Alec Deleff Notes
Contents
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Deleff Family
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Deleff History 4
Page 6
Dimo Deleff
O’Doria Porfoun
Page 7 5
Odorka Porfoun
Page 8 5
Porfouns 5
Info From Alexander Deleff
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Deleff Family
Link goes back to 680 A.D. when Bulgar Nomads occupied area south of Lower Danube, not far from where it flows into the Black Sea.
They took their name Bulgarians from the Turco-Tatar conquerors who invaded the Balkans in the 7th Century A.D. but as they formed a small portion of a larger population of Slavic already established there, they were soon absorbed by the larger group.
However, their language took on some distinct features and later became called Old Church Slavonic – The liturgical written language of the Eastern Orthodox Church. There followed several centuries of peace and war and uneasy alliances with the Christian Byzantine Empire
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based at Constantinople. Finally about 1350 the first Bulgarian Empire – along with the rest of the of the Balkans – was overrun by the Ottoman Muslim (Turkish) forces from the East and it remained under their control for the next 500 years until 1887. At that time the Russian Czar sent a huge army into the Balkans and with the help of Serbian, Greek, and Bulgarian partisan forces, expelled the Ottoman forces from the Balkans.
During that long and painful occupation all inhabitants of the Balkans were subjected to extreme pressure to convert to the Muslim Faith. Some Succumbed but many hung into the Orthodox Christian Faith, even though almost all of their churches were destroyed.
The Deleff Family moved into their present location sometime between 1820 and 1840. This is a small village, Sofia, and about 60 minutes from the Black Seaport
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of Varna. Its name is Dividadova and is about 5 miles from the large provincial city of Shumen, a district capital. There the family acquires a number of small plots of land and also established a vineyard.
The small parcels of land were expropriated by the communist government after 1945.
Being deprived of their land most family members were forced to labour on the huge communal farms for wages that amounted to pittance. Others had to seek employment in public service or the military.
In 1907 Dimo Deleff left a young wife and child to seek a new life in “America”
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They landed in Galveston, Texas and took jobs with construction. Came on S.S. Cassel (German Passenger Liner)
In 1912, he and other Bulgarians gravitated to Oregon and then Spokane, Washington. He took a homestead near Bend, Oregon but couldn’t find water. A group of Bulgarians bought and operated a hotel in Spokane but lost it due to a accountant who defrauded them.
In April 1912, they came up to Basin Lake District in Alberta. Some went across the border to Luseland, Saskatchewan.
Dimo’s 2 brothers went back in 1912 for patriotic reasons. One was killed in the first Balkan War of 1912 and 1913 and the second was killed in the Great War which followed.
Dimo’s wife and daughter died of cholera in 1912.
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Deleff History
Dimo Deleff
1820 – 1840
240 miles east of Sofia
60 miles from the Black Seaport of Verna
(Dividadovo) 5 miles from Shumen
1912 Dimo’s wife and daughter died of cholera
Dimo’s brothers came out and then went back One killed in First Balkan War
1913 Second Killed in Great War
1916 Dimo married Odoria Parfoun
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Dimo Deleff
Born: 1882? Died: 1948
Born in Prista, Bulgaria (Near Schumen)
1907 – Arrive U.S.A. Galveston, Texas, Oregon, Spokane, Washington (Lost hotel)
1912 – Arrive at Consort, Alberta NE30-35-3-W4
Dimo Deleff married O’Doria Porfoun Ap. 1916 at Monitor
O’Doria Porfoun
Born: 1888 Died: Ap.15/1969
Born at home near Chernobyl, Ukraine
1912 – Emigrated to New York with Fred
1916 – Emigrated to Monitor, Alberta
1917 – Dimo and O’Doria built house
1928 - Dimo and O’Doria built addition
Jan 13/1917 Vasil Jan 7/2004
April 06/1918 ZeHarry May 31/1997
Oct 27/1919 Helen Aug 8/2001
Oct 24/1921 Eddie Aug 24/1990
Jan 8/1923 Marin
Sept 27/1925 Alexander
Dec 17/1926 Lillian
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Odorka Porfoun
Father: Alexander Porfoun
Born: 1850
Died: 1916
Born in Ukraine, south of Kiev
Village of Medvin
Mother: Priska (No maiden name known)
Gregory (George)
Faodoska (Fanny) Married Harry Verbitsky 1906
Mihael (Mike) Married Eudoha Skorick in 1906
Simeon (Sam)
Fedor (Fred)
Odorka Married Dimo Deleff Ap. 1916
Petore (Pete)
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Porfouns
1901 George arrived in Keif, N. Dakoda
1905 Fanny and Mike sent to the U.S.
1906 Sam emigrated to the U.S., then to Canada where he and Mike went to Bigger, Saskatchewan
Fred went to Acadia Valley
1913 Odorka Arrived in the U.S. and spent winter at Fanny and Harry Verbitsky’s Harry Verbitsky, Arsen Verbitysky, and George Porfoun Polish Border Dresden Germany Christiansburg, Glasgow, Scotland, then by tramp steamer to Halifax for 2 months and train from St. John’s, Sault St. Marie, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Balfour, N. Dakoda
Walked to (Eskenko?) family
Page 1
Deleff Family
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Deleff History 4
Page 6
Dimo Deleff
O’Doria Porfoun
Page 7 5
Odorka Porfoun
Page 8 5
Porfouns 5
Info From Alexander Deleff
Page 1
Deleff Family
Link goes back to 680 A.D. when Bulgar Nomads occupied area south of Lower Danube, not far from where it flows into the Black Sea.
They took their name Bulgarians from the Turco-Tatar conquerors who invaded the Balkans in the 7th Century A.D. but as they formed a small portion of a larger population of Slavic already established there, they were soon absorbed by the larger group.
However, their language took on some distinct features and later became called Old Church Slavonic – The liturgical written language of the Eastern Orthodox Church. There followed several centuries of peace and war and uneasy alliances with the Christian Byzantine Empire
Page 2
based at Constantinople. Finally about 1350 the first Bulgarian Empire – along with the rest of the of the Balkans – was overrun by the Ottoman Muslim (Turkish) forces from the East and it remained under their control for the next 500 years until 1887. At that time the Russian Czar sent a huge army into the Balkans and with the help of Serbian, Greek, and Bulgarian partisan forces, expelled the Ottoman forces from the Balkans.
During that long and painful occupation all inhabitants of the Balkans were subjected to extreme pressure to convert to the Muslim Faith. Some Succumbed but many hung into the Orthodox Christian Faith, even though almost all of their churches were destroyed.
The Deleff Family moved into their present location sometime between 1820 and 1840. This is a small village, Sofia, and about 60 minutes from the Black Seaport
Page 3
of Varna. Its name is Dividadova and is about 5 miles from the large provincial city of Shumen, a district capital. There the family acquires a number of small plots of land and also established a vineyard.
The small parcels of land were expropriated by the communist government after 1945.
Being deprived of their land most family members were forced to labour on the huge communal farms for wages that amounted to pittance. Others had to seek employment in public service or the military.
In 1907 Dimo Deleff left a young wife and child to seek a new life in “America”
Page 4
They landed in Galveston, Texas and took jobs with construction. Came on S.S. Cassel (German Passenger Liner)
In 1912, he and other Bulgarians gravitated to Oregon and then Spokane, Washington. He took a homestead near Bend, Oregon but couldn’t find water. A group of Bulgarians bought and operated a hotel in Spokane but lost it due to a accountant who defrauded them.
In April 1912, they came up to Basin Lake District in Alberta. Some went across the border to Luseland, Saskatchewan.
Dimo’s 2 brothers went back in 1912 for patriotic reasons. One was killed in the first Balkan War of 1912 and 1913 and the second was killed in the Great War which followed.
Dimo’s wife and daughter died of cholera in 1912.
Page 5
Deleff History
Dimo Deleff
1820 – 1840
240 miles east of Sofia
60 miles from the Black Seaport of Verna
(Dividadovo) 5 miles from Shumen
1912 Dimo’s wife and daughter died of cholera
Dimo’s brothers came out and then went back One killed in First Balkan War
1913 Second Killed in Great War
1916 Dimo married Odoria Parfoun
Page 6
Dimo Deleff
Born: 1882? Died: 1948
Born in Prista, Bulgaria (Near Schumen)
1907 – Arrive U.S.A. Galveston, Texas, Oregon, Spokane, Washington (Lost hotel)
1912 – Arrive at Consort, Alberta NE30-35-3-W4
Dimo Deleff married O’Doria Porfoun Ap. 1916 at Monitor
O’Doria Porfoun
Born: 1888 Died: Ap.15/1969
Born at home near Chernobyl, Ukraine
1912 – Emigrated to New York with Fred
1916 – Emigrated to Monitor, Alberta
1917 – Dimo and O’Doria built house
1928 - Dimo and O’Doria built addition
Jan 13/1917 Vasil Jan 7/2004
April 06/1918 ZeHarry May 31/1997
Oct 27/1919 Helen Aug 8/2001
Oct 24/1921 Eddie Aug 24/1990
Jan 8/1923 Marin
Sept 27/1925 Alexander
Dec 17/1926 Lillian
Page 7
Odorka Porfoun
Father: Alexander Porfoun
Born: 1850
Died: 1916
Born in Ukraine, south of Kiev
Village of Medvin
Mother: Priska (No maiden name known)
Gregory (George)
Faodoska (Fanny) Married Harry Verbitsky 1906
Mihael (Mike) Married Eudoha Skorick in 1906
Simeon (Sam)
Fedor (Fred)
Odorka Married Dimo Deleff Ap. 1916
Petore (Pete)
Page 8
Porfouns
1901 George arrived in Keif, N. Dakoda
1905 Fanny and Mike sent to the U.S.
1906 Sam emigrated to the U.S., then to Canada where he and Mike went to Bigger, Saskatchewan
Fred went to Acadia Valley
1913 Odorka Arrived in the U.S. and spent winter at Fanny and Harry Verbitsky’s Harry Verbitsky, Arsen Verbitysky, and George Porfoun Polish Border Dresden Germany Christiansburg, Glasgow, Scotland, then by tramp steamer to Halifax for 2 months and train from St. John’s, Sault St. Marie, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Balfour, N. Dakoda
Walked to (Eskenko?) family
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