Anastazia Kondratiuk

Biography

Anna Kondratiuk, the youngest daughter of Prokop Kondratiuk and Anna Sul, was born on August 14, 1906 just a few weeks after her family arrived in Winnipeg from Galicia.

Shortly after Anna’s third birthday, on August 30, 1909 her mother died. Her father remarried six months later and for the next ten years Anna and her brother, Sam, were raised by their stepmother, Julia Macuira. By all accounts Anna and her stepmother did not get along well. The 1911 census records “Hannah” living with her family at 510 Manitoba Avenue in Winnipeg. The 1916 census records her living at 669 Boyd Avenue and attending school.

In October 1920,  when Anna was 14 years old her father died. Anna and her brother Sam continued to live with their stepmother and were enumerated in the 1921 census still living with Julia Macuira at 669 Boyd Avenue. Anna’s older brother Sam died of tuberculosis in the summer of 1924. The 1925 Winnipeg directory lists “Anna Kundy”, then about 18 years old, living with her sister Anastazia at 747 Burrows and working at Star Photo Studio which was owned by her sister and brother-in-law, Pauline and Joseph Galdzinski. By 1926 Anna was under the care of the Winnipeg Children’s Aid Society placed Anna with families where she worked as a domestic in return for room and board.

In a letter written to her niece in the late 1970s Anna summed up her childhood:

…my mother died when I was 2 yrs, my father when I was 13 yrs, the children’s aid put me in homes to work for my board & room and go to school…

The 1926 census records “Annie Kondy” living at the Catholic Women’s Hostel on Hargrave Street. In April, 1927 the Children’s Aid Society of Winnipeg applied for a birth certificate for Anna, who’s birth had not previously been registered. The application gave Anna’s address as the Children’s Aid Society.

Anna then left Winnipeg and went to Toronto, then on to Chicago. She entered the United States at Port Huron on April 4, 1930. On her entry record Anna indicated her last job had been working as a waitress in Winnipeg.

Six months later on October 2, 1930 Anna married Nils Alvar Granberg, an immigrant from Sweden. They married in Chicago where Nils was working as a butler and Anna as a domestic servant. In 1932 Anna travelled to Sweden to meet Nils family.

In February 1933 Anna gave birth to her first son Nils Carl Granberg. Shortly after Nils was born Anna’s niece Angela came from Winnipeg to look for work in Chicago. Angela was the daughter of Anna’s sister, Anastazia. Many years later Angela recalled staying with her aunt:

My Aunt Ann lived in Chicago with her husband Nils and baby Nils Jr. She worked as a light housekeeper and took care of two boys. Her husband was employed as a butler. When I arrived in Chicago Aunt Ann asked me to take care of Nils Jr. while she and her husband worked. They lived in an apartment in the business area on State Street in a run-down section of the city. Nils Jr. was only a few months old at the time. After a month or so Aunt Ann suggested I go back to Winnipeg and take Nils Jr. with me so that she and her husband could work longer hours to build up their nest egg. I didn’t know at the time that Ann could never save money. She either spent it or gave it away, being overly generous with both her time and money. I of course was homesick and happy to be going home. I don’t believe my mother even knew I was coming back, especially with a baby. Neither of the families had a phone at the time. My mother could not understand how her sister could send such a small child so far away. Neither of us had any idea how long Aunt Ann intended Nils Jr. to stay in Winnipeg. My mother had a great deal of work and found it impossible to take on any more responsibilities. She also thought that the baby should be with his mother. A month or two later my mother sent us both back to Chicago. 

On 13 June 1936 Ann gave birth to her second child Gail Marie Granberg. The 1940 U.S. Census taken in April 1940 records Nils, Ann and their two children living in Chicago. Nils was working as a butler and Anna as a maid, both for a private family.

Sometime in the late 1930s Nils and Ann moved to 1448 North Clark Street in Chicago which became their home for many years.

Circa 1950 Nils and Ann separated. Ann moved to Toronto with Gail. Nils Sr. stayed in Chicago with Nils Jr. Ann and Gail stayed initially with Ann’s sister Polly and found work as an operator with Eaton’s, a large Canadian department store at the time. The 1951 Toronto directory lists Ann living at Polly’s address – 360 Sunnyside Avenue in Toronto.

In the fall of 1976 Ann retired. She left her job as a housekeeper in Chicago and moved to the San Diego area where her daughter Gail was living with her children.

Source Documents

• 1932 Passenger List showing Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978) travelling from Gothenburg to Chicago
• Petition for Naturalization of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)
• Arrival Manifest of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)
• Birth Certificate of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)
• Certificate of Arrival of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)
• Declaration of Intention of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)
• Naturalization Index of Ann Kondratiuk (1906–1978)

Details

• Residence: 4-781 Shaw St, Toronto; Ann Kondratiuk residence.

  Per Mights Toronto Directory, 1955

• Occupation: Toronto, ON; Operator, Drapery Trade Company.

  Per Mights Toronto Directory, 1955

• Residence: 1911-06-01, 510 Manitoba Ave, Winnipeg; Prokop and Julia Kondratiuk family home.

  Per 1911 census

• Residence: 1916-06-01, 669 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg, MB; Prokop and Julia Kondratiuk family home.

  per 1916 census

• : 1916-06-01, Winnipeg, MB;

  Per 1916 census

• Residence: 1919, 669 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg, MB; Prokop & Julila Kondratiuk family home.

  Per Henderson’s Winnipeg Directory, 1919

• Residence: 1920-10-27, 669 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg, MB; Prokop and Julia Kondratiuk family home.

  Per Prokop Kondratiuk’s death certificate. It is assumed An na lived with her father and stepmother, being 14 years ol d in 1920

• Residence: 1921-06-01, 669 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg, MB; Julia Macuira family home.

  Per 1921 census

• Residence: 1926-06-01, 62 Hargrave St, Winnipeg; Catholic Women's Hostel.

  Per the 1926 census. Annie Kondy”, a Ukrainian girl age 1 9 born in Manitoba is listed as a lodger at this address i n 1926. According to Henderson’s Winnipeg Directory for 192 7 the address is a Catholic Women’s Hostel. Anna was not ha ppy living with her step-mother after her father died, an d it is likely that Annie Kondy is, in fact, Anna Kondratiu ik

• : 1927-04, Winnipeg, Manitoba;

  Ann’s Notice of Birth was filed by the Winnipeg Children’ s Aid Society, in the capacity of Guardian, 21 years afte r she was born.

• Occupation: 1930-04-03, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Waitress.

  Per US arrival manifest

• : 1930-04-04, Port Huron, MI;

  Per Anna’s arrival manifest

• Emigration: 1930-04-04, Port Huron, MI;

  Per Anna’s Certificate of Arrival and related documents

• : 1930-04-04, Port Huron, MI;

  Per Nils Granberg Sr.’s US Declaration of Intent

• Residence: 1933, State Street, Chicago; Nils and Ann Granberg family home.

  Per Angela Harrison’s memoirs

• Occupation: 1940-04-17, Chicago, IL; Maid for a private famiily.

  Per 1940 US Census

• Residence: 1940-04-17, 1448 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL; Nils & Ann Granberg family home.

  Per 1940 US census

• Residence: 1942-03-19, 1448 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL; Nils & Ann Granberg family home.

  Per Nils Granberg Sr. US immigration Declaration of Intenti on

• Occupation: 1942-03-31, Chicago, IL; Housewife.

  Per Anna’s Declaration of Intention to become a US Citizen

• Residence: 1942-03-31, 1448 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL; Nils and Ann Granberg famliy home.

  Per Anna’s Declaration of Intention to become a US citizen

• Occupation: 1945, Chicago, IL; Mender and Housewife.

  Per Anna’s US Petition for Naturalization

• Residence: 1945, 1448 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL; Nils & Anna Granberg family home.

  Per Anna’s US Petition for Naturalization

• Residence: 1950, 360 Sunnyside Ave, Toronto, Ontario; Joseph and Pauline Kondratiuk family home.

  Per MIght’s Toronto Directory, 1951. The directory lists An n Granberg living at the address of her sister Pauline’s fa mily

• Occupation: 1950, Toronto, Ontario; Operaton, Eatons.

  Per Might’s Toronto Directory, 1951

• Residence: 1977, Apr 14-609EF, 2617 Plaza Blvd, National City, California; Anna Kondratiuk's home.
• Residence: 1978-08, 92045, Lemon Grove, San Diego, California; Anna Kondratiuk last place of residence.

Footnotes

Anna Kondratiuk was named after her mother Anna Sul. She went by the names Annie and Ann for most of her life. The given name on her birth certificate is Annie, however her guardian registered her birth in 1927 when she was 20 years old and both her parents had died. Martin Bobowsky recorded her given name as Anna on the page in his family bible that lists all the members of the Kondratiuk family.