The 1920 Census.

[toni*]

at least the obit gave his parents names thats good.

 
but doesnt help you, i shall have another furrage

[toni*]

re Kazimiera Szalajko,

i have found 3 possible matches on the 1920 US census each would need to be followed up to rule them out / in
 this is if she married betwixt 1913 & 1920

1920 - Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Kazimiera Gardulewicz
Spouse:  John
Birth:  abt 1895 - Russia;Poland
Arrival:  1913
they have a son Anthony b. Massachusetts
Kazimiera parents were born Russia / Poland like her
she is literate
John also came from Russia / Poland in 1913
John is working in a shoe factory and Kazimiera a weaver

1920 - Schenectady Ward 5, Schenectady, New York
 Kazimiera Kwapinski
Spouse:  Stanly
Birth:  abt 1895 - Poland
Arrival:  1912
2 children (both boys) Stephen 7 and Kazimiera 5 b. NY
she Cannot read or write
Stanley also came to the US in 1912
 

1920 - Worcester Ward 5, Worcester, Massachusetts
 Kazimiera Galgowski
Spouse:  William
Birth:  abt 1896 - Poland
Arrival:  1912
William is a wine drawer in a wine mill
she cannot read or wirte
William came to the US in 1913 but Kazimiera in 1912

i would suggest the top one looks more favourable
but like i say need to find marriages etc. or Anthonys birth cert.

 

[coombs]

Hi Richard

Have you tried outgoing passenger lists for Piotr? I think the US started keeping passenger lists leaving the US after 1908. If he did return to Poland after 1908 you may be in with a chance of finding his passenger list.

Whats the name of the son or daughter of Piotr that you are descended from?

As you hinted at it is common for immigrants to arrive after other relatives had immigrated earlier.

My 3xgreat grandfather lost his wife in 1885. He emigrated to America in September 1886 with his youngest daughter. He had a brother in America and his eldest daughter was living there. His brother emigrated in about 1874 and his daughter in about 1881. He is on the 1900 US census living with his eldest daughter in Pennsylvania. he was 72 by then and he says he had been in the US for 13 years. His youngest wed in 1889 to Thomas Prosser and on the 1900 US census she said she had been in the US for 13 years. His son George born 1856 remained in England alongside another daughter and son. So when he emigrated he had 2 children in the US and 3 in England. One I have not yet found.

Ben

[redclover]

Hi Toni,

Thanks for those suggestions for Kazimiera. I'll take a close look at them and let you know how I get on.

Richard.

[redclover]

Hi Ben, thanks for the suggestion.

Piotr Szalajko had six children:

Jozefa b.1890 - My Grandmother.
Stefania (Stella) b. 1893(5).
Kazimiera  b. 1895.
Eleonora.
Tadeuz.
Bronislawa.

According to Stanislawa's arrival manifest there may be a seventh child Michel.

My details are on Ancestry on the Wasiewicz Family Tree if you are subscribed.

Regards,

Richard.

[toni*]

could their names have been anglicaised?
were they naturalised?
do they appear with the Polish surnames in 1930 

[coombs]

I take it Jozefa stayed in America? I wonder why her father would return to Poland?

[redclover]

Hi Toni,

Yes the names could have been anglicised. Certainly this happened in the case of Stefania Szalajko who became Stella Kruk after her marriage to John Kruk in 1912. Whether she was ever recorded as Stella Szalajko prior to her marriage I do not know. She is on the 1930 census as Stella Kruk.

The only other one would have been Julian Winiarski, but he died in 1929.

Richard.

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Hi Ben, sorry I didn't make it clear.

Records and family lore indicate that Piotr Szalajko travelled to America in 1902 and then returned to his family in Bircza, Poland.

Of his children, Stefania travelled to America and stayed there as Stella Kruk.
Kazimiera travelled to America in 1913 and no more known about her.

Jozefa, Eleonara and Bronislawa all died in Bircza, Poland. They may have travelled to America, but then certainly returned to Poland.

Tadeuz, no information about him other than he was a sibling. Might have travelled to America or stayed in Poland.
Michel - only record of him is the crossed out mention on Stefania's arrival manifest. No family knowledge of him. Is it possible that Stefania told the authorities that she was visiting her brother Michel, and then suddenly remembered she didn't have a brother Michel.

Jozefa, my grandmother married Roman Wasiewicz. Roman  travelled to America with his Cousin Peter in 1907. He returned to Bircza to marry Jozefa.

According to the family, Piotr and other relatives travelled to America to work and bring money back home.

Regards,

Richard.