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Jared Olar

For many years, Mr. Jared Olar, son of Mr. Joseph Olar, from Illinois, USA, wanted to find the current-day relatives of his grandparents ALECSIE OLAR and EUFROSINA PASCAR, who emigrated from Tereblecea (also called Terebleche, Terebleshti, or Porubne) in 1907 to Canada and later moved to the United States in 1912.  With the help of the Orthodox Church parish records from Tereblecea, Mr. Olar was able to learn much about the Olar and Pascar families, but until 2008 he did not know what became of his Romanian cousins who stayed behind in Bucovina.  In the parish records, their family names are spelled Olar, Olari, and Olariu, and Pascar, Pascari, and Pascariu.

Alecsie & Rose Olar, Montréal, Canada, 1911

Alecsie Olar ("Alex") was born in 17 March 1883 in Tereblecea, son of Ioan Olar (born about 1836, died 1892) and Alecsandra Toderiuc (born about 1844, died 1902).  Ioan Olar's father was named Andrei, and Ioan very probably had brothers named Gavril (born 1831, died 1911) and Toader (Teodor, born 1839) -- Gavril and Toader both were sons of an Andrei Olar in Tereblecea, and Toader and Gavril both had a large number of children and grandchildren. Ioan and Alecsandra are said to have had 10 children, 6 of whom died as children or babies.  Alecsie's oldest brother was MIHAI or Michail (born about 1868), who had a son named SERGHEI (born 1 March 1906).  Mihai's first wife was named Teodora (born about 1871, died 1900), also called "Todosia."  His second wife, the mother of Serghei, was Cristina Cosic, also called "Iustina."  (See below for more information about Mihai's family.)  It is said that another older brother of Alecsie was named Iacob. Ioan and Alecsandra also had a son named Onufrei (born 1881), and daughters named Marie (said to have died when she was 10 years old), Eleana (born 1885, died 1893), and Domnica (born 1889, died 1893).

Eufrosina Pascar ("Rose") was born 2 Oct. 1887 in Tereblecea, daughter of Leon Pascar and Iftima Ciopei (or Ciopeiu).  Leon Pascar's father was named Constantin, and Constantin's wife (probably Leon's mother) was named Ana (born about 1818, died 1898).  Leon had brothers named Ioan and Alecsie.  Ioan and Alecsie both had children, but we do not know if they have any living descendants.  Leon and Iftima had a daughter named Ana (born 1882, died 1902 of dysentery), who married Ignatie Olar. Leon and Iftima also had daughters named Domnica (born 1884) and Eleana (born 1890).  Besides Ana, Domnica, and Eleana, we think Rose Pascar also may have had a sister named Anastasia and a brother named Ioan or Ion.  We know that Rose had a nephew -- we don't know his name, but we have been told that he looked a lot like Marion Olar, son of Alex Olar and Rose Pascar.