Genealogy / Help finding Father's birth place (John Chmielewski) [4]

Hi John,

I only found 1 record on a passenger list around that age ~

Jan Chmielewska age 13
Arrived Nov.7, 1923 (but then the birthdate wouldn't match)
Born ~Winiarki,Poland
Going to Buffalo,NY
Traveling with a Josefa ~ Female
Left from Danzig on the SS Polonia

Do you know if your Dad had a step-father?

Genealogy / A SHOCKING And Sad Story about my Polish family - But True! [22]

Boy, bookratt, you are just full of genealogy info. Maybe you can help me! Looking for info on my great-grandfather, Martin Patla. The only thing I've been able to find, is him living with my grandparents, Adam & Mary Szuszczewicz (his daughter) in the 1920 Census Records in Philadelphia,Pa. He is 64 yrs. old then and a widow. He was born 1856 in Poland. I think his wife's name was Franceszka. My grandmother, Mary, was born 1890. The only story I've heard is that after his wife died, when my grandmother was small, he couldn't care for her and her brother Albert, so he put them in an Orphanage in Ct. Don't know if there were any other siblings. My grandmother married Adam in Meriden, Ct. They had their 1st three children there, then moved to Phila.,Pa. So I've like hit a BRICK WALL with her(Mary's) parents. Don't know when they got to U.S., where they were married or even when he died? I assume he died in Phila. if he was living there. My Mom was born in 1926 and she doesn't remember him.

If you can help in any way, I'd sooo appreciate it or give me some clues where to look!! :-(