during or after the union of bessarabia with romania, cecan married his daughter off to a transylvanian romanian lawyer, octavian vasu. in february 1914, vasu held an executive's position inside the romanian national party of austria-hungary. noted for his excellent command of russian, he was taken prisoner in bessarabia during world war i, when he helped set up the romanian volunteer corps in russia. during the subsequent creation of greater romania, he became the first prefect of făgăraș county.