Listing No: 2686 From Pastplaces Member No: 10728
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
| BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, ROMANIA. |
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Hello. Here is my story told by my maternal grandmother Liza Odazhy: It happened in Romania in the city of Bucharest. My grandmother and her three sisters had gone to work there in 1922-1926 (approx). There were some changes in the parliament of Ukraine and they made a decided to block border for 1 to 2 days. There were lots of people waiting for trains to return back to Ukraine as they were wishing to go back home. While the wait was long, the sisters of my maternal grand mother became increasing hungry and two of sisters decided to go and buy some rolls. These rolls became the reason of separation. When they returned back to the railway station they found out that the train had arrived and has quickly departed. This was the last train and then the boarders were closed. So these two sisters did not have an opportunity to return back to Ukraine immediately. However later they decided to stay back in Bucharest and settle down. The names of these two sisters are: Solomia and Sania and their maiden names were Kostrubenko. Solomia was older than Sania. Both these sisters had no option but to stay in Bucharest. Solomia in the meantime had got married but was divorced afterwards and has died during an appendicitis operation. This incident happened approximately 5-7 years after they missed the train and missed one of their sisters. Sania had in the meantime married a captain and has given birth to the son and the daughter. Son Oktovian Barbu was born in 1950 of a birth and studied law to become a lawyer. The daughter Stella Barbu was 3-4 years younger than her brother and they should be around 50 to 60 years old now. In the early 1960 they had written letters and they visited the their aunt (younger sister Pasha who was in Bucharest and had taken the train back to Ukraine) who lived in Odessa. The brother and sisters using their mother’s letter found the village Udobnoe in Ukraine, where the parents of their mother lived. If you have any further questions about this story I will be glad to answer them. I and my relatives would be grateful if you can locate our lost family that might presently be residing in Romania, probably in Bucharest.
