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Wasyl (Charlie) Skop was born in Hludno, Galicia Province, Austrian Empire (presently Poland) in 1896. He came to the United States when he was 16 with his parents (Matwej and Ewa) in 1911. In 1921 he married Julia Makaryk in Detroit.
They had 5 children: Tressa, Regina, Julian, and Donnie and one child that did not survive after birth.
Charlie owned a farm east of Boyne Falls but in his earlier days he worked the lumber camps and railroad. He operated a Steam McGiffert Loader and worked as a railroad crew member. He later became a Locomotive Engineer, having his own route. He was the highest salaried man on the team. When the logging industries waned he received a glowing letter of recommendation from the Cobb & Mitchell Logging Company upon his departure. Later in his life he worked at the Boyne Falls Log Homes where he was a craftsman.
Wasyl passed away in 1980. Julia, his wife, passed away a few months later in 1981. The farm is still in the family.
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