Much research of both sides of my family tree has been compiled by various relatives. My goal is to consolidate this information and expand and fill blanks in the information bank.

The Mann family immigrated to The North-West Territories (now Saskatchewan) in 1893 along with several other families from Wiesenberg, Galicia (now Ukraine), 30 km north of Lemberg, Galicia (now L'viv, Ukraine). They were german speaking farmers whose roots were in the Rhineland; they settled in Galicia upon the invitation of the Austrian Emperor in the late 1700's.

The polish speaking Osiowy family immigrated to the same area of The North-West Territories in 1898 from Oleszyce, Galicia (now Poland), 150 km northwest of Lemberg, Galicia. They homesteading about 4 miles west of the Mann family.

The closest trading settlement was Pheasant Forks, 12 miles north of the Mann homestead. In 1904, a Canadian Pacific Railway branchline was constructed south of Pheasant Forks, resulting in the creation of a new village. This village, 2 miles north of the Mann homestead, was built on two quarter sections owned by my ancestors: Frank Golling, Jr. and Martin Mann. They were given the priviledge of naming the village and named it Lemberg in honour of the Galician capital, Lemberg.

Lemberg, Saskatchewan is located along Highway 22, 120 km east of Regina and 50 km southwest of Melville.

• Johann & Elizabeth (Golling) Mann family, ca. 1907 (362 KB)
  My great grandparents (m Feb 18, 1896) with half of their eventual family. Back, l-r: Johann (b 1873), Katie (b 1899), John (b 1896 & my grandfather), Lizzie (b 1898), Elizabeth (b 1875). Front, l-r: Martin (b 1905), Joe (b 1902), Anton (b 1903), Frank (b 1900), Roy (b 1906).
• Bruch Reunion 1963 (217 KB)
  Reunion of my grandmother & her siblings. Back, l-r: Anton (married my great aunt, Katie Mann), John, Mike, Ladislaus. Front, l-r: Caroline, Katie (my grandmother), Angela, Eva, Julie.
• Michael & Mary (Krupski) Osiowy wedding photo 1931 (212 KB)
  My grandparents were married on April 8, 1931 but wedding photos weren't taken until about a week later as it was very dry & windy - lots of dust. My grandmother was 16 when she married.
• Generations 1963 (477 KB)
  Last known photo taken of my great grandmother, Elizabeth Mann (nee Golling) before she passed away on July 24, 1963. Back, l-r: John Mann (my grandfather), holding Michael Mann (my brother, b 1962), Elizabeth Mann (Mutter), Katie Mann (my grandmother) holding Michelle Mann (my cousin, b 1962). Front, l-r: Dick Mann (b 1955), Denise Mann (my cousin, b 1960), Bernie Mann (my cousin, b 1961), Ed Mann, Jr (my brother, b 1956).
• Steve & Angela (Inglot) Krupski Marriage Info (355 KB)
  Copy of marriage entry from St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Yorkton, Sask. My great grandparents were married on January 26, 1913 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, Goodeve, Sask. Until this record came to light, no one in our family knew the village of origin in Galicia (now Poland) of Grandpa Krupski. Lubliniec Stary is less than 10 miles from Oleszyce, the village of the Osiowy family.

Dick Mann
4360 30 St NE
Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2A3
Canada
mann_r_s@yahoo.ca

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