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1935-2016 (Creación)
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- Molčan, Peter
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1 object : flag
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Peter Molčan, the seventh child of Julius Molčan and Helena Molčan-Jvanova, was born on August 18, 1949 in Sabinov, Prešov (Slovakia). He graduated from high school with a forest ranger diploma. At eighteen, he served in the regular army where he obtained the rank of corporal and chief mechanic. His military service completed, he returned to Sabinov, met and married his future wife Stefania Merčarikova, who is from Lipany, Prešov (Slovakia). Their two daughters Sylvia and Adelka were both born in Slovakia.
In 1979, the Molčan family obtained a visa to travel to Yugoslovakia. Their stay in Yugoslavia lasted three weeks. Afterwards, they went to Vienna (Austria) where they applied for asylum. Nine months later, they arrived in Montréal, Québec (Canada). The very next day, the family flew to Toronto, Ontario (Canada) and eventually settled in Sarnia, Ontario (Canada). In Sarnia, Peter Molčan held two employments. He first was a mechanics and satety check at the Park Lane Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC Car Dealership. Then, he worked as a cabinetmaker.
Peter Molčan was and is active in the Sarnia Slovak community. He was the secretary of the Slovak Society of Canada and the second term president of the Canadian Slovak League 17 Branch Sarnia. He was also the secretary of the Slovak Society of Canada, a position which he still holds today.
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The fonds contains material collected primarly by Stefan Janiček detailing the Brooke-Alverston, Ontario (Canada) Slovak community spanning a twenty-year period (1935-1955). The material was part of a genealogical project sponsored by the Canadian Slovak League Branch 20 Oil Spring. Peter Molčan joined the project at a later date. Included are photocopied press clippings and a Canadian Citizenship Certificate. The press clippings pertain to various members of the Slovak community from Brooke-Alverston region and gives an overview of the Slovak emigration experience from mid 1930s to 1950s.
The fonds also contains material from the Canadian Slovak League Branch 17 (Sarnia, Ontario). Peter Molčan was the President. Included is the Contributions Book for the Canadian Slovak League Branch 17, a Slovak flag signed by various delegates to a Slovak League Convention in 2016 and records related to membership dues, contributions to the parishes of St. Anthony in Chatham, Ontario and Our Lady of Sorrows in Sarnia, Ontario.
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- eslovaco