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Jacob Buckshon

Also Known As: "Yakov bar Avraham HaLevi"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Skoolyen, Bessarabia, Roumania, Sculeni, Moldova (Moldova, Republic of)
Death: November 20, 1953 (75)
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place of Burial: New Westminster, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Abraham Buckshon
Husband of Edith Buckshon
Father of Bessie Tash; Joseph Buckshon; Abe Buckshon; Esther Buckshon; Celia Cristall and 1 other

Managed by: Gary Stephen Perlman
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Jacob Buckshon's Timeline

1878
May 15, 1878
Skoolyen, Bessarabia, Roumania, Sculeni, Moldova (Moldova, Republic of)

In his Canadian naturalization, Jacob Buckshon listed his, his wife's, and daughter Bessie as born in Skoolyen, Bessarabia, Roumania. Moldova and Bessarabia are largely the same region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessarabia

Today, the town is called Sculeni, Moldova, and it's right on the border with Romania, 15 km from Iasi, Romania. The JewishGen.org community page is:

http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~community~-2277305

1905
December 25, 1905
Skoolyen, Bessarabia, Roumania, Sculeni, Moldova (Moldova, Republic of)
1907
December 2, 1907
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

From Find-a-Grave
Name: Joseph Buckshon
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1907
Birth Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Death Date: 28 Jul 1974
Death Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cemetery: Schara Tzedeck Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: New Westminster, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

1912
May 1, 1912
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In his Canadian naturalization, Jacob Buckshon lists Abraham as being born on May 11, not May 1.

May 1, 1912
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1916
February 23, 1916
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In his Canadian naturalization, Jacob Buckshon listed Celia as born in 1915.

1917
April 16, 1917
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1953
November 20, 1953
Age 75
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yacov bar Avraham HaLevi
Jacob Buckshon
1878-1953