This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACI/1964 Message Board Post: John KOWALAK was born about January 1859 in Mieczewo, Poznan, Poland. He married Lucy KNIAT, daughter of John KNIAT and Agnes WOJKIEWICZ, on 4 September 1844 in Bnin, Poznan, Poland. He came to the U.S. on the S.S. Hermann arriving in Baltimore on 11 November 1886. Lucy came to the U.S. about 1888 with two children. Their children included Kate, Mary, Hedwig, Anthony. Lenore, Frances, John and Bernard. Following Lucy's death on 5 May 1907, John married the widow Barbara RIPSKE about 1909. Her children by her marriage to the widowed Anthony RIPSKE were George, Anna and Adolf. John KOWALAK was naturalized on 19 March 1895 in Bay City. Would be willing to share information with others related to this family.