I just started to research my grandfather, Thomas Pawluk and came across your post. Thomas is the name he ended up with but it was really Tomas, Thom, or Timko, I'm not sure. He had 6 or 7 brothers and came with some of them, initially, to Winnipeg. He left them there, went back to Galacia, and returned to the U.S. and lived in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. We never knew what happened to the brothers and I don't know what any of their first names were. He was born in 1880 and would have come over around 1900-1903ish. If you want to discuss further please email me at melody531@comcast.net.
Linda