Educator
Born at Barbivsti [now Brusnytsia], Ukraine on 25 November 1902, son of William Basil Goresky (1875-1937) and Victoria Eustafiewich? (c1884-?), he came to Canada with his family in 1906, following their father who immigrated in 1905. He grew up at the family homestead in Township 12 Range 2 East within the Rurual Municipality of Rockwood and took teacher training. A lifelong educator, he taught at Baskerville School (1919-1920, 1921, 1922-1924), Happy Thought School (1924-1925, Principal), and Willow Plain School (1925-1926), and later taught many years in Alberta.
While posted at Baskerville School in Rosa, he met local resident Anne Paley (1902-1993) and they married on 19 June 1921 in the Rural Municipality of Franklin. He had at least one child, Adelaide Elizabeth Goresky (1922-?). The family moved to Edmonton, Alberta, in the late 1920s and retired to White Rock, British Columbia in 1987.
He died at the Langley Memorial Hospital in Langley, British Columbia on 22 February 1999 and was buried in the Valley View Memorial Gardens at Surrey.
Birth registrations [Allan Goresky, Nickolas Goresky, Olimpia Goresky, Adelaide Elizabeth Goresky], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registrations [Isidore Goreski to Anne Paly], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [William Basil Goresky], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Anne Goresky, Isidore Goresky], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
1916 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
“Anniversaries [Isidore and Anne Goresky],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 August 1991, page 30.
All Saints Anglican Cemetery [Stonewall] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 10 December 2025
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