Searching for any and all Information about my grandfather Josef baldowsky born 1893;The Ship he arrived on in US came to Philadelphia Penn. in 1913 ,and died in 1973. the ships log states Polish decent and also his fathers name and last place of living as Russia nothing else
I have no place of birth or region he was from...So Any information anybody could give me about this name or man or a town ,so I could find out more would be very helpful
If you are referring to the Josef Baldowski, who arrived on 6/1/1915 aboard the "Graf Waldersee," there is notations about his naturalization on the manifest. You can obtain this record which should list his town of origin. Other records that may have this information would be his death certificate, birth records for children born in the States, church records, & ss application.
Thanks JCSM, I have the ship manifest though its dated may 18th 1913,i am unable to read anything more on this ,is there anything you can make out as far as place of birth and naturalization in the States,any suggestions would help ,Thanks,
Hi Joyce Same date,Through Ancestry .com,phil. passenger records 1800-1945,Ship is Graf Waldersee, sailed from hamburg,Unable to see your e-mail as this site says...I can only have access to this info . after posting 5 helpful answers to posts,I"m working on this ,
I found the 1913 arrival; Josef Baldowski, age 20 in 1913, departing from Hamburg, Germany, last residence was Russia. His father's name is Ignac Baldowski of what looks like Wierzchos. or Wielizocw. It is very hard to read the original manifest. They have it in the database transcribed as Wichvis Russia but honestly, when I looked at it, it didn't look like that to me.
Next to his name, stamped and written many years later (in the 1930s it looks like) is this: February 27 XX3X 108899 2X-42701
He probably did become naturalized or may have at least filed a provisional application for it. In many cases you have to go the county courthouse where that was originally done; do you know where he ended up in the US? I can check the census, where it might state when he arrived and when or if he filed for naturalization.
Greetings Bookratt... and boucoup thanks... for your close and through research of the manifest to get as much as possible from it ,with good interpretations of as much as possible on it,
The only things I can add are , its possible he belonged to a Polish National church in Plymouth Pa.,and my Father has memories of Plains, Pa ,My father being born in 1926 and i have his old and tattered birth certificate. He Remembers my Grandfather working in coal mines somewhere close to there before they moved to new Jersey,so where and when he applied is a mystery,I have written to the Church there in Plymouth ,Pa.( on the birth certificate) and their answer is they have no records ,Thanks for anything you can find,
I HAVE A GREAT GRANDMOTHER , HER MAIDEN NAME WAS EHEFRAW ALBERTINE BALDOWSKY , SHE MARIED TANJES SCHULER IN THE 1870'S AND IWOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT SIDE OF MY FAMILY ALSO. ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED
THIS WAS IN ILLINOIS APROX 100 MI. SOUTH OF CHICAGO
