Genealogy /
Looking for my Polish family of Jozef Zdrojewski [6]
I am searching for my grandfathers family. My grandpa, Jozef Zdrojewski, was born abt. 1888 and came to the USA in 1906 from Bremen to Ellis Island. He listed his last place of residence as "Kalumkowo, Russia" (Kolandowo?) and his birthplace as Warsaw. His cousin, Maryann Kaczalska, was already here with her husband; Martin Strzelecki. Martin was from Rabinowo. Martin/Maryann had their first son in Czamaninek, Radziejow and she also listed this as her last place of residence on the manifest. My mom and aunt tell a story where an Uncle paid for Jozef and a brother or cousin to Jozef (mom and Aunt disagree on which it was) to come to the USA. The brother/cousin got home sick. So the uncle paid for him to go back. The brother/cousin begged the Uncle to, again, send him to the USA to live and, again, the Uncle paid. When the brother/cousin got home sick again the Uncle said that was it, he'd pay to have him go back to Poland but then no more. I can't find anyone on the manifest with my grandpa that could be this person. From what I read he is traveling alone and going to go stay with Martin/Maryann. It's most likely that the brother/cousin came over at a different time. My grandpa was in contact with his Polish family in Poland until his death in 1964. Because my mom and her siblings couldn't read polish they threw all of the letters away and lost any contact with them.
A cousin of mine (Maryann Kaczalska's great-granddaughter) and I are currently searching LDS Microfilm's from Poland, Bydgoszcz, Karnkowo (Lipno)
Also, on Jozef's marriage application he listed his parents as: George and Mary
