my paternal grandmother's side -- but given the small amount of Jewish DNA found in my and my father's genomes, our most recent Jewish ancestor must have lived, say, around the early 1700s, but probably even earlier than that.

In any event, in my research the earliest Paskar I have found on record is a man named ELIAS PASKAR, who lived in the mid-1600s in Bacau, Moldavia. Elias Paskar is named in The Tsangos of Romania -- The Hungarian Minorities in Romanian Moldavia, edited by S.J. Magyarody, a publication that consists of two books: The Csangos, by Bernadette Palfay, and The Origins of the Catholics of Moldavia (2000), by Antal Horvath. Elias Paskar is shown in that book as an ethnic Hungarian man and a Catholic who lived in a region where most inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and Eastern Orthodox. Such Hungarians are called "Tsangos" (Csangos). On page 93 of the Magyarody book, Elias is no. 31 in a list of 115 names from the town of Bacau in Moldavia, around the middle of the 1600s. The list is derived from "The Catalog of Priests, Teachers and all the Catholic Families in Moldavia," in Horvath's book. The Bacau list commences on page 92, and is headed by the name of the local priest, Father Balthasar Gyurgyei, "Ungarus" (i.e. a Magyar or Hungarian). Another ecclesiastical document in Horvath's book was written in 1644, and that document mentions Father Balthasar Gyurgyei as a Catholic priest in Moldavia. This information suggests that at least some, if not many, Romanian Pascars may have been of Tsango or Hungarian Catholic descent.

Seven Generations of Paskars

LIKE OUR Olar ancestors, our Paskars were from the town of Tereblecea in Bucovina. To learn more about the history and culture of Tereblecea, see The Olar Genealogy. The Pascar surname appears many times in the parish records of the Orthodox Church of Tereblecea during the 1800s and early 1900s, and it is likely that most if not all of those Pascar families of Tereblecea were related to my grandmother's family. Here, then, begins the account of our own Paskar genealogy, followed by a discussion of other Pascars from Tereblecea who also might belong to our family:

1. CONSTANTIN PASCAR, born perhaps around 1815, was an ethnic Romanian from Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Constantin probably worked as a peasant farmer, as his descendants certainly did after him. The Tereblecea parish records indicate that Constantin and his family lived in house numbers 391, 644, and 645. The marriage record of Constantin's son Ioan shows that Constantin's wife was ANNA COSIC. On 9 January 1898, "Ana," spouse of "Constantin Pascariu," died at the age of 79 in house no. 645. Since Anna was born around 1818, Constantin perhaps was born around 1810 to 1815. Also, IOAN PASCARIU, son of Constantin Pascariu, lived at house no. 644, next door to his mother. Another resident of house no. 644 was named ALECSIE PASCARIU, also a son of Constantin Pascariu. Alecsie and his brothers Leon and Ioan previously lived at house no. 391, which was also the residence of PARASCHEVA PASCARI, daughter of Constantin Pascari. In June 1881, there was an ANNA PASCARI of Tereblecea who served as godmother to a baby boy named Ioan Jolobai. The same Anna Pascari was godmother of Achelina Jolobai on 16 June 1884. It is possible that Anna Pascari was Ana, wife of Constantin Pascariu, though more likely she was the Anna Tcaci who married Alecsie Pascariu (see below).

         2.  ZOITA PASCARIU
         3.  ALECSIE PASCARIU
         4.  PARASCHEVA PASCARI, born circa 1852
         5.  LEON PASCAR, born circa 1855
         6.  IOAN PASCARIU, born circa 1861
         7.  FEVRONIA PASCARU, born circa 1862

2. ZOITA PASCARIU, probably daughter of Constantin and Anna Pascariu. Although Zoita's parentage has not yet been established, most likely she was an older daughter of Constantin Pascar. It could be, however, that she was Constantin's sister. Zoita's husband was DAMIAN CUPCIC, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Zoita and Damian were the witnesses at the 8 Feb. 1879 marriage of Constantin Pascar's daughter Fevronia. Zoita also was the gpdmother at the 15 April 1886 baptism of Fevronia's son Gheorghie Crusnitchi. Zoita and her husband Damian are known to have had a daughter named Elisaveta (born circa 1859) and a son named Pamfil. In addition, it is quite possible that Zoita and Damian were the parents of the Ecaterina Cupcic who married a man named C. R. Parie and had a son named Janos Parie, who emigrated to America and settled in Pontiac, Michigan, where he was known as "John Parie." In 1916, John married a Romanian woman named Ersa German, daughter of Ioan Gherman and Vira Tota. The marriage record identifies John's mother as "Catarina Cupleik," evidently a misspelling of "Cupcik." John and Ersa had a son named Alexander John Perry, whose descendants have been identified by 23andMe DNA tests to be distant cousins, related to my own family in some way through my father's mother. That means that our common ancestor must have something to do with our Pascars. Considering the DNA test results and what we know of the genealogy and chronology of our Pascars, I think it is most likely that Janos Parie's mother Ecaterina Cupcic was a daughter of Zoita Pascariu and Damian Cupcic. However, that connection is only conjectural at this time.

         8. ELISAVETA CUPCIC ("Saveta"), born circa 1859
         9. PAMFIL CUPCIC

3. ALECSIE PASCARIU, son of Constantin and Anna Pascar. The Orthodox Church baptismal records of Tereblecea show a boy named "Clementie Pascariu," born 26 April 1887 at house no. 371 (perhaps an error for "391"), son of "Alecsie a lui Constantin Pascariu" and ANNA TCACI. In the Tereblecea death records, we find a girl who died on 24 March 1893 at age 4, named "Ioana fiica lui Alecsie Pascariu din Tereblecea." Alecsie and Ioana lived at house no. 644, which was also the residence of Ioan Pascariu, son of Constantin Pascariu. Before living at house no. 644, however, Alecsie lived at house no. 391, as shown, for example, by Ioana's birth record in 1889. The death records also show a "Pavel fiul lui Alecsie Pascar din Tereblecea" who died 4 March 1907 at age 33. The Tereblecea birth records also show Anna Tcaci, spouse of "Alecsie Pascari din Tereblecea," as mother of "Iuliana Pascar" (also called Ileana or Eleana). Alecsie's wife Anna served as godmother on 26 Dec. 1881 at the baptism of Teodor Sandul, resident of house no. 350. Anna is probably the mother of Pavel and Ioana, and if she is the mother of Pavel, then she and Alecsie married around 1870. In June 1881, there was an ANNA PASCARI of Tereblecea who served as godmother to a baby boy named Ioan Jolobai. The same Anna Pascari was godmother of Achelina Jolobai on 16 June 1884. It is probable that Anna Pascari was Anna, wife of Alecsie Pascari, though she may have been the Anna Cosic who married Constantin Pascariu (see above).

         10. PAVEL PASCAR, born circa 1874
         11. MARIA PASCAR, born 2 Sept. 1876
         12. IULIANA PASCAR, born 14 March 1883
         13. CLEMENTIE PASCARIU, born 26 April 1887
         14. IOANA PASCARIU, born 25 June 1889

4. PARASCHEVA PASCARI, daughter of Constantin and Anna Pascar, born circa 1852. In 1883, Parascheva, a resident of house no. 391 in Tereblecea, had an illegitimate son, Ioan Pascari, by an unknown father. House no. 391 was also the residence of the Dubau family. Significantly, Ioan Pascar, son of Constantin (i.e. Parascheva's brother) later married Iulita Dubau. A month after she had her illegitimate son, on 9 June 1883 in Tereblecea, Parascheva, age 31, married a bachelor named GEORGI SEMENIUC, age 23, born circa 1860, a peasant farmer of house no. 54 in Poeni, son of Alecsander Semeniuc. The marriage record identifies the bride and groom as "Parascheva fiica lui Constantin Pascari" and "Georgi fiul lui Alecsander Semeniuc." The priest at the wedding was Father Dimitrie Seleschi, and the witnesses were Simeon Copei and his spouse Iustina, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Simeon was closely related to Parascheva's sister-in-law Iftima Ciopei (see No. 4 below).

         15. IOAN PASCARI, born 1 May 1883

5. LEON PASCAR, son of Constantin and Anna Pascar, born circa 1855, a resident of Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; said to have died at the age of 81, that is, circa 1936. The record of his death has not yet been found in the parish records of Tereblecea, but an outline family history sent to me by my Aunt Linda said that my grandfather Alex's "father-in-law died at 81 years." If true, then Leon may have died around 1936. Aunt Linda also told me several years ago that, although she could not recall the name of her maternal grandfather, she remembered being told that he had long hair. Leon lived at house no. 391 in Tereblecea at the time of his marriage in 1879, but had moved to house no. 511 by the time his daughter ANA was born in 1882. He had moved to house no. 50 by the time of his daughter ZENOVIA's birth in 1898. According to Tereblecea parish records, "Leon Pascariu" was a witness on 13 Feb. 1919 at the marriage of Eufrosina Pascariu, daughter of Leon's brother Ioan.

On 8 Feb. 1879, at the age of 24, Leon married a Romanian woman named IFTIMA CIOPEI, born circa 1857, daughter of Ioan Ciopei of Tereblecea. Father Ilarion Dracinschi was the priest at their wedding, and the witnesses were Georgi and Paraschiva Rus. Georgi Rus later served as godfather to several of Leon and Iftima's children, and it is noteworthy and surely significant that the wife of Georgi's son Ioan Rus was PELAGIA PASCAR, who must have been related to my Pascar ancestors. The Tereblecea parish records show "Iftima Pascar" as a godmother for Simeon Dubau, baptised 3 Sept. 1883, illegitimate son of Iulita Dubau (see below); and "Iftima sotia lui Leon Pascariu" as a godmother of Leon's niece Anna Pascariu. In the memory book from my grandmother's funeral, my grandmother's parents are listed as "Leo Paskar" and "Eftinca Paskar." That information would have been supplied to the funeral home by my grandfather at the time of my grandmother's death in 1951. I have found several Romanian men and women with names like Eftimi, Iftemia, Iftimia, and Iftima -- names that are derived from the ancient Greek names Euthymius and Euthymia. "Eftinca" or Iftinca is an affectionate diminutive of "Iftima."

My grandmother's funeral book also shows the names Helen, Dominica, Anastasia, and John under "Other members of family." Except for Anastasia, these relatives of my grandmother have been identified in the Tereblecea parish records as her sisters and brother (and "Anastasia" could be a garbled memory of her sisters Ana and Teodosia). My father had told me that his mother had sisters, and my aunt Margaret also told me that many years ago, she saw a photograph of my grandmother's nephew, a young man who Aunt Margaret thought bore a close resemblance to Uncle Marion, one of my grandmother's sons.

According to my father, his mother was from Transylvania, which borders on Bucovina to the west. (Since Transylvania conjures images of Gothic horror and vampires, it would be fitting to mention that my grandmother, being a fairly typical uneducated Romanian peasant, believed in vampires and werewolves -- she regularly wore a bag of garlic around her neck to ward off vampires.) At this time, however, we can't be sure if the Paskars were really from Transylvania. It is possible that my father was actually misremembering "Tereblecea" as the better known "Transylvania." On the other hand, perhaps the Pascar family moved from Transylvania to Bucovina. In any case, my father says it was his mother's father who gave or loaned my grandparents the money so they could afford the trip to America. My father also remembers (or perhaps remembers being told) that his parents corresponded with his wife's family and sent them money.

         ??  ANASTASIA PASKAR, born circa 1880 (?)
         16. ANA PASCAR, born 29 Jan. 1882
         17. DOMNICA PASCARIU ("Dominica"), born 3 Jan. 1884
         18. EUFROSINA PASCARIU ("Rose"), born 2 Oct. 1887
         19. ELEANA PASCARI ("Helen"), born 13 May 1890
         20. TEODOSIA PASCARIU, born 24 Jan. 1893
         21. IOAN PASCARI, ("John"), born 16 July 1895
         22. ZENOVIA PASCAR, born 26 Feb. 1898

6. IOAN PASCARIU, son of Constantin and Anna Pascariu, born circa 1861, a resident of Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. The Orthodox Church parish records of Tereblecea show that Ioan first lived at house no. 391, and later lived with his wife and children at house no. 232. Later still they later lived at house no. 644, next door to Ioan's parents Constantin and Anna Pascariu. On 2 Feb. 1884, at age 23, Ioan, then living at house no. 391, married a woman of Tereblecea named IULITA DUBAU, born 2 July 1859 in Tereblecea, died in Tereblecea on 21 Nov. 1911 at the age 52 years 4 months, daughter of Gerasim and Tetiana (Tcaci) Dubau of Tereblecea, residents of house no. 230. The marriage record of Ioan and Iulita says she was 23, but that is apparently a clerical error for "24." Father Ilarion Dracinschi was the priest who married them, and the witnesses were Pantelemon and Ecaterina Humeniuc of Tereblecea. At the time of his marriage, Ioan was a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army.

Three sons and five daughters of Ioan and Iulita have been found in the birth and marriage records of Tereblecea, and members of the Ciopeiu family acted as witnesses at the marriages of two of the daughters. This Ciopeiu connection is perhaps related to the fact that Ioan's older brother Leon had married Iftima Ciopei. In addition, prior to Iulita's marriage, she had two illegitimate children by unknown fathers. In 1881 she had an illegitimate daughter named TEODOSIEA DUBAU. Teodosiea's godfather was TEOFAN PASCARI of Tereblecea, who had a large family in house no. 162 (see below). Teofan, whose father was named Vasilie, is very probably related to our Pascars, but the exact nature of his relationship to the other Pascars of Tereblecea has not yet been ascertained. It is perhaps not a coincidence that a Pascar acted as godfather to Iulita's first child and that Iulita married a Pascar a few years later. Iulita also had an illegitimate son in 1883, named SIMEON DUBAU. One of Simeon's godmothers was my great-grandmother Iftima Pascar.

         --  TODOSIEA DUBAU, born 8 July 1881
         --  SIMEON DUBAU, born 1 Sept. 1883
         23. MICHAIL PASCARIU, born 8 Nov. 1885
         24. ELEANA PASCARIU, born 15 May 1888
         25. ANNA PASCARIU, born 23 Feb. 1890
         26. SERGIE PASCARI, born 11 July 1892
         27. CONSTANTIN PASCAR, born 9 Feb. 1895
         28. EUFROSINA PASCAR, born 9 Sept. 1896
         29. TATIANA PASCAR, born 19 Dec. 1898
         30. LEONTINA PASCAR, born 18 Oct. 1901

7. FEVRONIA PASCARU, daughter of Constantin Pascar, born circa 1862, a resident of house no. 391 in Tereblevea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Fevronia was godmother to her older brother Ioan's three youngest daughters. On 8 Feb. 1879 in Tereblecea, Fevronia, age 17, married a bachelor named PETRE CRUSNITCHI, age 25, born circa 1853, a peasant farmer of house no. 362 in Tereblecea, son of Georgi Crusnitchi. The marriage record identifies the bride and groom as "Fevronia fiica lui Constantin Pascaru din Tereblecea" and "Petre fiul lui Georgi Krusnitchi din Tereblecea." The witnesses were Demian Kupcek and his spouse Zoita (probably Fevronia's older sister), peasant farmers of Tereblecea, and the priest was Father Ilarion Dracinschi. Remarkably, Fevronia was married on the same day and in the same church as her older brother LEON, my great-grandfather. Was it a double wedding ceremony?

         31. GHEORGHIE CRUSNITCHI, born 13 April 1886

8. ELISAVETA CUPCIC ("Saveta"), daughter of Damian and Zoita Cupcic, born circa 1859 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. On 17 Feb. 1880 in Tereblecea, Elisaveta age 20, a peasant farmer of house no. 232, married GRIGORIE CIOPEI, age 26, a resident of house no. 330, son of Michail Ciopei of Tereblecea, born circa 1853 in Tereblecea. The witnesses at the marriage were Nicolai Nemigian and his wife Domnica, peasant farmers of Tereblecea, and the priest was Father Dimitrie Seleschi. At the time of his marriage, Grigorie was a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army. The marriage record identifies the bridegroom and bride as "Grigorie fiul lui Michail Copei din Tereblecea, Ostasi dela Landurfe (?) 15 (or 75?) Bat. 4 Comp." and "Elisaveta fiica lui Demiean Cupcec din Tereblecea." Grigorie, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea, lived at first at house no. 330, later moving to house no. 668 around 1891 or 1892. He died probably between 31 Dec. 1913 and 28 Jan. 1918. He certainly died before January 1918, at which time he is referred to as "the late" Grigorie Ciopei in his daughter Domnica's marriage record. Grigorie was apparently still alive by the end of 1913, as his death record does not appear in the parish records prior to then. Ten children of Elisaveta and Grigorie have been identified in the Tereblecea parish records. (For further generations of Elisaveta's descendants, see The Ciopei Genealogy.)

         --  ALECSIE CIOPEI, born 17 March 1881
         --  MICHAIL CIOPEI, born 7 April 1883
         --  GEORGIE CIOPEI, born 19 April 1885
         --  LEONTINA CIOPEI, born perhaps circa 1887
         --  IOAN CIOPEI, born 16 Sept. 1890
         --  DOMNICA CIOPEI, born 2 Feb. 1893
         --  ELEANA CIOPEI, born 9 June 1895
         --  ECATERINA CIOPEI (Catrina), born 27 Sept. 1897
         --  EUFROSINA CIOPEI, born 14 Nov. 1899
         --  ZENOVIA CIOPEI, born 27 July 1903

9. PAMFIL CUPCIC, son of Damian and Zoita Cupcic, born in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Pamfil's wife was MARIA NIMIGEAN, daughter of Toma and Acsenia (Nimigean) Nimigean of Tereblecea. They are known to have had a son named Pantelemon in 1913. The baptismal record of Pantelemon names his parents as "Pamfil Cupcic, fiul lui Damian Cupcic si a sotiei sale Zoita nascuta Pascariu, agricultor din Tereblecea" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 840.

         32. PANTELEMON CUPCIC, born 2 Oct. 1913

10. PAVEL PASCAR (Paul), son of Alecsie Pascar, born circa 1874, probably in Tereblecea, Bucovina; died at the age of 33 on 4 March 1907 in Tereblecea. On 20 Feb. 1897, Pavel, then 23 years old, married VARVARA LUNCAN, age 23, born circa 1874, daughter of Teodor Luncan, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 636. At the time of his marriage, Pavel was a resident of house no. 644. The priest at the marriage was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Vasilie and Ana Nemigean, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. In the marriage record, Pavel's name is given as "Paul fiul lui Alexie Pascar." In 1899, Pavel and Varvara had a son named VISARION in 1899, and a daughter named VERONICA in 1903. Pavel lived at house no. 644 during those years. In 1905, Pavel had a son named LAZAR at house no. 779, and in 1907 had a son named LAURENTIE also at house no. 779. In Pavel's death record, the cause of death is given as aprindere de plamai or "lung inflammation." At the time of his death, he lived at house no. 391 in Tereblecea, where his father Alecsie lived before moving to house no. 644. At the birth and baptism of Alecsie Jolobai on 14 March 1883 at house no. 242, the godfather was "Pavel Pascari," apparently Pavel, son of Alecsie. It is possible that Alecsie Jolobai was named after his godfather's father.

         33. VISARION PASCAR, born 12 Sept. 1899
         34. VERONICA PASCAR, born 12 Feb. 1903
         35. LAZAR PASCAR, born 31 March 1905
         36. LAURENTIE PASCAR, born 10 May 1907

11. MARIA PASCAR, daughter of Alecsie and Anna Pascar, born 2 Sept. 1876, a resident of Tereblecea, Bucovina. On 18 Sept. 1899, Maria served as one of the godmothers at the baptism of her nephew VISARION PASCAR, son of her brother Pavel Pascar. On 11 Nov. 1901, Maria, age 25, a resident of house no. 644, married SILVESTRA CETATEAN (or "Cetatan"), age 25, born 3 Jan. 1876, a bachelor and peasant farmer who lived at house no. 253, son of Gavril and Sofia (Minteoan) Cetatean. The priest at the wedding was Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and the witnesses were Emanuil Ciopei and his wife Agripina -- Emanuil was a brother of our great-grandmother Iftima Ciopei, who married Maria's uncle Leon Pascar. Emanuil's wife Agripina was also godmother to Maria and Silvestra's firstborn child VASILE and to their fourth child IOAN.

         37. VASILE CETATEAN, born 19 Dec. 1902
         38. ECATERINA CETATEAN, born 13 July 1907
         39. MINODORA CETATEAN, born 1 July 1911
         40. IOAN CETATEAN, born 3 Aug. 1914

12. IULIANA PASCAR ("Ileana," "Eleana"), daughter of Alecsie and Anna Pascar, born 14 March 1883 in Tereblecea, Bucovina. Iuliana and her parents were residents of house no. 391. The midwife at Iuliana's birth was Todosia Olari of Tereblecea. Iuliana was baptised by Father Ilarion Dracinschi on 19 March 1883, and her godmothers were Iuliana Tcaci and Ierina Dubau of Tereblecea. Iuliana Pascar was probably named after her godmother Iuliana Tcaci, who perhaps was Iuliana Pascar's maternal aunt. On 19 Nov. 1904 at house no. 644 in Tereblecea, Iuliana (called "Eleana") gave birth to an illegitimate daughter named "Maria." About three months alter, on 24 Feb. 1905, Iuliana ("Iuliana fiica lui Alecsa Pascar"), age 21, resident of house no. 644, married EUSEBIE BELCIUG (or Belciuc), age 29, born 30 May 1875, a bachelor peasant farmer of Tereblecea living at house no. 70, son of Grigorie and Eudochia (Bodor) Belciug. The priest at the wedding was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi and the witnesses were Leonti Nimigean and his wife Matrona, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Iuliana and Eusebie had five children.

         41. MARIA PASCARIU, born 19 Nov. 1904
         42. ECATERINA BELCIUG, born 26 Dec. 1906
         43. VASILIE BELCIUG, born 7 Dec. 1908
         44. IACOB BELCIUG, born 22 Oct. 1912
         45. CONSTANTIN BELCIUG, born 23 Sept. 1914
         46. IOAN BELCIUG, born 27 Jan. 1919

13. CLEMENTIE PASCARIU, son of Alecsie and Anna Pascariu, born 26 April 1887 in Tereblecea, Bucovina. Clementie and his parents were residents of house no. 371 (perhaps an error for "391"). The midwife at Clementie's birth was Todosia Olariu of Tereblecea. Clementie was baptised by Father Ilarion Dracinschi on 2 May 1887, and his godparents were Constantin Tcaci and Elisaveta, daughter of Leontie Dubau of Tereblecea.

14. IOANA PASCARIU, daughter of Alecsie and Anna Pascariu, born 25 June 1889 at house no. 391 in Tereblecea, Bucovina; died of diphtheria in house no. 644 on 24 March 1893 at the age of 4. The midwife at her birth was Pelagia Rus of Tereblecea. Ioana's baptismal record names her parents as "Alecsie a lui Constantin Pascariu" and "Anna nascuta Tcaci." She was baptised 28 June 1889 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmothers were Iuliana spouse of Constantin Tcaci and Elisaveta spouse of Ion Cozac, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

15. IOAN PASCARI, illegitimate son of Parascheva Pascari by an unknown father, born 1 May 1883 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Ioan's birth was Todosia Olari of Tereblecea. The Tereblecea Orthodox Church parish records name Ioan's mother as "Parascheva fiica lui Constantin Pascari," a resident of house no. 391, the home of our Pascar ancestors. The Dubau family also lived at house no. 391. Parascheva's son Ioan was baptised 7 May 1883 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godfather was Ioan Stratulat of Tereblecea.

16. ANA PASCAR, daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 29 Jan. 1882 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; died of dysentery on 1 June 1902 in Tereblecea. Ana's birth record lists her parents as "Leon Pascar din Tereblecea" and "Iftima Copei" (i.e. Ciopei), residents of house no. 511. The midwife assisting at her birth was Todosia Olari of Tereblecea. Ana was baptised 1 Feb. 1882 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Georgi Russu (Georgi Rus). On 14 Aug, 1895, Ana was one of the three godparents of Sergie Rus, son of Iustin Rus. At the time of her death at age 20, Ana was married to IGNATIE OLAR, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea living at house no. 186, born 10 Dec. 1877, son of the late Leon Olariu, who was probably related to our Olar family. Ana and Ignatie married on 21 Feb. 1902, when Ana was 20 and Ignatie was 24 (marriage record erroneously says 25). The priest at the wedding was Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and the witnesses were Ambrosie Tcaci and his wife Maria, peasant farmers of Tereblecea (probably related to Anna Tcaci who married Ana's uncle Alecsie Pascar). Ignatie and Ana were living with Ana's parents in house no. 511 when Ana died, not quite three and a half months after their marriage. Two years later, on 25 Jan. 1904, Ignatie remarried to TECLA COJOCARIU, age 23, born 17 Aug. 1880, resident of house no. 491, daughter of the late Toader Cojocariu. Ignatie and Ana were not married long enough to have children, but children were born of Ignatie's second marriage. It was the same priest and witnesses at his second marriage as had served at his first.

17. DOMNICA PASCARIU ("Dominica Paskar"), daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 3 Jan. 1884 in Tereblecea, Bucovina. Domnica is called "Dominica" in my grandmother's funeral book. Her birth record lists her parents as "Leon a lui Constantin Pascariu" and "Iftima Copei," residents of house no. 511. The midwife assisting at her birth was Todosia Olari of Tereblecea. Domnica was baptised 7 Jan. 1884 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godparents were Georgi Rus and Maria Minteoan. Georgi Rus was also godfather at the baptisms of Leon and Iftima's daughters Ana and Eufrosina, and Maria Minteoan was godmother at the baptism of Eufrosina. At the baptism of Leon and Iftima's daughter Eleana, Ioan Rus was godfather, very probably Ioan son of Georgi Rus. On 23 Oct. 1905, Domnica, age 21, married LUCHIAN PISCEALIA, age 25, born 5 June 1880, a bachelor peasant farmer who lived at house no. 464, son of Vasilie Piscealia ("Luchian fiul lui Vasilie a lui Anton Piscealia"). The priest at the wedding was Father Stefan Seleschi, and the witnesses were Toader Tcaciu and his wife Iustina, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

         47. VASILIE PISCEALIA, born 17 Aug. 1906
         48. LEONTINA PISCEALIA, born 31 Dec. 1907
         49. ELEANA PISCEALEA, born 11 Nov. 1909
         50. MARIA PISCEALEA, born 29 May 1911
         51. ZENOVIA PISCEALEA, born 29 April 1912

18. EUFROSINA PASCARIU ("Rose Paskar"), daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 2 Oct. 1887 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her birth record names her parents as "Leon a lui Constantin Pascariu din Tereblecea" and "Iftima Ciopei," residents of house no. 511. The midwife assisting at Eufrosina's birth was Todosia Olariu of Tereblecea. Eufrosina was baptised 3 Oct. 1887 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godparents were Georgi Rus and Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteoan of Tereblecea, the same godparents as her older sister Domnica. On 11 Feb. 1907 in Tereblecea, Eufrosina married a bachelor named GEORGIE JEREADA, born 22 April 1883, son of Constantin and Ileana Jereada (an occupational surname signifying "herdsman"), residents of house no. 112 in Tereblecea. The minister at the marriage was Father Stefan Seleschi, and the witnesses were Ilie and Ileana Jereada, Vasilie Gabor, and Leon Socaci. The marriage record names Eufrosina's parents as "Leon alui Constantin Pascar" and "Iftimia nascuta Ciopei." However, the record also has a few errors: it shows Eufrosina's date of birth as 2 Sept. 1887 instead of 2 Oct., and says she was 20 years old, whereas she was still 19. It also shows her house no. as "571," no doubt a clerical error for "511."

Eufrosina is certainly my grandmother ROSE PASKAR, daughter of Leo and Eftinca Paskar, who was born circa 1886-1889, died 19 July 1951 at home in Elmhurst, Illinois. She was buried 23 July 1951 in Elm Lawn Cemetery (Section 14, Block 2, Lot 107), Elmhurst, Ill. There has been a good deal of uncertainty about Rose's date of birth. I have not found the birth record of any "Rose" or "Rosa" in the Tereblecea parish registers, but I found the record of Eufrosina's birth around the time when my grandmother would have been born. My father says that his mother wasn't sure when exactly she was born, and also recalls that she said she "changed her name a little" when she came to America. Interestingly enough, even in the record of Eufrosina's marriage to Georgie Jereada, there is confusion and error regarding her age and date of birth. In any event, Rose's funeral memory book says she was born 20 Aug. 1886, and her gravemarker at Elm Lawn Cemetery also says she was born in 1886. (On page 107 of the Addison Township Cemetery Index (DuPage County Cemetery Records), we find Rose's year of birth listed as 1887, but that is a typographical error for 1886.) However, during the 1960s, my father wrote in his Bible that his mother was born 25 Sept. 1888, and my Aunt Linda's records say Rose was born 25 Sept. 1889. My Aunt Virginia's birth certificate says Rose was 44 years old when Virginia was born 25 March 1932, which would quite correctly place Rose's date of birth from 26 March 1887 to 25 March 1888. Eufrosina's date of birth is just one week later than the "25 Sept." date that was preserved in our family tradition. It is also noteworthy that the number "2" appears more than once in these dates of birth -- 2 Oct., 25 Sept., 2 Sept., and 20 Aug. The date in Rose's funeral book may have originated because "October" and "August" have a similar-sounding first syllable.

According to an outline family history that I received from my aunt Linda, in Feb. 1907, shortly before emigrating to Canada, Rose married ALEX OLAR (Alecsie), son of Ioan and Alecsandra Olar of Tereblecea, born 17 March 1883 in Tereblecea; died 9:16 a.m., 13 May 1969, at the T.L.C. Convalescent Hospital, El Cajon, San Diego County, California. Alex is buried next to Rose at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois. The date of "Feb. 1907" for the marriage of Rose and Alex is apparently a garbled memory of the date of her first marriage to Georgie Jereada. My father tells me that his mother Rose had been married previously to her marriage to Alex, but her first husband "didn't live very long." In the 1930 U.S. Census, it says Rose was 18 years old at the time of her first marriage, whereas Alex is said to have been 27 years old at the time of his first marriage. That very nearly agrees with the other information we have found: Eufrosina was married in Feb. 1907 when she was 19, just as Rose reportedly was married in Feb. 1907 when she was supposedly 18.

Rose and Alex had their first child in Dec. 1910, which indicates that they were married either in 1909 or in the early months of 1910, when Alex was 26 years old. However, we have not yet found a marriage record for Alex and Rose. Their marriage apparently was not registered in Tereblecea, and in fact the Tereblecea marriage records skip without any comment or explanation from 5 Feb. 1909 to 1 Nov. 1909, which is highly unusual. Was the church in Tereblecea unable to be used during those months, such that inhabitants of Tereblecea had to get married in nearby villages and towns? If so, perhaps the marriage of Alex and Rose is recorded in the parish registers of some nearby village such as Opriseni or Starcea.

Alex and Rose had 13 children, but four them died in infancy or were stillborn. (For a more complete account of Alex and Rose's lives, see Nine Generations of Olars.)

         --  JOHN OLAR, born 16 Dec. 1910 in Canada.
         --  MICHAEL OLAR, born 20 April 1912 in Canada, died 6 days old.
         --  MAX OLAR, born circa 1913-1915, died in infancy.
         --  [Baby] OLAR, born circa 1913-1915, stillborn.
         --  MARION OLAR, born 4 Aug. 1916, born in Minnesota.
         --  LAWRENCE OLAR, born 2 Sept. 1918, born in Minnesota.
         --  LINDA OLAR ("Linda," "Lyn"), born 14 Feb. 1920, born in Minnesota.
         --  SAMUEL OLAR, born 5 Sept. 1922, born in Minnesota.
         --  AURELIAN OLAR ("Aurel"), born 11 March 1924, born in Minnesota.
         --  HELEN OLAR, born 8 April 1926, born in Minnesota.
         --  JOSEPH OLAR, born 4 Dec. 1927, born in Oregon.
         --  ARTHUR OLAR, born 25 Sept. 1930, born in Illinois.
         --  VIRGINIA OLAR, born 25 March 1932, born in Illinois.

19. ELEANA PASCARI ("Helen Paskar"), daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 13 May 1890 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. "Elena" and "Eleana" are Romanian forms of the name "Helen," and this daughter of Leon and Iftima is called "Helen" in my grandmother's funeral memory book. Her birth record names her parents as "Leon a lui Constantin Pascari din Tereblecea" and "Iftima Copei" (i.e. Ciopei), residents of house no. 511. The midwife assisting at Eleana's birth was Pelagia Rus of Tereblecea. Eleana was baptised 19 May 1890 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godparents were Ioan Rus (probably related to Pelagia Rus, and shown in other records to be a son of Georgi Rus, godfather to Eleana's siblings) and Maria spouse of Pantelemon Minteoan of Tereblecea (godmother of Eleana's older sister Eufrosina).

On 22 May 1911, Eleana married a widower named ACSENTIE NIMIGEAN, born 15 Feb. 1880 in Tereblecea, son of Teodor and Maria (Epure) Nimigean, a resident of house no. 20. The witnesses at the marriage were Ioan son of George Rusu and Ioan's wife Leontina, and the priest was Father Dimitrie Georgescu. Eleana and Acsentie had only one child, a daughter. Acsentie was dead by Jan. 1918, as shown by the fact that on 4 Feb. 1918 Eleana, then a widow residing in house no. 20, married as her second husband a bachelor named SERGHIE NIMIGEAN ("Georgie"), age 25, born 6 Feb. 1892, son of Anton and Solomia (Bulbuc) Nimigean, a resident of house no. 744. The witnesses at the marriage were Zaharie Nimigean and his spouse Domnica, and the priest was Father Ioan Tipa. The marriage record of Eleana and Serghie names her parents as "Leon Pascariu" and "Iftimia nascuta Ciopeiu."

         52. MARIA NIMIGEAN, born 19 Feb. 1912
         53. CONSTANTIN NIMIGEAN, born 17 Oct. 1919
         54. DOMNICA NIMIGEAN, born 17 Oct. 1919

20. TEODOSIA PASCARIU, daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 24 Jan. 1893 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at her birth was Todosia Olariu of Tereblecea. At the time of her birth, Teodosia's parents lived at house no. 511. Her birth records names her parents as "Leon alui Constantin Pascariu" and "Iftima nascuta Ciopei." She was baptised 29 Jan. 1893 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godparents were Ioan Rus and Leopoldina Nagel of Tereblecea.

21. IOAN PASCARI, ("John Paskar"), son of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 16 July 1895 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ioan is mentioned in my grandmother's funeral memory book as "John." The midwife at Ioan's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. His birth record names his parents as "Leon Pascari" and "Iftima nascuta Ciopei," residents of house no. 511. Ioan was baptised 22 July 1895 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godfathers were Georgi Rus of Tereblecea and Teodor Gavril of Sanauti de Ius.

22. ZENOVIA PASCAR, daughter of Leon and Iftima Pascar, born 26 Feb. 1898 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Zenovia's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Her birth record names her parents as "Leon Pascar" and "Iftima nascuta Ciopei," residents of house no. 50. Zenovia was baptised 28 Feb. 1898 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godfather was Ion, son of Georgi Rus of Tereblecea. In 1920, Zenovia had son out-of-wedlock with a man named DIMITRIE DUBAU, son of Spiridon Dubau and Irina Mintison of Tereblecea.

         55. VASILIE DUBAU, born 25 March 1920

23. MICHAIL PASCARIU, son of Ioan and Iulita Pascariu, born 8 Nov. 1885 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife who assisted at his birth was Todosia Olariu of Tereblecea. At the time of his birth, Michail and his parents resided at house no. 232. His birth record names his parents as "Ioan Pascariu a lui Constantin" and "Iulita nascuta Dubeu." Michail was baptised 9 Nov. 1885 by Father Dimitrie Seleschi, and his godmother was Maria, wife of Pantelimon Minteoan of Tereblecea.

24. ELEANA PASCARIU, daughter of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 15 May 1888 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Eleana's birth was Pelagia Rus of Tereblecea. Her birth record identifies her parents as "Ion a lui Constantin Pascariu" and "Iulita nascuta Dubeu, residents of house no. 230. Eleana was baptised 21 May 1888 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmother was Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteoan of Tereblecea.

25. ANNA PASCARIU ("Annie"), daughter of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 23 Feb. 1890 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary; died 6 July 1964 probably in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. The midwife at her birth was Maria Minteoan of Tereblecea. Her birth record names her parents as "Ioan a lui Constantin Pascariu" and "Iulita nascuta Dubau," residents of house no. 230. Anna was baptised 24 Feb. 1890 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and her godmothers were Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteoan (apparently the same as Anna's midwife), and IFTIMA, wife of LEON PASCARIU, both of Tereblecea. Iftima was the wife of Anna's uncle.

Anna later emigrated to Ontario, Canada, subsequently settling in the United States. The 1920 U.S. Census says Anna arrived in America in 1907, but she first appears on record in the New World in Nov. 1910, when she married a fellow Romanian immigrant in Canada. Her marriage record from Rainy River, Ontario, located by Bucovina genealogical researcher Jean Humeniuk of Minnesota, says that on 21 Nov. 1910, banns were published for the marriage of "Annie Pascar," age 19, spinster, daughter of "Jon Pascar" and "Julita Dubeow," and her fiance "Gregor Buliga," that is, GRIGORIE BULIGA, born in Tereblecea, Bucovina, probably on 15 March 1883, died 24 Oct. 1974 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; buried beside his wife Anna in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. Gregor is shown in the marriage record to be age 27, a labourer, and son of "Gheorg Buliga" and "Catharyna Rusnacuk" (i.e., Ecaterina Rusnaciuc). A Canadian border crossing document dated May 1910 says Gregor was born in "Trbleszte" (Tereblestie or Tereblecea), Austria, and Gregor's World War II draft registration card also says he was born in "Tereblestie" in "Roumania." The surnames of Buliga and Rusnaciuc appear with relative frequency in the Orthodox parish registers of Tereblecea. In March 1908, Gregor emigrated to Canada on the S.S. Grampian, landing at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In May 1910, he moved to Baudette, Minnesota, on the Canadian border near Rainy River, Ontario. Anna and Gregor's marriage was afterwards recorded in Rainy River on 30 Nov. 1910, and the witnesses were "Stef Krusnizcki" and "Maria Coroschi." One of those two witnesses, Stefan Crusnitschi, was related to my Pascar family through marriage. Curiously, although Anna's baptism is recorded in the Orthodox Church parish registers of Tereblecea, her Canadian marriage record says she and her husband were "Greek Catholic." Did she change religions in order to marry Gregor, or did she and Gregor change religions when they were younger?

A degree of uncertainty attaches to the question of Gregor's date of birth. His World War I draft card, dated 12 Sept. 1918, says he was born in March 1883 and was then still a subject of the Austrian emperor. His birth date is more specifically given as 15 March 1883 on his World War II "Old Man's Draft" registration, dated 27 April 1942. However, the Michigan Death Index gives his date of birth as 30 Jan. 1882, while the Social Security Death Index says he was born 15 Jan. 1883. In all likelihood, the draft cards show the correct date, and confusion in later records arose by bad memory, misreading of poorly written numerals, and the reversal of the numbers representing the month and day. Most later documents indicate that Gregor was born in or around 1883. We next meet Gregor in Canada, for, as mentioned above, in March 1908 Gregor left Bucovina and emigrated to Canada, arriving at Halifax, Nova Scotia, aboard the S.S. Grampian. This is known from a May 1910 Canadian border crossing document from the port of Winnipeg, Manitoba, listing aliens seeking admission to the U.S. The document says Gregor Buliga, age 25 (he was actually 27), examined by immigration authorities on 27 April 1910, was an ethnic "Roumanian" born in Tereblecea, Austria, a laborer who could read and write, being 5 feet 7 1/2 inches in height, with black hair and brown eyes and a pierced right ear. Gregor, whose last permanent residence was Montreal, Canada, was then still unmarried, as this was a few months before his marriage in Rainy River, Ontario. His stated reason for seeking to enter the U.S. was to visit a friend in Baudette, Minnesota, named "Mat. Spiczarka." The document also notes that Gregor had previously been living in Minnesota, having just left there in April 1910 -- so this document records his movement back across the border to Minnesota just a few weeks after leaving the same state.

After their marriage, Anna and her husband Gregor together crossed from Ontario back into Minnesota, living and working in Baudette for a few years. While in Baudette, they had two daughters and a son. The 30 June 1917 edition of The Duluth Herald, page 19, mentions the settlement that week of a lawsuit called "Thibault vs. Buliga" in the district court in Baudette, Minnesota. It's not yet known if Gregor Buliga was one of the parties in this lawsuit, which was settled a few months after the birth in Baudette of Gregor's third child. Be that as it may, it was in the following year that Gregor and his family left Minnesota and moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where Gregor and Anna would live for the rest of their lives.

From the Minnesota Naturalization Records Index (1854-1957), we learn that during the years 1909 to 1916, Gregor made a declaration of his intentions to remain in the U.S. and become a naturalised U.S. citizen. As late as 1918, however, Gregor was still a non-citizen, for in that year the Minnesota Alien Registration Index lists "Gregor Buliga," age 35, as a resident alien living in Baudette, Minnesota. That year, Gregor took a job as a molder in the Wilson Foundry & Machine Company in Pontiac, and he and Annie and their three children moved to 73 Grand Ave., Pontiac. That is where they were living on 12 Sept. 1918, when Gregor registered for the military draft as a "declarant" alien. His draft card says he was then still a subject of the Austrian emperor, and that he was of medium height and build with grey eyes and black hair. He also listed his wife Anna Buliga as his "nearest relative." In the following year, in 1919, Gregor and Annie had their fourth child, another daughter, born in Pontiac, Michigan. It was probably around that time that Gregor formally began the process of becoming a naturalised citizen. The U.S Census returns for Bloomfield Township (Pontiac), Oakland County, Michigan, dated 6 March 1920, show that Gregor had by then submitted his papers to become a U.S. citizen, while his wife was still an alien. The 1920 census says Gregor Buliga, age 36, was a "moulder" working in a foundry, and the head of a household on Grand Avenue consisting of himself, his wife "Annie," age 23, their children "Catherine L.," age 8, "John George," age 5, "Mary Mena," age 2 years 9 months, and "Lena Carlena" (sic -- Carolina), age 9 months. The census says Gregor and Annie were born in "Roumania" of ethnic Romanian parents (Bucovina by then having been added to Romania after the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), while their three eldest children are shown as born in Minnesota and their fourth child was born in Michigan. Also rooming with them were two other ethnic Romanian immigrants who had come to America in 1912, named "Wasile Naity" and "Pete Mereniuk," both 26 years of age, who apparently worked at the same plant in Pontiac as Gregor.

The 1920 Pontiac City Directory shows Gregor Buliga, laborer, still living with his wife Annie at 73 Grand Ave., but by 1922 the city directory shows they had moved to 183 W. Wilson Ave. Gregor and Annie would live at that address for the rest of their lives together, as shown by all subsequent Pontiac city directories from 1923 to 1960, which list Gregor and Anna as husband and wife at 183 W. Wilson Ave. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, dated 9 April 1930, also show them at the same address. The family is entered in that census as "Bulaga Gregor," age 45, a naturalised citizen working in the glue room at a factory, wife "Anna," age 36, an alien who had submitted her first papers to become a citizen, son "John," age 15, daughter "Mary," age 13, daughter "Lena," age 11, son-in-law "Puscas Gregor," age 31, and daughter "Puscas Katherine," age 19. The 1930 Census says Gregor and Anna "Bulaga" had arrived in America in 1910, and were ages 26 and 18 respectively at the time of their first (or in their case, only) marriage. Their son-in-law Gregor Puscas, a trucker working for a foundry, was also an ethnic Romanian immigrant, a naturalised citizen who had come to America in 1912 according to this census.

In the fall of 1935, Gregor and Annie attempted to visit relatives in Canada. However, a Canadian border crossing document dated for the month of October 1935 at the port of Walkerville, Ontario, shows that their request to enter Canada at that time was rejected with no appeal allowed. The stated reason for the rejection is that Gregor had "presented U.S. citizen papers which had been altered -- wife's name added." Thus, it is evident that Anna had not yet become a U.S. citizen. The border crossing document says they wanted to visit a nephew named "D. Caruse," who lived at 941 High St., Windsor, Ontario. The document also says Gregor, 52, and Anna, 44, then lived at Pontiac, Michigan, where their daughter "Lena K. Bulgia" (sic) also was then living. Gregor and Anna are both identified in the document as Greek Catholics and ethnic Romanians who could speak both Romanian and English.

Afterwards, Gregor and Anna returned to their home in Pontiac, where they lived out the remainder of their days. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, show them still living at 183 W. Wilson, along with three children. The 1940 census shows "Buliga Gregory," age 57, born in "Runinan" (sic -- Rumania), a laborer at an auto plant, along with his wife "Buliga Anna," age 51, their son "Buliga John," age 26, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), a grinder at an auto plant, their son "Buliga Robert," age 21, born in Michigan, a tool grinder at an auto plant, and their daughter "Buliga Esther," age 19, born in Michigan. Among the facts about the Buliga family found in these census returns, Gregor Buliga is reported to have only gone to school until the end of fourth grade, Anna only until the end of third grade, John only until the end of his freshman year in high school, Robert only until the end of his sophomore year, and Esther until the end of her junior year. Gregor is again identified as a naturalised citizen, while his wife Anna had only submitted her first papers, just as in 1930.

The most curious aspect of these census returns, however, is the appearance of Robert and Esther as children of Gregor and Anna Buliga. Neither Robert nor Esther appear among their children in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, even though their given ages mean they should have been enumerated as their children in those years. Indeed, Robert was the same age as Lena Carolina, yet in neither the 1920 nor the 1930 census does he appear alongside her. The solution to this conundrum seems to be suggested by the notable fact that Robert and Esther had typically "American" or English names, unlike the rest of the Buligas, all of whom had common Romanian names. It is thus possible that Robert and Esther were adopted. The 1940 census says Robert and Esther were living in the "same place" on 1 April 1935, so Gregor and Anna would have adopted them between 9 April 1930 and 1 April 1935. Were Robert and Esther among the many orphans whose families gave them up because they couldn't provide for them during the Great Depression? However, an alternate scenario is favored by the descendants of Gregor and Anna Buliga today, as explained in an email of Brian J. Baba sent to me on 25 May 2019:

"My family has discussed our mystery aunt and uncle on multiple occasions and we have come to the conclusion that the most likely scenario of why they appear on the census might be that they were cousins or children of cousins on my grandfather's side from Windsor, Ontario. We think that they were sent to Pontiac for some reason for a short period of time to be cared for by my grandparents. There are no images of these children in any of our family pictures and were never mentioned by my mother, my two aunts or my uncle while they were alive. So we think my grandfather, trying to be an upstanding citizen filled out the census completely but just fudged the last names of Robert and Ester while in their care."

If this is the correct explanation, it may not be that Gregor "fudged the last names," but it might simply be carelessness on the part of the census-taker, who perhaps assumed all of the children in the household had the same last name.

Two years later, on 27 April 1942, Gregor, then 59 years old, registered for the "Old Man's Draft" during World War II. His draft card says he was born 15 March 1883 in "Tereblestie, Roumania," that he lived at 183 W. Wilson in Pontiac, and that he worked at Fisher Body in Pontiac. Gregor also identified "Mrs. Joseph Lutz" (i.e. his daughter Lena), of 229 Hughes, Pontiac, as the "person who will always know your address."

The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents. On the very same page of the census, listed immediately above the household of Gregor and Anna Buliga at 187 W. Wilson Ave., is the household of Gregory Puscas, 57, born in Roumania, a sweeper at an automobile plant, and his wife Catherine Puscas (eldest child of Gregor and Anna Buliga), 39, born in Minnesota, and their son Gregory Puscas, 3, born in Michigan.

The 1960 Pontiac City Directory lists Gregor and "Ana" Buliga as residents of 183 W. Wilson Ave., Pontiac, along with their son "John G." and John's wife "Michaelina" at 3670 W. Wilson Ave. According to Oak Hill Cemetery records, Anna died 6 July 1964, probably in Pontiac. Gregor survived her by a whole decade, dying in Pontiac on 22 Oct 1974 according to the Michigan Death Index, the Social Security Death Index, and Oak Hill Cemetery records.

The six known and reported children of Gregor and Anna were:

         56. CATHERINE L. BULIGA, born 2 March 1911
         57. JOHN GEORGE BULIGA, born 20 Aug 1914
         58. MARIA MINA BULIGA ("Mary Mena"), born 10 March 1917
         59. LENA CAROLINA BULIGA ("Lena Caroline"), born 12 March 1919
         60. ROBERT BULIGA, born circa 1919
         61. ESTHER BULIGA, born circa 1921

26. SERGIE PASCARI, son of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 11 July 1892 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. The midwife assisting at Sergie's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. The birth record identifies his parents as "Ion a lui Constantin Pascari" and "Iulita nascuta Dubau," residents of house no. 637. Sergie was baptised 18 July 1892 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmother was Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteoan of Tereblecea.

27. CONSTANTIN PASCAR, son of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 9 Feb. 1895 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Constantin apparently was named after his paternal grandfather. The midwife at his birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. His baptismal record identifies his parents as "Ion Pascar" and "Iulita nascuta Dubeu," residents of house no. 637. Constantin was baptised 11 Feb. 1895 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmothers were Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteon, and Leopoldina, wife of Frant Nagel, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

28. EUFROSINA PASCAR, daughter of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 9 Sept. 1896 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Eufrosina's birth record identifies her parents as "Ion Pascar" and "Iulita nascuta Dubeu," but her marriage record gives the surname as "Pascariu." In the birth record, their house number is partly illegible -- it could be 634 or 637 ("637" seems more likely) -- but at the time of her marriage the family resided at house no. 644. Eufrosina was baptised 14 Sept. 1896 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The godparents at her baptism were Maria, wife of Pantelemon Minteoan, FEVRONIA, wife of Petre Crusnitchi (see No.6 above), and Atanasie "Zafvarnitchi" (?), all of Tereblecea.

On 14 Feb. 1919 in Tereblecea, Eufrosina married GEORGIE BODNARIU, born 20 April 1892, son of Agafiei and Ana Bodnariu, peasant farmers who lived at house no. 24 in the town of Stanesti. This was the first marriage for both Eufrosina and Georgie. One of the witnesses to this marriage was IOANA, a peasant woman of Tereblecea, wife of TEODOR CIOPEIU, son of Macsim Ciopei, son of Michail Ciopei. Teodor, born 15 May 1873, was almost certainly related to Iftima Ciopei, wife of Leon Pascar. Other witnesses to the marriage were SIMEON DUBAU, a relative of Eufrosina's mother Iulita (perhaps her brother, unless it was her illegitimate son Simeon); and my great-grandfather LEON PASCARIU, brother of Eufrosina's father Ioan.

29. TATIANA PASCAR, daughter of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 19 Dec. 1898 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Tatiana's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Tatiana's birth record identifies her parents as "Ion Pascar" and "Iulita nascuta Dubeu," but her marriage record gives the surname as "Pascariu." In the birth record, they are said to reside at house no. 637, but at the time of her marriage they lived at house no. 644. Tatiana was baptised 20 Dec. 1898 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi. The godparents at her baptism were "Eufrosina" (an error for "Fevronia"), wife of Petre Crusnitchi (see No. 6 above), and Maria, wife of Maftei Oloer, both of Tereblecea.

On 31 Jan. 1919 in Tereblecea, Tatiana married SERGHIE STRATULAT, born 5 Aug. 1892, son of Andreiu and Elisaveta Stratulat, peasant farmers who lived at house no. 538 in Tereblecea. This was the first marriage for both Tatiana and Sergie. Among the witnesses to this marriage were SIMEON DUBAU, a relative Tatiana's mother Iulita (perhaps her brother, unless it was her illegitimate son Simeon); as well as TEOFILACT CIOPEIU (who must be Teofilact Copei, born 4 Jan. 1883, son of Simion Copei, son of Michail Ciopei). This Ciopeiu connection is unsurprising, since Tatiana's uncle Leon Pascar married a Ciopei.

30. LEONTINA PASCAR, daughter of Ioan and Iulita Pascar, born 18 Oct. 1901 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 21 Oct. 1901 by Father Ilaron Dracinschi. The midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea, and the godparents at her baptism were FEVRONIA, wife of Petre Crusnitchi of Tereblecea (see No. 6 above), and Orest Stratulat of Tereblecea. Leontina's birth record names her parents as "Ion Pascar" and "Iulita Dubeu," residents of house no. 637.

31. GHEORGHIE CRUSNITCHI, son of Petre and Fevronia Crusnitchi, born 13 April 1886 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire; baptised 15 April 1886 by Father Ilaron Dracinschi. The midwife at his birth was Pelagia Bodor of Tereblecea, and the godmother at his baptism was Zoita, wife of Demian Cupcic, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. (Zoita was very probably the sister of Gheorghie's mother.) Gheorghie's baptismal record names his parents as "Petrea Crusnitchi" and "Fevronia nascuta Pascariu," residents of house no. 362.

32. PANTELEMON CUPCIC, son of Pamfil and Maria Cupcic, born 2 Oct. 1913 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Pantelemon's birth was Eudochia Zotic of Tereblecea. His birth record calls him "Panteleimon," and names his parents as "Pamfil Cupcic, fiul lui Damian Cupcic si a sotiei sale Zoita nascuta Pascariu, agricultor din Tereblecea" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 840. Pantelemon was baptised 6 Oct. 1913 by Father Dimitrie Georgescu, and his godparents were Ioan Zotic and Domnica wife of Simeon Dubau, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

33. VISARION PASCAR, son of Pavel and Varvara Pascar, born 12 Sept. 1899 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Visarion's birth was Irina Budei of Stircea. His birth record names his parents as "Paul Pascar" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 644. Visarion was baptised 18 Sept. 1899 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, and his godmothers were Ana, wife of Vasile Nemigean, and Maria, daughter of Alecsie Pascar, both of Tereblecea.

34. VERONICA PASCAR, daughter of Pavel and Varvara Pascar, born 12 Feb. 1903 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Veronica's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. Her birth record names her parents as "Paul a lui Alecsa Pascar" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 644. Veronica was baptised 15 Feb. 1903 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and her godmother was Ana, wife of Vasile Nemigean, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

35. LAZAR PASCAR, son of Pavel and Varvara Pascar, born 31 March 1905 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Lazar's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. His birth record names his parents as "Pavel a lui Alecsie Pascar" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 779. Lazar was baptised 10 April 1905 by Father Stefan Seleschi, and his godmothers were Ana, wife of Vasile Nimigean, Parascheva, wife of Andrie Pascar, and Maria, daughter of Simion Sorocopud, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

36. LAURENTIE PASCAR, son of Pavel and Varvara Pascar, born 10 May 1907 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Laurentie's birth was Ierina Budei of Starcea. His birth record names his parents as "Pavel alui Alecsie Pascar" and "Varvara nascuta Luncan," residents of house no. 779. Laurentie was baptised 12 May 1907 by Father Stefan Seleschi, and his godmothers were Anna, wife of Vasile Nimigean, and Paraschiva, wife of Andrei Pascar, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

37. VASILE CETATEAN, son of Silvestra and Maria Cetatean, born 19 Dec. 1902 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Vasile's birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Silvestru a lui Gavril Cetatan" and "Maria nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 251. Vasile was baptised 21 Dec. 1902 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and his godmother was Agripina, wife of Emanuil Ciopei, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Emanuil was a brother of Iftima Ciopei, who married Leon Pascar, uncle of Vasile's mother Maria.

38. ECATERINA CETATEAN, daughter of Silvestra and Maria Cetatean, born 13 July 1907 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Ecaterina's birth was Maria Cetatean of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Silvestra alui Gavril Cetatean" and "Maria nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 251. Ecaterina was baptised 14 July 1907 by Father Gheorghe Ciuperca, and her godmother was Ecaterina, wife of Zaharie Zegrea, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

39. MINODORA CETATEAN, daughter of Silvestra and Maria Cetatean, born 1 July 1911 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Minodora's birth was Natalia Jolobaiu of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Silvestra allui Gavriil Cetatean" and "Maria nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 251. Minodora was baptised 2 July 1911 by Father Dimitrie Georgescu, and her godmothers were Minodora wife of Antipa Nimigean and Ecaterina wife of Zaharie Zegre, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

40. IOAN CETATEAN, daughter of Silvestra and Maria Cetatean, born 3 Aug. 1914 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Ioan's birth was Domnica Sandul of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Silvestru Cetatean, fiul lui Gavriil Cetatean si al sotieti sale Sofia nascuta Minteoan, agricultor din Tereblecea" and "Maria fiica lui Alecsie Pascar si a sotiei sale Anna nascuta Tcaci din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 251. Ioan was baptised the same day he was born, 3 Aug. 1914, by Father Ioan Tipa, and his godmothers were Agripina, wife of Emanuil Ciopei, and Maria, wife of Eusebie Cojocariu, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Emanuil Ciopei was a brother of Iftima Ciopei, who married Leon Pascar, uncle of Ioan's mother Maria.

41. MARIA PASCARIU, illegitimate daughter of Iuliana ("Eleana") Pascariu, born 19 Nov. 1904 in Tereblecea, Bucovina, Austria-Hungary. Maria was born at house no. 644, and the midwife at her birth was Varvara Cigan of Tereblecea. The baptismal record identifies her mother as "Eleana fiica lui Alecsa Pascariu si a sotiei sale Ana nascuta Tcaciu." Maria was baptised 20 Nov. 1904 by Father Vichenti Simiganoschi, and her godmother was Maria, wife of Ambros Tcaciu, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

42. ECATERINA BELCIUG, daughter of Eusebie and Iuliana Belciug, born 26 Dec. 1906 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Ecaterina's birth was Josefina Serle of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Eusebie alui Grigorie Belciug" and "Ileana nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 666. Ecaterina was baptised 30 Dec. 1906 by Father Georgie Ciuperca, and her godmothers were Matrona, wife of Leontie Nimigean, and Maria, wife of Ambrosie Tcaciu, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

43. VASILIE BELCIUG, son of Eusebie and Iuliana Belciug, born 7 Dec. 1908 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Vasilie's birth was Ecaterina Palmariuc of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Esebie alui Grigorie Belciug" and "Iuliana nascuta Pascariu," residents of house no. 666. Vasilie was baptised 13 Dec. 1908 by Father Michail Rusu, and his godparents were Vasilie son of Sirleu (Sirlen?) Holovatei, Matrona, wife of Leontie Nimigean, and Maria, wife of Ambrozie Tcaciu, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

44. IACOB BELCIUG, son of Eusebie and Iuliana Belciug, born 22 Oct. 1912, in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Iacob's birth was Ecaterina Ursu of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Eusebie al lui Grigorie Belciug, lucrator din Tereblecea" and "Iuliana fiica lui Alecsie Pascariu si a sotiei sale Anna nascuta Tcaciu din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 919. Iacob was baptised 3 Nov. 1912 by Father Dimitrie Georgescu, and his godparents were Maria, wife of Ambrosie Tcaciu, Matrona, wife of Leontie Nimigean, and Eudochia, wife of Vasilie Holovatie, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

45. CONSTANTIN BELCIUG, son of Eusebie and Iuliana Belciug, born 23 Sept. 1914 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Constantin's birth was Ecaterina Minteoan of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Eusebie Belciug, fiul lui Grigorie Belciug si al sotiei sale Eudochia nascuta Bodor, lucrator din Tereblecea" and "Iuliana fiica lui Alecsie Pascariu si a sotiei sale Anna nascuta Tcaciu din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 919. Constantin was baptised 27 Sept. 1914 by Father Ioan Tipa, and his godparents were Matrona, wife of Leontie Nimigean, and Dimitrie, son of Ambrosie Tcaciu, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

46. IOAN BELCIUG, son of Eusebie and Iulian Belciug, born 27 Jan. 1919 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Ioan's birth was Ecaterina Mintioan of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Eusebie Belciug fiul lui Grigorie Belciug si al sotiei sale Eudochia nascuta Bodor, agricultor din Tereblecea" and "Iuliana fiica lui Alexie Pascariu si al sotiei sale Ana nascuta Tcaciu din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 919. Ion was baptised 9 Feb. 1919 by Father Ioan Tipa, and his godmother was Matrona, wife of Leontie Nimigean, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

47. VASILIE PISCEALIA, son of Luchian and Domnica Piscealia, born 17 Aug. 1906 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Vasilie's birth was Acsenia Nimigean of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Luchian alui Vasilie Piscialea" and "Domnica nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 464. Vasilie was baptised 19 Aug. 1906 by Father Stefan Seleschi, and his godmother was Iustina (Pascar), wife of Toder Tcac, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Iustina was a daughter of Vasilie Pascar of house no. 162. The fact that she was godmother to Domnica's children suggests that Iustina's Pascars were the same family as Domnica's Pascars.

48. LEONTINA PISCEALIA, daughter of Luchian and Domnica Piscealia, born 31 Dec. 1907 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Leontina's birth was Domnica Sandul of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Luchian alui Vasilie Pecealea" and "Domnica nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 464. Leontina was baptised 3 Jan. 1908 by Father Gheorghe Ciuperca, and her godmother was Iustina (Pascar), wife of Toder Tcaci, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

49. ELEANA PISCEALEA, daughter of Luchian and Domnica Piscealia, born 11 Nov. 1909 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Eleana's birth was Domnica Sandul of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Luchian al lui Vasile Piscealea" and "Domnica nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 464. Eleana was baptised 14 Nov. 1909 by Father Gheorghe Ciuperca, and her godmother was Iustina (Pascar), wife of Teodor Tcaci, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

50. MARIA PISCEALEA, daughter of Luchian and Domnica Piscealea, born 29 May 1911 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Maria's birth was Domnica Sandul of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Luchian al lui Vasilie Piscealea" and "Domnica nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 464. Maria was baptised by her mother shortly after her birth on 29 May 1911. The priest who registered the baptism was Father Dimitrie Georgescu.

51. ZENOVIA PISCEALEA, daughter of Luchian and Domnica Piscealea, born 29 April 1912 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Zenovia's birth was Domnica Sandul of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Luchian al lui Vasilie Piscealea" and "Domnica nascuta Pascar," residents of house no. 464. Maria was baptised 29 April 1912 by Father Dimitrie Georgescu. Her godmother was IUSTINA, wife of Toader Tcaciu, peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Zenovia's godmother Iustina was a daughter of VASILIE PASCAR of house no. 162 in Tereblecea, who seems to have been a cousin of my Pascar family.

52. MARIA NIMIGEAN, daughter of Acsentie and Eleana Nimigean, born 19 Feb. 1912 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Duchy of Bucovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. The midwife at Maria's birth was Natalia Jolobaiu of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Acentie al lui Teodor Nimigean" and "Eleana nascuta Pascariu," residents of house no. 20. Maria was baptised by Father Ioan Tipa on 21 Feb. 1912. Her godmothers were Leontina wife of Ioan Russu, Eudochia wife of Andrian Tigara, and her aunt DOMNICA wife of Luchian Piscealea, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

53. CONSTANTIN NIMIGEAN, son of Georgie and Eleana Nimigean, born 17 Oct. 1919 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Romania. The midwife at the birth of Constantin and his twin sister Domnica was Natalia Zolubai of Tereblecea. His baptismal record names his parents as "Georgie Nimigean fiul lui Anton Nimigean si al sotiei sale Solomia nascuta Bulbuc" and "Eleana fiica lui Leon Pascariu si a sotiei sale Iftimia nascuta Ciopeiu din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 20. Constantin and his twin sister Domnica were baptised by Father Ioan Tipa on 20 Oct. 1919. His godfather was Adrian Tigara, peasant farmer of Tereblecea.

54. DOMNICA NIMIGEAN, daughter of Georgie and Eleana Nimigean, born 17 Oct. 1919 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Romania. The midwife at the birth of Domnica and her twin brother Constantin was Natalia Zalobai of Tereblecea. Her baptismal record names her parents as "Georgie Nimigean fiul lui Anton Nimigean si al sotiei sale Solomia nascuta Bulbuc" and "Eleana fiica lui Leon Pascariu si a sotiei sale Iftimia nascuta Ciopeiu din Tereblecea," residents of house no. 20. Domnica and her twin brother Constantin were baptised by Father Ioan Tipa on 20 Oct. 1919. Her godmothers were Domnica wife of Zaharie Nimigean and her aunt DOMNICA wife of Luca Piscealea, peasant farmers of Tereblecea.

55. VASILIE DUBAU, illegitimate son of Dimitrie Dubau and Zenovia Pascar, born 25 March 1920 in Tereblecea, District of Siret, Bucovina, Romania. The midwife at Vasilie's birth was Acsenia Nimigean of Tereblecea. His baptismal record, a copy of which was provided to me by his descendant Alina Popescu, says he was born at house no. 511 in Tereblecea, and names his parents as "Dimitrie Dubau fiul lui Spiridon Dubau si al sotiei sale Irina nascuta Mintison agricultor din Tereblecea" and "Zenovia fiica lui Leon Pascariu si a sotiei sale Iftima nascuti Ciopeiu din Tereblecea." Vasilie was baptised 30 March 1925 by Father Ioan Tipa, and his godmothers were his aunt DOMNICA, wife of Luca Piscealia, and Eudochia, wife of Vasilie Holovatei, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Vasilie's wife was named MARIA BIRCIU, with whom he had three daughters and two sons.

         62.  DOMNICA DUBAU ("Ica")
         63.  DUMITRU DUBAU
         64.  IOANA DUBAU
         65.  ION DUBAU
         66.  ILEANA DUBAU

56. CATHERINE L. BULIGA, daughter of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born 2 March 1911 in Baudette, Beltrami County (now Lake of the Woods County), Minnesota; died 5 Sept. 2007 in White Lake Township, Oakland County, Michigan; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. Catherine's birth is recorded in the Minnesota Birth Index (1900-1934), which shows her mother's maiden name as "Pascari." She next appears in the U.S Census returns for Bloomfield Township (Pontiac), Oakland County, Michigan, dated 6 March 1920, which show her father Gregor Buliga, age 36, as the head of a household on Grand Avenue consisting of himself, his wife "Annie," age 23, and their children "Catherine L.," age 8, "John George," age 5, "Mary Mena," age 2 years 9 months, and "Lena Carlena" (sic -- Carolina), age 9 months. At the time, Catherine and her family lived at 73 Grand Ave. in Pontiac, but Pontiac city directories show that by 1922 the family had moved to 183 W. Wilson Ave.

On 8 Aug. 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, Catherine married an ethnic Romanian immigrant named GRIGORE PUSCAS ("Gregor" or "Gregory"), born 14 June 1893 reportedly in Romania (perhaps then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire?), died 6 Sept. 1953 in Oakland County, Michigan (probably in Pontiac), son of Constantin and Paraschiva Puscas. Grigore's place of birth is unknown, but he may have come from Tereblecea like his wife's parents the Buligas -- notably, there were and are still today persons surnamed Puscas in Tereblecea. Catherine's husband Gregory first arrived in the U.S. in 1912, according to the 1930 U.S. Census, though it is possible that he is the "G. Puscas," age 17 (and so born circa 1894), who crossed from Canada into the U.S in 1911 at St. Albans Town, Vermont (due south of Montreal), according to the "Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944" database. In any case, their marriage record identifies them as "Grigore Puscas" of Detroit, a "Truckman," son of "Constantine" and "Parasciva" (sic), and "Katherine Buliga" of Detroit, daughter of "Grigore" and "Anna." The clergyman who married them was named G. Branutiug, and their marriage was witnessed by Mike and Verona Bomas of Detroit. The marriage record says both Grigore and Catherine were born in "Roumania," but while Grigore was born in Romania or in territory that later was a part of Romania, Catherine in fact was born in Minnesota of Romanian parents. Most remarkable, however, is that the marriage record states Grigore was 28 years old while Catherine was 18. On the contrary, Catherine was only 14 and Grigore was really 32! Evidently she lied about her age not just due to the scandal of a teenage maiden marrying a man in his 30s, but because at 14 she could not legally get married. It was probably due to the legal and social bars to their marriage that they went to Detroit to get married even though they lived in Pontiac. (As an interesting aside, earlier in 2016, when I informed my father of the discovery of this somewhat shocking event in his family history, it jogged an old memory and he recalled his mother once telling him that she had a teenage cousin who had lied about her age so she could marry an older man -- something his mother found very scandalous. My father had no knowledge of this branch of his mother's family, but he now thinks she must have been referring to her cousin Catherine's marriage to Grigore Puscas.)

Five years later, the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, dated 9 April 1930, show Catherine and Grigore living with her family at 183 W. Wilson Ave. in Pontiac. Catherine's family is entered in that census as "Bulaga Gregor," age 45, a naturalised citizen working in the glue room at a factory, wife "Anna," age 36, an alien who had submitted her first papers to become a citizen, son "John," age 15, daughter "Mary," age 13, daughter "Lena," age 11, son-in-law "Puscas Gregor," age 31, and daughter "Puscas Katherine," age 19. In this record, Catherine's age is accurate but Grigore's is six years off -- he actually turned 37 in 1930. The 1930 Census also states that Grigore was 27 and Catherine was 15 when they were first married, which again is a falsification of their real ages at the time they married, though closer to the truth in Catherine's case than the age given in the marriage record. This census record also says Grigore Puscas, a trucker working for a foundry, was an ethnic Romanian immigrant, a naturalised citizen who had come to America in 1912. Pontiac city directories show that Gregory and Catherine Puscas still lived at 183 W. Wilson Ave. (with her parents) in 1931, but by 1937 they had moved out of her parents' home and taken up residence a few lots down the street, at 187 W. Wilson Ave.

Gregory and Catherine were still living at that address a decade later, as shown in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940. These returns show "Grigore Puscas," age 47, born in "Ruminan" (sic -- Rumania), a welder at an auto plant, with his wife "Catherine," age 29, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), and their daughters "Mary," age 7, and "Jane," age 5, both born in Michigan. [Concerning Mary and Jane, Brian J. Baba commented in an email to me dated 25 May 2019 -- "Mary and Jane Puscas are truly unknowns as we know my Aunt Catherine only had one son, Gregory. Again we think my aunt and uncle may have temporarily taken in someone else's children and given them their last name for the census." But could these two daughters have perhaps died tragically young prior to 1946 when Gregory and Catherine had their son Gregory, and then knowledge of them somehow came to be lost?] Grigore and Catherine and their daughters are listed at 187 W. Wilson, on the same page as, and immediately above, the family of Catherine's parents at 183 W. Wilson, indicating that they were next-door neighbors. The census record says Grigore had only completed sixth grade, while Catherine had completed her freshman year in high school, and their daughters had completed the second and first grades, respectively. Grigore is also shown to be a non-citizen who had only submitted his first papers toward citizenship. Two years later, on 27 April 1942, Grigore registered for the World War II "Old Man's Draft." His draft card says he was born 14 June 1893 in Romania, worked at the Fisher Body Plant on Baldwin Street in Pontiac, and was 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighed 170 pounds, and was bald with a light complexion.

The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show Gregory Puscas, 57, born in Roumania, a sweeper at an automobile plant, living at 187 W. Wilson Ave., with his wife Catherine Puscas, 39, born in Minnesota, and their son Gregory Puscas, 3, born in Michigan. On the very same page of the census, listed immediately below the Puscas household, is the household of Catherine's parents "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents.

Pontiac city directories show that Grigore and Catherine continued to live at 187 W. Wilson Ave. until his death, and that Grigore remained a Fisher Body Plant employee until his death. Social Security records show that Grigore died 6 Sept. 1953 in Michigan (presumably in Pontiac), and that a death claim was submitted two days after his death. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac. Two years after his death, Catherine is listed in the 1955 Pontiac City Directory as "Puscas Cath Mrs," a cashier at Phillips Market, still living at 187 W. Wilson Ave. On 16 Sept. 1956 in Oakland County, Michigan, Catherine remarried to JOHN PHILLIPS, born 25 May 1893, died 8 May 1985 in Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan. It appears that at some point after her second husband's death, Catherine moved to Waterford in Oakland County, Michigan, near Pontiac, where her younger brother John also lived. The "United States Public Records, 1970-2009" database at FamilySearch.org says Catherine lived at 411 Lorberta Lane in Waterford on 20 Oct 2006. Oakland County vital records show that she died 6 Sept. 2007 -- exactly 54 years to the day after the death of her first husband Grigore -- in White Lake Township, Oakland County, Michigan. She is buried with her second husband John in Oak Hill Cemetery. Her obituary was published in The Oakland Press of Pontiac, Michigan, on 7 Sept. 2007, as follows:

PHILLIPS, CATHERINE (PUSCUS - sic: Puscas); of White Lake Twp.; September 5, 2007; age 96. Beloved wife of the late John Phillips and the late Grigore Puscus (sic); loving mother of Gregory Puscas and step-mother of Nancy (John) Laws, the late Mary Wadlington and the late George Phillips (Gwen); dear sister of Lena Lutz; grandmother of Joanna, Randy, Nancy and the late Mary Jo; aunt of Julie Baba, Brian Baba, Diane Klauka, Terissa Daly, Gregory Buliga and David Lutz; daughter of the late Grigori and Ana Buliga. Mrs. Phillips attended St. Perpetua Catholic Church and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary at St. George Romanian Orthodox Church. She was a member of the Waterford Garden Club and volunteered at Meadowbrook Hall. Funeral Services will be Saturday, September 8, 2007, 10:30 a.m. at the Riverside Chapel, Simpson-Modetz Funeral Home, 5630 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday 2 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. Perpetua Catholic Church. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac.

Grigore and Catherine's recorded and known children are:

         67. MARY PUSCAS, born circa 1933
         68. JANE PUSCAS, born circa 1935
         69. GREGORY G. PUSCAS, born 8 Nov. 1946

57. JOHN GEORGE BULIGA, son of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born 20 Aug 1914 in Baudette, Beltrami County (now Lake of the Woods County), Minnesota; died 18 Oct. 1981 in Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan. John's birth is recorded in the Minnesota Birth Index (1900-1934), which shows his mother's maiden name as "Pascari." John next appears on record in the U.S Census returns for Bloomfield Township (Pontiac), Oakland County, Michigan, dated 6 March 1920, which show John's family as: "Gregor Buliga," age 36, a Romanian immigrant who had submitted his first papers toward becoming a U.S. citizen, a "moulder" working in a foundry and the head of a household on Grand Avenue consisting of himself, his wife "Annie," age 23, their children "Catherine L.," age 8, "John George," age 5, "Mary Mena," age 2 years 9 months, and "Lena Carlena" (sic -- Carolina), age 9 months. Ten years later, the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, dated 9 April 1930, show the Buligas living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. -- "Bulaga Gregor," age 45, a naturalised citizen working in the glue room at a factory, wife "Anna," age 36, an alien who had submitted her first papers to become a citizen, son "John," age 15, daughter "Mary," age 13, daughter "Lena," age 11, son-in-law "Puscas Gregor," age 31, and daughter "Puscas Katherine," age 19.

The following year, the 1931 Pontiac City Directory lists John Buliga as a student living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. Six years later, the 1937 Pontiac City Directory shows John still living with his parents at that address, and employed as a barber at Lee R. McKerricher's. He continued in that profession until 1940, though in 1938 and 1939 he worked at Mac's Sanitary Barber Shop. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, shows "Buliga Gregory," age 57, born in "Runinan" (sic -- Rumania), a laborer at an auto plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. with his wife "Buliga Anna," age 51, their son "Buliga John," age 26, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), a grinder at an auto plant, their son "Buliga Robert," age 21, born in Michigan, a tool grinder at an auto plant, and their daughter "Buliga Esther," age 19, born in Michigan. The 1940 census says the highest year in school that John had completed was his freshman year in high school.

Though he was working in an auto plant in 1940, the next year John was back to his former job as a barber. In the 1941 and 1942 Pontiac city directories, John is still living with his parents at 183 W. Wilson Ave., and is employed as a barber, once more at Mac's Sanitary Barber Shop. On 12 Sept. 1943 in Pontiac, Michigan, John, then age 29, married MICHAELINA STRUTENSKI ("Lena"), born 14 Oct. 1920 in International Falls, Koochiching County, Minnesota, died 8 Nov. 1991 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, daughter of John and Anna (Kindzerski) Strutenski, who were immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Lena sometimes went by the surname of ZURUK, which was her step-father's surname (cf. the "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," which includes "Lena Zuruk" as one of her given names). John and Lena Buliga had at least one son. The 1945 and 1947 Pontiac city directories list them with John's parents at 183 W. Wilson Ave., and John was then still a barber at Mac's Sanitary Barber Shop. The same circumstances are shown in the 1948 Pontiac City Directory, only John is then shown as a barber working for L. Roy McKerricker.

The U.S.Census returns for Waterford, Michigan, dated 24 April 1950, show "John G. Buliga," 35, born in Minnesota, a barber at a barber shop, with his wife Michaelina Buliga, 29, born in Minnesota, living in their own home at 3670 Sashabaw Road. A few years later, the 1952 Pontiac City Directory shows that John and Michaelina were then living at 3370 Sashabaw Road, and John had opened his own barber shop at 3361 Orchard Lake Road. In the 1953 city directory, their home address is again given as "3670" Sashabaw Road, and John's place of work is listed as the J & J Barber Shop. John's place of work is the same in the 1955 city directory, where their address is "3360" Sashabaw Road -- but in the 1956 city directory the address is back to "3670." Their address in the 1960 Pontiac City Directory is again 3670 Sashabaw Road, but in that year, while John was still working at J & J Barber Shop, his wife Michaelina was working at Royal Auto Parts.

Later, John and Lena moved to nearby Waterford in Oakland County, Michigan, where John died 18 Oct. 1981. Three years later, public records show that Lena had moved to Drayton Plains in Oakland County. The Oakland County Vital Records Index records her death certificate under the name of "Michaelina Buliga." She died 8 Nov. 1991 in Pontiac, Michigan.

John and Michaelina had a daughter and a son:

         70. TERISSA A. BULIGA, born in 24 March 1955
         71. GREGORY SAMUEL BULIGA, born 4 Feb. 1958

58. MARIA MINA BULIGA ("Mary Mena"), daughter of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born 10 March 1917 in Baudette, Beltrami County (now Lake of the Woods County), Minnesota; died 22 Nov. 1991 in Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. Mary's birth is recorded in the Minnesota Birth Index (1900-1934), which shows her name as "Maria Mina Buliga," but erroneously gives her mother's maiden name as "Buliga," which was actually her mother's married name. In later records, "Maria Mina" is spelled "Mary Mena." Mary next appears on record in the U.S Census returns for Bloomfield Township (Pontiac), Oakland County, Michigan, dated 6 March 1920, which show Mary's family as: "Gregor Buliga," age 36, a Romanian immigrant who had submitted his first papers toward becoming a U.S. citizen, a "moulder" working in a foundry and the head of a household on Grand Avenue consisting of himself, his wife "Annie," age 23, their children "Catherine L.," age 8, "John George," age 5, "Mary Mena," age 2 years 9 months, and "Lena Carlena" (sic -- Carolina), age 9 months. Ten years later, the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, dated 9 April 1930, show the Buligas living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. -- "Bulaga Gregor," age 45, a naturalised citizen working in the glue room at a factory, wife "Anna," age 36, an alien who had submitted her first papers to become a citizen, son "John," age 15, daughter "Mary," age 13, daughter "Lena," age 11, son-in-law "Puscas Gregor," age 31, and daughter "Puscas Katherine," age 19.

During her early teenage years, Mary attended Eastern Junior High School in Pontiac, Michigan. On 7 Aug. 1938 in Pontiac, Mary, then age 21, married JULIUS N. BABA, age 24, of 211 Nebraska Ave., Pontiac, born 21 July 1914 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, died 10 May 1966 in Oakland County, Michigan, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; son of Nicolai "Nick" and Pauline "Paula" (Dunner) Baba, who were ethnic Romanian immigrants from Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire). The marriage record of Mary and Julius says he was the manager of a beer garden, and she was a "beauty operator" (beautician). Mary and Julius had at least three children.

The year after their marriage, the 1939 Pontiac City Directory says Mary and Julius, a salesman for the American National Insurance Company, still lived at 211 Nebraska Ave., which was the old Baba family home. However, the 1940 U.S. Census indicates that Julius and Mary by then had moved elsewhere, for the Pontiac census returns list only the widowed mother of Julius and two of his brothers at 211 Nebraska Ave. Mary and Julius have not yet been located in the 1940 U.S. Census. Two years later, while World War II was raging, the 1942 Pontiac City Directory shows "Baba Mary Mrs," the operator of Flesher's Beauty Shop, living at 493 N. Perry, but Julius is not listed in the city directory with her that year. Was Julius perhaps serving overseas in the U.S. military? After the war's end, Julius and Mary moved to Monroe, Michigan -- the 1948 Monroe City Directory lists Julius and Mary together at 627 E. Parkwood Ave. in Monroe. At that time, Julius was a salesman working for Monroe Sport Shop.

But two years later, the 1950 Pontiac City Directory shows them living with Mary's parents at the old Buliga home at 183 W. Wilson Ave. in Pontiac -- Julius was then employed as a Pontiac Motor inspector. That is also what we find in the 1950 U.S. Census. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents.

Mary and Julius are again shown at 183 W. Wilson in the 1952 Pontiac City Directory, but by 1955 they had moved to 2911 Otsego Road in Pontiac, where they are again listed in the 1956 directory -- Julius was employed as a beverage distributor in those years. They were still living at that address when they were listed in the 1960 Pontiac City Directory -- Julius was then an employee of Nesbitt Beverage Distributors. Their daughter "Violet," a student, was also then living with them.

Mary's husband Julius died six years later in Oakland County, Michigan (probably in Pontiac). At some point after that, Mary moved to Southfield in Oakland County, for public records shows her living at 29111 Village Road Drive in Southfield in 1983. She died in Southfield in 1991, having outlived her eldest daughter by eight years.

Julius and Mary's had three daughters and one son:

         72. VIOLET HELEN BABA, born 14 July 1939
         73. JULIE ANN BABA, born 1 or 26 Aug. 1942
         74. DIANA MARIE BABA, born 18 June 1948
         75. BRIAN JULIUS BABA, born 5 April 1955

59. LENA CAROLINA BULIGA ("Lena Caroline"), daughter of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born 12 March 1919 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; died 25 Sept. 2015 probably in California; buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. Lena was born about a year after her family moved from Baudette, Minnesota, to Pontiac, Michigan. She was enumerated in the U.S Census returns for Bloomfield Township (Pontiac), Oakland County, Michigan, dated 6 March 1920, which show Lena's family as: "Gregor Buliga," age 36, a Romanian immigrant who had submitted his first papers toward becoming a U.S. citizen, a "moulder" working in a foundry and the head of a household on Grand Avenue consisting of himself, his wife "Annie," age 23, their children "Catherine L.," age 8, "John George," age 5, "Mary Mena," age 2 years 9 months, and "Lena Carlena" (sic -- Carolina), age 9 months. Ten years later, the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, dated 9 April 1930, show the Buligas living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. -- "Bulaga Gregor," age 45, a naturalised citizen working in the glue room at a factory, wife "Anna," age 36, an alien who had submitted her first papers to become a citizen, son "John," age 15, daughter "Mary," age 13, daughter "Lena," age 11, son-in-law "Puscas Gregor," age 31, and daughter "Puscas Katherine," age 19.

Lena next appears on record in a Canadian border crossing document dated for the month of October 1935 at the port of Walkerville, Ontario. At that time, Lena's parents attempted to visit relatives in Canada, but they were denied entry. The document says her parents then lived at Pontiac, Michigan, where their daughter "Lena K. Bulgia" (sic) was then living. The 1940 U.S. Census also attests that Lena was living in Pontiac in 1935. It was two years later, on 27 June 1937 in Pontiac, that Lena, then an 18-year-old student, married JOSEPH E. LUTZ, a 21-year-old laborer, born 17 June 1915 in Omaha, Nebraska, died 25 June 2003 in California; buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California; son of John and Mary (Horton) Lutz. At the time of their marriage, Lena lived at 183 W. Wilson Ave. and Joseph lived at 607 Highland Ave. in Pontiac. The marriage record identifies their parents as "John Lutz" and "Mary Horton," and "Gregor Buliga" and "Ana Pascari."

Two years after their marriage, Lena and Joseph, an assembler, are listed in the 1939 Pontiac City Directory at 229 Hughes Ave. They appear at the same address in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 2 April 1940. The census record enumerates them as "Lutz Joe," age 25, a line operator at an auto plant who went no further in school than the eighth grade, his wife "Lutz Lena," age 21, a high school graduate, their two sons "Lutz Robert," age 5, who had completed the first grade, and "Lutz Joseph," age 3, and Joe's brother "Lutz John," age 26, who worked in the tool room at an auto plant. All members of the household were U.S. citizens born in Michigan. Moving ahead another two years, Lena is named -- as "Mrs. Joseph Lutz" of 229 Hughes, Pontiac -- on the World War II "Old Man's Draft" card, dated 27 April 1942, of her father Gregor Buliga as the "person who will always know your address." The fact that Gregor specifically trusted her to be named as a reference or contact person in the 1935 Canadian border crossing document and again on his 1942 draft card suggests that Lena had some special place in her parents' hearts.

The 1945 Pontiac City Directory shows that by that year, "Lena C." and "Joseph D. Lutz" (sic) no longer lived at 229 Hughes Ave., but had moved in with Lena's parents at 183 W. Wilson Ave., where Lena's brother and sister-in-law John and Michaelina were also living. Lena and Joe probably did not stay at that address for very long, because by the time of the 1950 U.S. Census, they had moved to El Monte, Los Angeles County, California. The U.S. Census returns for El Monte, dated 1 April 1950, show "Joseph Lutz," 34, born in Nebraska, a driver clerk at Railway Express, living at 114A E. Schmidt in El Monte with his wife "Lena C. Lutz," 31, born in Michigan, and their son Joseph D. Lutz, 9, born in Michigan. By 1952, however, they had moved to Jackson in Jackson County, Michigan. The 1952 Jackson City Directory lists them as "Jos E. Lutz" and "Caroline" at 352 Bates, Jackson. Joseph was then a salesman for Michigan Bakeries. But the following year, Joe and Lena made a major change in their lives, moving back across the country to Temple City in Los Angeles County, California. The 1953 Temple City Directory lists "Jos Lutz," a driver for the "Ry Exp Agcy" (export agency), living with his wife "Lena" at 5339 N. Temple City Blvd. The Temple City directories show Joseph and Lena at that same address for the remainder of the 1950s. In 1959, the Temple City Directory lists Joe as a "checker" working for Imperial Crest, and his wife Lena and younger son "Jos D. Lutz" are both listed with him at 5339 N. Temple City Blvd. By 1992, however, Joe and Lena had moved to Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County, California, and then two years after that they were living in Mission Viejo in Orange County, California. Joe died in California in 2003, and his widow Lena Caroline survived him by 12 years, dying in the fall of 2015. They are interred together in Whittier, California.

Joseph and Lena had two sons:

         76. ROBERT LUTZ, born circa 1935
         77. JOSEPH DAVID LUTZ, born circa 1937

60. ROBERT BULIGA, son (likely adopted) of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born circa 1918 in Michigan. Very little is known of Robert Buliga or of his younger sister Esther Buliga. Everything we currently know about them comes from the 1940 U.S. Census. They are enumerated as children of Gregory and Anna Buliga in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, which show the Buliga family living at 183 W. Wilson, as follows: "Buliga Gregory," age 57, born in "Runinan" (sic -- Rumania), a laborer at an auto plant, along with his wife "Buliga Anna," age 51, their son "Buliga John," age 26, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), a grinder at an auto plant, their son "Buliga Robert," age 21, born in Michigan, a tool grinder at an auto plant, and their daughter "Buliga Esther," age 19, born in Michigan. Among the facts about the Buliga family found in these census returns, Robert is reported to have only gone to school until the end of his sophomore year in high school.

The appearance of Robert and Esther as children of Gregor and Anna Buliga is most curious, however. Neither Robert nor Esther appear among their children in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, even though their given ages mean they should have been enumerated as their children in those years. Indeed, Robert was the same age as Lena Carolina, yet in neither the 1920 nor the 1930 census does he appear alongside her. The solution to this conundrum seems to be suggested by the notable fact that Robert and Esther had typically "American" or English names, unlike the rest of the Buligas, all of whom had common Romanian names. Could Robert and Esther have been adopted? The 1940 census says Robert and Esther were living in the "same place" on 1 April 1935, so Gregor and Anna would have adopted them between 9 April 1930 and 1 April 1935. Were Robert and Esther among the many orphans whose families gave them up because they couldn't provide for them during the Great Depression? However, an alternate scenario is favored by the descendants of Gregor and Anna Buliga today, as explained in an email of Brian J. Baba sent to me on 25 May 2019:

"My family has discussed our mystery aunt and uncle on multiple occasions and we have come to the conclusion that the most likely scenario of why they appear on the census might be that they were cousins or children of cousins on my grandfather's side from Windsor, Ontario. We think that they were sent to Pontiac for some reason for a short period of time to be cared for by my grandparents. There are no images of these children in any of our family pictures and were never mentioned by my mother, my two aunts or my uncle while they were alive. So we think my grandfather, trying to be an upstanding citizen filled out the census completely but just fudged the last names of Robert and Ester while in their care."

If this is the correct explanation, it may not be that Gregor "fudged the last names," but it might simply be carelessness on the part of the census-taker, who perhaps assumed all of the children in the household had the same last name.

61. ESTHER BULIGA, daughter (likely adopted) of Gregory and Anna Buliga, born circa 1921 in Michigan. Very little is known of Esther Buliga or of her older brother Robert Buliga. Everything we currently know about them comes from the 1940 U.S. Census. They are enumerated as children of Gregory and Anna Buliga in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, which show the Buliga family living at 183 W. Wilson, as follows: "Buliga Gregory," age 57, born in "Runinan" (sic -- Rumania), a laborer at an auto plant, along with his wife "Buliga Anna," age 51, their son "Buliga John," age 26, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), a grinder at an auto plant, their son "Buliga Robert," age 21, born in Michigan, a tool grinder at an auto plant, and their daughter "Buliga Esther," age 19, born in Michigan. Among the facts about the Buliga family found in these census returns, Esther is reported to have only gone to school until the end of her junior year in high school.

The appearance of Robert and Esther as children of Gregor and Anna Buliga is most curious, however. Neither Robert nor Esther appear among their children in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, even though their given ages mean they should have been enumerated as their children in those years. The solution to this conundrum seems to be suggested by the notable fact that Robert and Esther had typically "American" or English names, unlike the rest of the Buligas, all of whom had common Romanian names. Could Robert and Esther have been adopted? The 1940 census says Robert and Esther were living in the "same place" on 1 April 1935, so Gregor and Anna would have adopted them between 9 April 1930 and 1 April 1935. Were Robert and Esther among the many orphans whose families gave them up because they couldn't provide for them during the Great Depression? However, an alternate scenario is favored by the descendants of Gregor and Anna Buliga today, as explained in an email of Brian J. Baba sent to me on 25 May 2019:

"My family has discussed our mystery aunt and uncle on multiple occasions and we have come to the conclusion that the most likely scenario of why they appear on the census might be that they were cousins or children of cousins on my grandfather's side from Windsor, Ontario. We think that they were sent to Pontiac for some reason for a short period of time to be cared for by my grandparents. There are no images of these children in any of our family pictures and were never mentioned by my mother, my two aunts or my uncle while they were alive. So we think my grandfather, trying to be an upstanding citizen filled out the census completely but just fudged the last names of Robert and Ester while in their care."

If this is the correct explanation, it may not be that Gregor "fudged the last names," but it might simply be carelessness on the part of the census-taker, who perhaps assumed all of the children in the household had the same last name.

62. DOMNICA DUBAU ("Ica"), daughter of Vasilie and Maria (Birciu) Dubau. Ica married (NN) SEBE and had a daughter:

         78. ALINA SEBE

63. DUMITRU DUBAU, son of Vasilie and Maria (Birciu) Dubau.

64. IOANA DUBAU, daughter of Vasilie and Maria (Birciu) Dubau.

65. ION DUBAU, son of Vasilie and Maria (Birciu) Dubau.

66. ILEANA DUBAU, daughter of Vasilie and Maria (Birciu) Dubau.

67. MARY PUSCAS, daughter of Grigore and Catherine Puscas, born circa 1933 in Michigan, probably in Pontiac. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, show "Grigore Puscas," age 47, born in "Ruminan" (sic -- Rumania), a welder at an auto plant, with his wife "Catherine," age 29, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), and their daughters "Mary," age 7, and "Jane," age 5, both born in Michigan. [Concerning Mary and Jane, Brian J. Baba commented in an email to me dated 25 May 2019 -- "Mary and Jane Puscas are truly unknowns as we know my Aunt Catherine only had one son, Gregory. Again we think my aunt and uncle may have temporarily taken in someone else's children and given them their last name for the census." But could these two daughters have perhaps died tragically young prior to 1946 when Gregory and Catherine had their son Gregory, and then knowledge of them somehow came to be lost?] Grigore and Catherine and their daughters are listed at 187 W. Wilson, on the same page as, and immediately above, the family of Catherine's parents at 183 W. Wilson, indicating that they were next-door neighbors. The census record says Grigore had only completed sixth grade, while Catherine had completed her freshman year in high school, and their daughters had completed the second and first grades, respectively. At this time we know nothing else about Mary and her sister Jane -- they are not listed as survivors in their mother's 2007 obituary, so must have died before then.

68. JANE PUSCAS, daughter of Grigore and Catherine Puscas, born circa 1935 in Michigan, probably in Pontiac. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 6 April 1940, show "Grigore Puscas," age 47, born in "Ruminan" (sic -- Rumania), a welder at an auto plant, with his wife "Catherine," age 29, born in Michigan (sic -- Minnesota), and their daughters "Mary," age 7, and "Jane," age 5, both born in Michigan. [Concerning Mary and Jane, Brian J. Baba commented in an email to me dated 25 May 2019 -- "Mary and Jane Puscas are truly unknowns as we know my Aunt Catherine only had one son, Gregory. Again we think my aunt and uncle may have temporarily taken in someone else's children and given them their last name for the census." But could these two daughters have perhaps died tragically young prior to 1946 when Gregory and Catherine had their son Gregory, and then knowledge of them somehow came to be lost?] Grigore and Catherine and their daughters are listed at 187 W. Wilson, on the same page as, and immediately above, the family of Catherine's parents at 183 W. Wilson, indicating that they were next-door neighbors. The census record says Grigore had only completed sixth grade, while Catherine had completed her freshman year in high school, and their daughters had completed the second and first grades, respectively. At this time we know nothing else about Jane and her sister Mary -- they are not listed as survivors in their mother's 2007 obituary, so must have died before then.

69. GREGORY G. PUSCAS, son of Grigore and Catherine Puscas, born 8 Nov. 1946 in Michigan. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show Gregory Puscas, 3, born in Michigan, living at 187 W. Wilson Ave., with his parents Gregory Puscas, 57, born in Roumania, a sweeper at an automobile plant, and Catherine Puscas, 39, born in Minnesota. Gregory is listed among the survivors in his mother's 2007 obituary. He has had no children. His mother's obituary lists three granddaughters and a grandson, but they are children of Gregory's step-sister Nancy Laws.

70. TERISSA A. BULIGA, daughter of John and Lena Buliga, born 24 March 1955 in Michigan. Terissa's husband was TIMOTHY JAMES DALY, born 30 May 1954 in Pontiac, Michigan, died 14 March 2014 in Waterford, Michigan, son of Patrick Kenneth and Gertrude Ann (McIsaac) Daly of Michigan. Terissa and Timothy had a daughter and a son:

         79.  NICHOLE ANN DALY, born 5 Nov. 1977
         80.  THOMAS JAMES DALY, born 21 Feb. 1980

71. GREGORY SAMUEL BULIGA, son of John and Lena Buliga, born 4 Feb. 1958 in Michigan. On 27 May 1995 in Montgomery County, Virginia, Gregory married ANNE ELIZABETH TIELEMAN, born 30 Jan. 1964 probably in Virginia, daughter of Hendrik Willem ("Henry") and Fran Tieleman of Virginia. Gregory and Anne have two children:

         81.  JOHN BULIGA, born 1997
         82.  KATHERINE BULIGA, born 1998

72. VIOLET HELEN BABA, daughter of Julius and Mary Baba, born 14 July 1939 in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan; died 24 May 1983 in Pontiac, Michigan; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan. Violet spent her childhood in Pontiac and Monroe, Michigan. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Violet's parents Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents. As a teenager in the 1950s, Violet attended Waterford Township High School in Waterford, Oakland County, Michigan, where she was active in the Debate, Journalism, and Chemistry clubs, as well as the Future Nurses club. After graduating from high school in 1957, Violet went to Michigan State College in East Lansing and studied to become a nurse. During that time, Violet lived with her parents at 2911 Otsego Road in Pontiac, as shown by the 1960 Pontiac City Directory, in which Violet is listed as a student living at her parents' address. After completing her nurse's training, Violet married on 21 Sept. 1963 to LEWIS WILLIAMS, according to the Oakland County vital records index. About 20 years later, however, Violet died at the age 43. It is not known if she ever had any children.

73. JULIE ANN BABA, daughter of Julius and Mary Baba, born 1 or 26 Aug. 1942 in Michigan. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Julie's parents Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents. Julie is listed among the survivors in the 2007 obituary of her Aunt Catherine (Buliga) (Puscas) Phillips.

74. DIANA MARIE BABA ("Diane"), daughter of Julius and Mary Baba, born 26 March 1948 in Michigan. The U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 3 April 1950, show "Gregori Buliga," 67, born in Roumania, working as a janitor at an automobile plant, living at 183 W. Wilson Ave. along with his wife "Ana Buliga," 60, born in Roumania, their son-in-law Julius Baba, 36, born in Michigan, an inspector at an automobile plant, their daughter Mary M. Baba, 33, born in Minnesota, and their granddaughters Violet H. Baba, 10, Julie A. Baba, 6, and Diana M. Baba, age 1 (with the age "22 mos" written below but crossed out), all born in Michigan. This census record identifies Diana's parents Julius and Mary M. Baba as lodgers in the house of Mary's parents. Diane's first husband was JAMES LaBARGE, with whom she had a son and a daughter, but their marriage ended in divorce. She later married ROBERT LEWIS KLAUKA, born 29 March 1948 in Michigan. Diane is listed among the survivors in the 2007 obituary of her Aunt Catherine (Buliga) (Puscas) Phillips. Her children are:

         83.  JEREMEY SCOTT LaBARGE, born 8 March 1971
         84.  LISA MARIE LaBARGE, born 26 Dec. 1967

75. BRIAN JULIUS BABA, son of Julius and Mary Baba, born 5 April 1955 in Michigan. Brian is listed among the survivors in the 2007 obituary of his Aunt Catherine (Buliga) (Puscas) Phillips.

76. ROBERT LUTZ, son of Joseph and Lena Lutz, born circa 1935 in Oakland County, Michigan, probably in Pontiac. Robert is listed with his family at 229 Hughes Ave. in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 2 April 1940. The census record enumerates them as "Lutz Joe," age 25, a line operator at an auto plant who went no further in school than the eighth grade, his wife "Lutz Lena," age 21, a high school graduate, their two sons "Lutz Robert," age 5, who had completed the first grade, and "Lutz Joseph," age 3, and Joe's brother "Lutz John," age 26, who worked in the tool room at an auto plant. Nothing else is known of Robert at this time, but the fact that he is not listed with his parents and younger brother David in the 1950 U.S. Census (when Robert would have been about 15) suggests he had probably died at some point between the 1940 and 1950 censuses.

77. JOSEPH DAVID LUTZ ("David"), son of Joseph and Lena Lutz, born circa 1937 in Oakland County, Michigan, probably in Pontiac. Joseph is listed with his family at 229 Hughes Ave. in the U.S. Census returns for Pontiac, Michigan, dated 2 April 1940. The census record enumerates them as "Lutz Joe," age 25, a line operator at an auto plant who went no further in school than the eighth grade, his wife "Lutz Lena," age 21, a high school graduate, their two sons "Lutz Robert," age 5, who had completed the first grade, and "Lutz Joseph," age 3, and Joe's brother "Lutz John," age 26, who worked in the tool room at an auto plant. His family left Michigan in or before the time of the 1950 U.S. Census and moved to California. The U.S. Census returns for El Monte, Los Angeles County, California, dated 1 April 1950, show "Joseph Lutz," 34, born in Nebraska, a driver clerk at Railway Express, living at 114A E. Schmidt in El Monte with his wife "Lena C. Lutz," 31, born in Michigan, and their son Joseph D. Lutz, 9, born in Michigan. By about 1952-53 they had moved to Temple City, Los Angeles County, California, as shown by the Pontiac and Temple City directories. Joseph attended Temple City High School in the late 1950s. He is listed as "Lutz Jos D" in the 1959 Temple City Directory along with his parents, residing at 5339 N. Temple City Blvd. David is listed among the survivors in the 2007 obituary of his Aunt Catherine (Buliga) (Puscas) Phillips. Nothing else is known of Joseph at this time.

78. ALINA SEBE, daughter of (NN) and Ica Sebe, born in Romania, lives in California. Alina married (NN) POPESCU and has three children.

         85.  LETITIA POPESCU, born 19 April 2003
         86.  ALEXANDRU RAZVAN POPESCU, born 18 March 2005
         87.  DRAGOS ANDREI POPESCU, born 8 April 2006

79. NICHOLE ANN DALY, daughter of Timothy and Terissa Daly, born 5 Nov. 1977 in Michigan. Nichole married WILLIAM ARTHUR SPRINGALL, born 25 Jan. 1976, son of Richard Warren and Marjorie Betsy Springall of Michigan, but she and William later divorced. They have two sons:

         88.  SHEA SPRINGALL, born 2003
         89.  MAX SPRINGALL, born 2009

80. THOMAS JAMES DALY ("T.J."), son of Timothy and Terissa Daly, born 21 Feb. 1980 in Michigan, died suddenly 30 May 2015 in Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan, cremated and interred in Ottawa Park Cemetery, Clarkston, Michigan. An obituary abstract says his wife was named "Gina" (and that he had a son), but another obituary index entry correctly says his wife was named KELLIE, mother of his son.

         90.  ANDREW DALY, born 2009 in Michigan

81. JOHN BULIGA, son of Gregory and Anne Buliga, born 1997.

82. KATHERINE BULIGA, daughter of Gregory and Anne Buliga, born 1998

83. JEREMEY SCOTT LaBARGE, son of James and Diana LaBarge, born 8 March 1971 in Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan, died 26 Feb. 2011 in Westland, Wayne County, Michigan, interred in Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan. Jeremey, who had no children, was a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, serving in the U.S. Air Force and holding the rank of A1C (Airman First Class).

84. LISA MARIE LaBARGE, daughter of James and Diana LaBarge, born 26 Dec. 1967 in Michigan. Lisa and her husband TIMOTHY SCOTT MAYS, born 15 Oct. 1966, reside in Michigan. They have two children:

         91.  CODY MAYS, born 11 Dec. 1991
         92.  AUSTIN MAYS, born 1 Jan. 1993

85. LETITIA POPESCU, daughter of (NN) and Alina Popescu, born 19 April 2003.

86. ALEXANDRU RAZVAN POPESCU, son of (NN) and Alina Popescu, born 18 March 2005.

87. DRAGOS ANDREI POPESCU, son of (NN) and Alina Popescu, born 8 April 2006

88. SHEA SPRINGALL, son of William and Nichole (Daly) Springall, born 2003 in Michigan.

89. MAX SPRINGALL, son of William and Nichole (Daly) Springall, born 2009 in Michigan.

90. ANDREW DALY, son of Thomas and Kellie Daly, born 2009 in Michigan.

91. CODY MAYS, son of Tim and Lisa (LaBarge) Mays, born 11 Dec. 1991 in Michigan.

92. AUSTIN MAYS, son of Tim and Lisa (LaBarge) Mays, born 1 Jan. 1993 in Michigan.

Other Pascars of Old Tereblecea

BESIDES THE Pascars of Tereblecea who are known or strongly believed to belong to our family, there were many other Pascars in Tereblecea during the early 1800s and early 1900s whose relationship to our Pascars and to each other is not yet known. It is probable, however, that most or even all of the Pascars of Tereblecea belonged to the same family. Here is a compilation of the other Pascars of Old Tereblecea who are known at this time:

1. The Anton Pascariu family:

Living at house no. 344 in Tereblecea in the 1880s and 1890s was a man named Anton Pascari (or Pascariu), born circa 1850, son of Dimitrie Pascariu. Dimitrie's wife Eudochia, apparently Anton's mother, died of old age on 19 April 1892, age 93. On 9 Nov. 1880, Anton married Teodora Cretul, born circa 1858, daughter of Iachim Cretul of Tereblecea, a resident of house no. 28. The priest at their marriage was Father Dimitrie Seleschi, and the witnesses were Georgi, son of Vasilie Rus, and Georgi's wife Parascheva, of Tereblecea. Anton and Teodora had a daughter named Leontina, born 15 Sept. 1881, midwife Todosiea Olari, baptised 19 Sept. 1881 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, godfather Georgi Rus of Tereblecea. Leontina died at the age of 11, on 17 Dec. 1892. Anton and Teodora also had a son named Ioan, born 27 Jan. 1884, midwife Pelagia Rus of Tereblecea, baptised 30 Jan. 1884 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, godparents Georgi Rusu and Elisaveta daughter of Vasilie Scintila of Tereblecea. Anton and Teodora also had a daughter Natalia, born 25 July 1891, midwife Todosia Olariu of Tereblecea, baptised 27 July 1891 by Father Ilarion Dracinschi, godparents Georgi Rus and Aftanasi Cretul of Tereblecea. On 2 Feb. 1912, Natalia married Filip Pascariu, son of Miron and Ecaterina Pascariu of house no. 559 (see below), and had sons named Leon Pascariu, born 21 Dec. 1912, and Ioan Pascariu, born 22 Jan. 1915. The witnesses at the marriage of Natalia and Filip were Andreiu Pascariu and his wife Paraschiva, peasant farmers of Tereblecea. Anton next had a daughter named Acsenia (Axenia), born 30 May 1894, died of a fever or "the ague" on 13 Oct. 1894 at the age of 4 months. (Acsenia's baptismal record mistakenly calls her mother "Todosia" Cretul instead of "Teodora.") Acsenia's godfather was Georgi Rus. Because Georgi Rus was also godfather to my grandmother's older sisters, it is probable that Anton Pascariu was closely related to my Pascar ancestors -- perhaps he was a first cousin of my great-grandfather Leon Pascar. Anton Pascar also had a son named Vasilie, born 11 Jan. 1897, whose godfather was Ion (Ioan) son of Georgi Rus. It is surely significant that the wife of Ioan Rus was Pelagia Pascar, whose connection to the Pascar families of Tereblecea is not yet known (although there was a Pelagia Pascar born in 1884, daughter of Miron Pascar of house no. 559 -- see below). Also noteworthy is that Anton's wife Teodora was godmother at the 11 Feb. 1912 baptism of Leon Cretul, son of Carp and Eudochia (Ciuleac) Cretul of Stanesti, no doubt relatives of Teodora.

2. The Ion and Cosma Pascar family:

Also in the late 1800s and early 1900s, another household of Pascars lived close to the Anton Pascariu family, at house no. 348. The patriarch of this family was Ioan Pascar, whose wife was Iuliana Hritcan. On 16 Feb. 1896 was the death of "Iuliana, wife of Ion Pascar of Tereblecea." Iuliana was 67 years old at the time of her death, so she was born about 1828. (It is possible she is the Iuliana Pascari who was godmother of Domnica Nemigean in 1882 and Eleana Zegre in 1883.) Ion (Ioan) and Iuliana were the parents of Ecaterina Pascariu, who married Adrian Vasilas, son of Vartolomeiu and Paraschiva (Punceac) Vasilas, and had a daughter named Aspasia Vasilas, born 12 Oct. 1913. Ecaterina and Adrian lived at house no. 772. Another daughter of Ioan and Iuliana Pascar was Eleana Pascar, who had an illegitimate daughter named Maria Aurite, born 19 July 1896 in house no. 348. Eleana subsequently married her daughter Maria's father Andrian Aurite, son of Ion Aurite, on 23 Feb. 1897. Andrian and Eleana were related to the Pascars and Aurites of house no. 42 (see below), and after their marriage they moved to that house, where they had a son Vasilie Aurite on 9 July 1899, and a son Dimitrie Aurite on 26 Oct. 1900.

In addition to Ecaterina and Eleana, Ioan also had daughters named Zamfira Pascari, born circa 1859, and Irina Pascari (Ierina Pascar, Irina Pascariu), born circa 1862. Ioan's wife Iuliana was presumably the mother of Zamfira and Irina. Zamfira married on 11 Nov. 1879 to Nicolai Birau of Opriseni, son of Alecsie Birau. Zamfira's younger sister Irina married on 12 June 1883 to a soldier and widower named Cosma Aurite, born circa 1855, a resident of house no. 42, son of Ioan Aurite. In one record, Irina's parents are identified as Ioan and Ileana Pascar ("Ileana" apparently is an error or an alternate spelling of "Iuliana"). Irina and Cosma had a daughter Leontina Aurite, born 30 March 1884; a daughter Ana Aurite (or Anna), born 9 Dec. 1885; a son Constantin Aurite, born 21 May 1891; a daughter Ecaterina Aurite, born 24 March 1895; a son Vasilie Aurite, born 12 Nov. 1897; and twins Sergie (a son) and Fevronia (a daughter) on 17 Aug. 1899. The godfather of Sergie was Cosma Pascar of house no. 348 (see the 1896 birth of Maria Aurite above), and the godmother of Fevronia was Ecaterina, wife of Iacob Hritcan, probably a relative of Iuliana Hritcan who was apparently Cosma Pascar's mother. By an unknown father, Ana Aurite had an illegimate son named Serghie Aurite born 6 July 1905, died 16 July 1905 when he was just 10 days old. Ana did not marry until she was 32 years old, when she married on 25 Feb. 1918 to a widower named Gavriil Dubau, born 26 March 1877, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived in house no. 548, son of Ciril Dubau and Paraschiva Gavriloaie. Ana's brother Constantin married on 10 Feb. 1919 to Zenovia Gavriloaie, born 24 March 1893, a peasant woman of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 354, daughter of Ioachim and Varvara Gavriloaie. The common family names of Pascar and Dubau are suggestive of a relationship between Ana Aurite's family and our Pascar family (i.e., Ioan Pascariu, son of Constantin Pascariu, who married Iulita Dubau).

Ion Pascar and Iuliana Hritcan were also evidently the parents of Cozma Pascar, born circa 1864 (whose father was named Ion), and Ecaterina Pascar, born circa 1869. On 12 Nov. 1892, Cozma married Maria Epure, born circa 1867, daughter of Ioan Epure of house no. 80. The marriage was witnessed by Georgi and Parascheva Rus. Cozma and Maria had children named Ecaterina Pascar, born 25 April 1894, Ion Pascar, born 18 March 1896, died 1 Dec. 1901 at the age of 5, and Dimitrie Pascar, born 18 Oct. 1897. Georgi Rus' wife Parascheva was godmother of Ecaterina, Ion, and Dimitrie. (The Tereblecea death records identify Ion's father as "Cosma" Pascar, and give the house number as 248, but that is almost certainly an error for 348.) Cozma's sister Ecaterina married on 11 Nov. 1893 to Adrian Vasilasi (or Andrian Vasilas), born circa 1864, son of Varftolomei Vasilasi from house no. 112. Andrian and Ecaterina had a son named Vasile Vasilas on 18 Dec. 1894, a daughter named Nastasia Vasilas on 7 May 1897, a son named Georgi Vasilas, born 28 Dec. 1902, a daughter named Veronica Vasilas, born 28 March 1904, a daughter named Ecaterina Vasilas, born 7 Nov. 1906, and a daughter named Aurora Vasilas, born 25 May 1909. The Pascars of house no. 348 lived just a few houses away from the Anton Pascariu family, so it is likely that Anton and Ion were closely related. It is also interesting that Georgi Rus served as godfather and marriage witness for the families of Anton and Ion as well as my great-grandfather Leon. Perhaps Anton, Ion, and Leon were first cousins.

3. The Nicolai Pascariu family:

At house no. 32 during the 1890s was a family headed by Nicolai Pascariu of Tereblecea, son of Ioan Pascariu, son of Teodor Pascariu. Nicolai was born circa 1855 and died at the age of 36 on 14 Sept. 1891. On 9 Feb. 1884, Nicolai married Charitina Aurite, born circa 1857, a maiden dwelling at house no. 129, daughter of Ioan Aurite. Nicolai and Charitina had children named Ilie, born 20 July 1884; Dimitrie, born 23 Oct. 1886; Ioan, born circa 1888, died 20 Feb. 1893 at age 4; and Leontina, born 12 July 1891, died 5 Nov. 1891 at the age of 4 months. Also living at house no. 32 was Nicolai's sister Ecaterina Pascar, who married on 1 Feb. 1898 to Ion Noga, son of the late Dimitrie Noga of Tereblecea. Ecaterina and Ion, then residing at house no. 32, had a son Dimitrie Noga on 26 Oct. 1898, and a daughter Anastasia Noga on 24 Jan. 1901, at which time they were living at house no. 549. Because Nicolai's wife was an Aurite, and they apparently lived close to house no. 42, it is possible that Nicolai was related to the Pascars of house no. 348, who also intermarried with the Aurites of house no. 42.

4. The Ioan Pascar family:

Living at house no. 49 was Dorofteiu Pascar of Tereblecea, son of Ioan Pascar. Dorofteiu was born circa 1828, died 20 Sept. 1905 at the age of 77. His daughter Anna Pascari, born circa 1856, married on 1 Feb. 1881 to Grigori Iepure (Grigorie Epure), born circa 1856, son of Ioan Iepure and Acsenia Olari of house no. 80 in Tereblecea. Grigorie later married Leontina Isopescu, whose mother was Maria Pascariu, no doubt another member of this same Pascar family. Grigorie and Leontina, living at house no. 49, had a daughter named Domnica Epure, born 14 Nov. 1912, and three sons, named Vasilie Epure, born 10 Nov. 1914, Ioan Epure, 6 April 1916, and Constantin Epure, born 26 April 1918. I have not yet found other parish records of this Pascar family, but living nearby in house no. 42 was the family of Cosma Aurite, son of Ioan Aurite. Cosma apparently was a brother of Charitina Aurite who married Nicolai Pascar of house no. 32 (see above). Cosma's wife was Ierina Pascar (or Irina Pascariu), daughter of Ioan and Ileana (Iuliana) Pascar of house no. 348. The Pascars of house no. 348 may have been related to the Pascars of house no. 49, which was probably located near house no. 42.

5. The Vasilie Pascar family:

The Tereblecea parish records show a rather extensive Pascar family living at house numbers 162, 169, and 845. House no. 162 was the residence of Vasilie Pascar (Pascari, Pascariu), whose wife was Marina Zegre, born 18 July 1843, died 18 Aug. 1911 at age 68. Three Pascar brothers, sons of Vasilie and Marina, lived together at house no. 162: Teofan Pascar, born 12 March 1867, died at age 41 on 18 July 1908; Anatolie Pascar, born circa 1869-70; and Stefan Pascari. (As mentioned above, Teofan was the godfather of Teodosiea Dubau, born 1881, illegitimate daughter of Iulita Dubau who later married Ioan Pascariu, son of Constantin Pascariu.) Anatolie's wife Eleana was godmother at the 11 March 1912 baptism of Radu Gabor of house no. 912 in Tereblecea. Vasilie and Marina also had a daughter Ana Pascar, born 4 Feb. 1882, a son Doroftei Pascari, born 6 March 1884, and another son Georgie Pascariu, born 17 April 1886. Also living in house no. 162 was an Ilie Pascar, born circa 1848, died 2 May 1905, and a Simeon Pascar, born circa 1850, sons of Georgie Pascar. Georgie was probably an uncle of Stefan, Teofan, Ana, Doroftei, Georgie, and Anatolie. His son Simeon married in Opriseni in very early Feb. 1882 to Varvara Toronciuc, born circa 1856, daughter of Niculai Toronciuc of house no. 88 in Opriseni. (In house no. 559 in Tereblecea, Miron Pascariu, born 1841, son of "George Pascariu," was probably an older brother of Ilie Pascar -- see below.) In addition, there was a Vasilie Pascar living nearby at house no. 169, who was born circa 1858 and died 14 April 1894. Vasilie was probably an older brother of Stefan, Teofan, Ana, Doroftei, and Anatolie. He may be the Vasilie Pascari who was godfather of Nastasiea Cosic, a resident of house no. 310, born 14 Jan. 1881, baptised 17 Jan. 1881. Alternatively, that Vasilie might be the Vasilie Pascar who married Marina Zegre.

Vasilie and Marina Pascar also had a daughter named Iustina Pascariu, born 1 Aug. 1873, a resident of house no. 845 at the time of her second marriage. Iustina's first husband, whom she married 10 Feb. 1891, was Teodor Tcaciu (son of Constantin Tcaci), with whom she had Matrona Tcaci, born 13 March 1895, Ana Tcaciu, born 16 April 1897 (her marriage record mistakenly says 17 April), Vasilie Tcaci, born 18 Nov. 1898, Ioan Tcaci, born 22 June 1900, Domnica Tcaci, born 17 March 1902, Veronica, born 3 July 1903, Eufrosina, born 3 Oct. 1904, Zenovia, born 25 Oct. 1907, Eleana, born 15 May 1909, Marina, born 22 Jan. 1911, Aspasia, born 6 Sept. 1912, Aurelian, born 31 Oct. 1913, and Ecaterina, born 17 Dec. 1914. Ana Tcaciu married on 4 Nov. 1918 to Leontie Saundul, born 18 June 1891, a furrier of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 601, son of Grigorie Saundul and Ecaterina Ciugolia. Sometime after Ana and Leontie's marriage, Ana's father Teodor Tcaciu died. On 27 Feb. 1919, Teodor's widow Iustina had an illegitimate daughter named Eleonara, born at house no. 701. Iustina remarried on 13 Oct. 1919 to a widower named Petru Nica, born 25 June 1871, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 701, son of Nichita Nica and Irina Aurite.

As for Iustina Pascar's brothers in house no. 162, Anatolie Pascar married on 28 Jan. 1896 to Iuliana Gavriloei (or "Ileana"), born circa 1877-8, and had a son named Vasile, born 19 Nov. 1896; a daughter named Ana, born 11 Oct. 1898, died 4 May 1899 at 7 months of age; a daughter Domnica, born 16 May 1900; a son Dimitrie, born 18 Feb. 1903; a daughter Eleonora, born 20 June 1906 (at which time Anatolie and his family were living at house no. 13 rather than no. 162); and a daughter Anna, born 19 Jan. 1909 (at which time the family was living at house no. 10). Stefan Pascari, son of Vasilie Pascari, married a woman named Leontina and had a daughter named Minodora, born Jan. 1903, died 23 June 1903 at the age of 6 months. On 2 May 1881, Stefan served as godfather at the baptism of Domnica Gabor, born 26 April 1881, resident of house no. 265. His daughter Minodora was probably named for her uncle Teofan's wife who had died. Teofan Pascar, son of Vasilie Pascar, married Minodora Nimigean, daughter of Sergie Nemigean and Eudochia Zotic. Minodora was born circa 1871 and died at the age of 30 on 24 Nov. 1901 from complications of childbirth. After Minodora's death, Teofan remarried in Feb. 1902 in Opriseni to Leontina Hneda, born 14 June 1883, daughter of Nicolae and Pelagia Hneda of house no. 3 in Sobodia-Berlinte. Following Teofan's death in July 1908, his widow Leontina, then a resident of house no. 3 in Sobodia-Berlinte, remarried on 19 Oct. 1908 to Dimitrie Nimigean of house no. 551, son of Elisei and Pelagia Tcaci. Seven sons and four daughters of Teofan Pascar are known, though most died in infancy or childhood: Vasilie (Vasile), born 30 Aug. 1892, died 12 Dec. 1894; Iftemia, born Dec. 1893, died 18 Dec. 1894 (six days after his older brother Vasilie's death); Leontina, born 27 Jan. 1895; Serghie, born 21 Aug. 1896; Ion, born 3 March 1898; Domnica, born 16 June 1900; Leon, born 18 Nov. 1901, died 14 Dec. 1902; Minodora, born 1 Dec. 1902; Georgie, born 7 April 1904, died 23 March 1909; Climent, born 21 Nov. 1905, died 14 Jan. 1907; and Zenovia, born 16 Jan. 1908. Leon was the baby whose birth's complications caused the death of his mother Minodora. Teofan's daughter Leontina married Georgie Panciuc, son of Paul and Ecaterina (Basaraga) Panciuc. Leontina and Georgie, living at house no. 536/II, had sons named Paul Panciuc, born 24 July 1915, and Stefan Panciuc, born 13 Jan. 1919. On 3 Feb. 1919, Teofan's son Serghie, residing at house no. 162, married a widow named Anna Bulbuc, a resident of house no. 357, born 10 Dec. 1890, widow of Ilarion Bulbuc, daughter of Miron and Elisaveta Jupanul.

6. The Miron Pascariu family:

Another Pascar family lived at house no. 559, a residence that apparently had a secondary dwelling or outbuilding called house no. 559/II. The head of household was Miron Pascariu, born 15 Aug. 1841, died 7 March 1910 at the age of 68, son of George Pascariu. It is likely that Miron was an older brother of the abovementioned Ilie Pascar, born circa 1848, son of Georgie Pascar who was probably an uncle of Stefan, Teofan, and Anatolie Pascar in house no. 162. Miron married Ecaterina Gabor and had a daughter named Agripina Pascar, born circa 1875, who married Meftodie Olar in 1894 and had several children; a daughter Pelagia Pascari, born and baptised 11 July 1883; a son named Dorofteiu Pascariu, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 559, born 16 March 1892; another a daughter named Pelagia Pascariu, born 24 Aug. 1884; and a daughter named Marta Pascari. Dorofteiu married on 22 July 1918 to Elisaveta Vasilas, a peasant woman of Tereblecea who lived at house no. 211, born 2 July 1896, daughter of Simeon and Maria (Odaischi) Vasilas. Dorofteiu and Elisaveta, living at house no. 559/II, had a son named Vasilie Pascariu, born 14 March 1919. (Note: There was also a Doroftei Pascar in Tereblecea who was godfather of Eudochiea Cetatan, resident of house no. 251, born 26 Feb. 1881, baptised 28 Feb. 1881. It was presumably the same Doroftei Pascariu who, with his wife Natalia, witnessed a marriage on 12 Feb. 1889. However, Dorofteiu Pascariu, son of Miron, was not born until 1892; and Doroftei Pascari, son of Vasilie, was not born until 1884.) Miron's daughter Marta, residing at house no. 559, had an illegitimate son Vasilie Pascari, born 22 Sept. 1901, died 23 Oct. 1901. Marta married in 1903 to Georgie Dutca of Budeniti.

Four other sons of Miron are known -- Andrei, Simion, Filip, and Dimitrie. Andrei Pascar (or Andreiu Pascariu), resident of house nos. 557 and 539 (unless those are errors for "559," where Andrei also resided, as well as 559/II), married Parascheva Bambureac (or Pitul?) of Opriseni and had Pelagia, born 14 March 1902, Vasile, born 14 March 1904, Titianna (or Titiana), born 18 Sept. 1906, died 1 March 1907, Reveca, born 1 Feb. 1908, Leon, born 12 July 1910, and Radu, born 12 Oct. 1916. Simion Pascariu, resident of house no. 559/II, married (called "Natalia" in the baptismal record of her son Leon) and had sons named Stefan, born 27 Dec. 1905, and Leon, born 5 Feb. 1908, died 9 May 1909, a daughter named Anna, born 6 Sept. 1912, and another son named Vasilie, born 8 Sept. 1914. Filip Pascariu, born 11 Nov. 1886, resident of house no. 559/II, married Natalia Pascariu, daughter of Anton Pascariu (see above), on 2 Feb. 1912, and had sons named Leon, born 21 Dec. 1912, died 3 April 1913; Panteleimon, born 25 Feb. 1914, and Ioan, born 22 Jan. 1915. Dimitrie Pascariu was born 20 Oct. 1889, resident of house no. 559.

7. Eleana Pascariu of Tereblecea:

A certain woman of Tereblecea named Eleana Pascariu (or "Ileana") was the wife of Pavel Crusnitschi, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea, son of Petrea Crusnitchi. Pavel and Eleana lived at house no. 639. Most likely Pavel's father was the same as PETRE CRUSNITCHI, husband of FEVRONIA PASCAR (See No. 6 above). Eleana's connection to the other Pascar families of Tereblecea is not yet known. She and Pavel had a son named Vasilie Crusnitchi, born 6 June 1911.

8. Nastasia Pascar of Tereblecea:

A certain woman of Tereblecea named Nastasia Pascar (Anastasia) was the wife of Nicolai Jupanul, a peasant farmer of Tereblecea. Nastasia and Nicolai had a son named Ioan Jupanu, who married Nastasia Epure, daughter of Petru and Acsenia (Nimigean) Epure of Tereblecea. Ioan and Nastasia Jupanu, living at house no. 296/II, had sons named Petru Jupanu, born 9 Oct. 1914, and Leon Jupanu, born 24 March 1919. Nastasia and Nicolai Jupanul also had a son named Constantin Jupanul, who married Ecaterina Dubau, daughter of Toma and Domnica (Cretul) Dubau of Tereblecea. Constantin and Ecaterina, living at house no. 590/II, had a daughter named Leontina Jupanul, born 16 Jan. 1918.

Victims of Communist Tyranny -- Pascars of Tereblecea

AMONG THOSE Romanians who suffered under Communism were individuals surnamed Pascar from Tereblecea. As I mention elsewhere, there were also some Olars from Tereblecea who were victims of Communist violence. The website of the Procesul Comunismului project is devoted to studying the bloody history of Communist tyranny in Romania. In the project's dictionary of Romanians who were arrested, tortured, enslaved, and/or murdered for their opposition to Communism, these names are found:

PASCAR, Doroftei. Din comuna Tereblecea – Hliboca (Bucovina). Deportat de sovietici, în 1941. A murit în condiţii de exterminare. Aceeaşi soartă au avuto Elisaveta (1), Elisaveta (2) şi Serghei, tot din Tereblecea. [Of the village of Tereblecea, Hliboca (Bucovina). Deported by the Soviets in 1941. He died in an extermination camp. The same fate also befell Elizabeth (1), Elizabeth (2) and Sergei, all of Tereblecea]
PASCAR, Gheorghe. Tăran din comuna Tereblecea (Porumbnoe) - raion Hliboca – Storojineţ (Bucovina). Deportat de sovietici, la 12/13 iunie 1941, în Kazakhstan. A supravieţuit deportării. [A peasant farmer of the village of Tereblecea (Porumbnoe) - Hliboca district - Storojineţ (Bucovina). Deported by the Soviets on 12-13 June 1941 to Kazakhstan. He survived deportation.]

It is likely that these Pascars were closely related to my grandmother's family. In fact, it is very likely that Doroftei Pascar is none other than Dorofteiu Pascariu, born 1892, son of Miron Pascariu, from house no. 559, whose wife was named Elisaveta (see above).

Pascars of Modern Tereblecea

IN 2010, Professor Ion Cretu published a 333-page history of the village of Tereblecea, called Tereblecea: un sat la margine de tara ("Tereblecea: A Village on the Border of the Country"). Included in Cretu's book is a directory of Tereblecea's contemporary residents, indexed by house number and surname. Thanks to Cretu's book, we know that the Pascar surname is still extant in Tereblecea today. Cretu's directory shows six Pascar families, living in six households. Although the relationships of household members are not explicitly stated, usually the relationships can be deduced or reasonably presumed from their patronymic names and their dates of birth. The six Pascar households of modern Tereblecea are as follows:

House No. 19
Viorica Pascari, born 21 March 1961, daughter of Ion
Nicolae Pascari, born 19 July 1994, son of Anton Pascari, and presumably son of Viorica

House No. 134
Viorica Ciobanu, born 14 June 1943, daughter of Ilie
Elena Ciobanu, born 1 Jan. 1965, daughter of Grigore, and presumably daughter of Viorica Ciobanu
Rodica Pascari, born 18 Feb. 1971, daughter of Grigore, and presumably daughter of Viorica Ciobanu
Ion Pascari, born 16 Feb. 1970, son of Anton Pascari, and presumably son of Viorica Ciobanu
Toader Pascari, born 15 March 1993, son of Ion Pascari
Mihail Pascari, born 21 Nov. 1996, son of Ion Pascari

House No. 147
Vasile Pascari, born 3 Jan. 1953, son of Gheorghe Pascari
Viorica Pascari, born 11 June 1954, daughter of Constantin
Elena Posteuca, born 22 July 1975, daughter of Vasile (Pascari)
Tatiana Posteuca, born 11 Dec. 1997, daughter of Serghei Posteuca (and Elena)
Vasile Posteuca, born 19 Feb. 2000, son of Serghei Posteuca (and Elena)

House No. 708a
Dumitru Pascari, born 7 March 1959, son of Vasile Pascari
Elena Pascari, born 11 April 1965, daughter of Vasile
Elizaveta Pascari, born 23 April 1994, daughter of Dumitru Pascari (and Elena, presumably)

House No. 778
Oltea Pascar, born 9 March 1930, daughter of Ion

House No. 884
Maria Pascar, born 27 Jan. 1926, daughter of Vasile

No doubt these families are connected in some way to the Pascar families of Old Tereblecea, but at this time the details of their connection are unknown.

Paskars from nearby Tereblecea

THERE WERE also Paskars/Pascars living in the towns and villages near Tereblecea, who may possibly be related to the Pascars of Tereblecea. For example, at house no. 39 in the settlement of Vascauţi in the District of Siret, there was a bachelor named Nicolaiu Carstiuc (who later changed his surname to Carsteanu), a peasant farmer, born 15 July 1891, son of Nicolaiu Carstiuc and Eleana Paskar. On 2 June 1919, Nicolaiu married a peasant farming woman of Tereblecea named Eufrosina Nimigean, resident of house no. 443, born 7 Dec. 1894, daughter of Ilie and Eudochia Nimigean. Nicolaiu's mother Eleana may have been related to one of the Pascar families of Tereblecea.

In an earlier generation, at house no. 71 in Berlinţi in the District of Siret, there was a bachelor named Simeon Palamariuc, a soldier in the Austrian army, born circa 1854, son of Ciril Palamariuc and Varvara Pascari. On 13 Jan. 1885, Simeon married a peasant farming woman of Tereblecea named Ecaterina Jolobai, resident of house no. 433, born circa 1861, daughter of Georgi and Eleana Jolobai. Simeon's mother Varvara also may have been related to one of the Pascar families of Tereblecea.

Catholic records show an earlier family of Romanian Paskars at Milleschoutz in Bucovina, who may be related to a later family of Paszkars/Pasztors at Andrasfalva in Bucovina. In an email of 11 April 2001, Bucovina genealogical researcher Beth Long mentions an Eastern Orthodox man living at Milleschoutz named Bazil Paszkar ("Vasilie Pascar"), who had a son named Gergely Paszkar ("Gregory") in 1827. Gergely moved to Andrasfalva, where he married a Catholic woman named Rozalia Sebestyen in 1858.

Another family of Romanian Paskars appears in the Catholic Church records of the town of Andrasfalva, Bucovina, in the early 1900s. In the email of 11 April 2001, Beth Long mentions a Janos Paszkar of Andrasfalva, born 1877, son of Gyorgy Paszkar ("Gheorghie Pascar") and Ilona Grigoras ("Eleana" or "Elena"). Janos was Eastern Orthodox, but married a Catholic woman named Dorotea Rottenstein in 1903. They had three sons, who were baptised Orthodox but who married Catholics: Jozsef Paszkar, born 1904, married Bernadette Csiszer in 1925; Adolf Paszkar, born 1906, married Katalin Sebestyen in 1930; and Janos Paszkar, born 1908, married Maria Gruber in 1933. Jozsef, Adolf, and Janos changed their surname to "Pasztor" in the 1940s, when the Bucovina Hungarians relocated to Vojvodina. According to Beth Long, today most of the Paszkar/Pasztors live in Tolna County, Hungary. This "Hungarianisation" of this Paskar family is interesting when it is remembered that the earliest Paskar that I have found was an ethnic Hungarian living in Moldavia during the 1600s.

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