Topekha, Maksim Makarovich

Topekha, Maksim Makarovich

Topeha, Maxim

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Топеха, Максим Макарович (Topeha, Maxim), родился 25 августа 1878 г. в с. Занки Веркиевской волости Нежинского уезда Черниговской губернии. Крестьянин-переселенц в с. Воздвиженка Никольск-Уссурийского уезда Приморской области. В 1912 г. на пароходе "Мongolia" с семьей отправились на Гавайские о-ва. Проработав 8 месяцев на плантации на о. Гавайи, переехал в Гонолулу, где работал на землечерпалке ($ 3 - 8 час.). Жена - Ирина Наумовна (Irina)(37 л.), дети: Иван (Ivan)(15 л.), Екатерина (Catherine)(11 л.), Владимир (Vladimir)(9 л.), Алексей (Alexis)(5 л.), Михаил (Michael)(3 г.), Виктор (Victor)(2 г.) и Любовь (Liubow)(9мес.). Отец умер в с. Воздвиженка, там же живет мать, брат Филипп - на фронте, брат Павел был на Гавайях, но затем вернулся в Россию. 9 июля 1918 г. уехали в Сиэтл.
Источник: Интервью в гор. Гонолулу. Л. 84. Фото.

Примеч.: сын Павла - Петр Павлович Топеха (1 I 1905, с. Воздвиженка Никольск-Уссурийского уезда), доктор ист. наук (1973) стал известным японоведом. Ист.: Милибанд С.Д. Биоблиографический словарь советских востоковедов. М.: Изд-во наука. Гл. ред. вост. лит-ры, 1977. С. 552.

Topekha, Maksim Makarovich. Born Aug. 25, 1878. He was a peasant-resettler in the village of Vozdvizhenka Nikol'sk-Ussuriisk uezda Primor'ye oblast. In 1912 on the ship Mongolia he came to Hawaii with his family. His wife was Irina Naumovna, b. 1880; they had three children. For eight months he worked on a plantation on the Big Island. Moved to Honolulu and worked in the port as a dredger/excavator for $3 a day. Here were born another four children. In July 9, 1918 the parents left for Seattle. The boy Ivan (17 yrs.) remained in Hawaii. Marques notes: "A man A. Topako [sic], wrote from 82 High Street Marbough (Sheffield) enquiring for his father. There was a son Aleksei. Topekha Pavel [Paul], age 41, son of Mark Topeka [sic], now living at Nikoshresk (?maybe Nikol'sk...hand-writing not clear) near Vladivostok. He wants to return to his father with his own family, composed of his wife -uran (I?), age 41 and eight children, two of which are over 12 and one of which is only 7 months. He came to the Hawaiian Islands with his family in 1910 [see above....says 1912] Hand-written note on half an envelope by Marques, July 24, 1917.