Could Mikolaij Swiderski been named Martin? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > and1stp wrote: > > >Did he have a sister Victoria? Wife Stella? > > > >John > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Eleanor Ritchie" <eritchie@sasktel.net> > >To: <POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:38 PM > >Subject: [Wielkopolskie] SWIDER > > > > > > > > > >>I am relatively new to this list. I am trying to trace the route my > >>grandfather took to reach Canada. My grandfather, Mikolaij Swiderski, > >>was born 1876 > >>to Josef Swider and Sofia Broda. We know he married and applied for a > >>homestead in the then NorthWestTerritory in 1905. It is thought that > >>when he left Straszkow,parish of Koscielec, near city of Kolo, he made > >>his way to the Chicago area and sometime later went to NWT on a > >>Harvest Excursion. I would like to know: > >> 1. The year he came to the US > >> 2. What brought him to Chicago. > >> 3.In which newspapers the Canadian govt advertised the > >>harvest excursions > >> 4. Are there any Swiders or friends of Swiders on this list > >>who would correspond with me. > >>I have searched the Ellis Island site and he is not there. I have a > >>feeling that he had family/friends in Chicago area that drew him to > >>that area. > >>I look forward to any responses to this query. > >> eleanor > >> > >> > >> > >>==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >>Going on Vacation? Go to > >>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html > >>to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > >> > >>============================== > >>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > >>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > >Going on Vacation? Go to > >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/POL/POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE.html > >to unsubscribe. Don't forget to resubscribe when you return! > > > >============================== > >OneWorldTree - The World's largest family tree. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13971/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > He may have had a sister Victoria but not a wife Stella. He married in > the NWT...In the new year I will be ready to search the LDS microfilms > of his > home parish and I will keep an eye out for other siblings that we might > not know about....thanks for your response to my query....eleanor > > > > ==== POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE Mailing List ==== > New to the POL-WIELKOPOLSKIE mailing list? Introduce yourself and tell > us who you're researching in wojewodztwo Wielkopolskie. > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >