- Gail Baker It was there that her mother, Dora (short for Fedora), settled while pregnant with Anna. Tragically, two months after their arrival, Anna’s father, a lumberman, was killed when a tree fell on him. Dora’s employer allowed them to stay, and after Anna was born they lived in Winnipegosis for about a year and a half. Friends of Dora’s knew of a man whose wife had died while giving birth. He had three children and desperately needed help. So, as often happened in those days, a marriage was set up and Dora and Peter Atamanchuk wed.