>From Wipedikia:    " Coplay was part of the 400 acres of land John Jacob Schreiber bought from the William Penn heirs in 1740. For a long time it was known as Schreibers. Later it was known as the Lehigh Valley, because of the Lehigh Valley Iron Furnaces that were located here. Lehigh Valley was then changed to Coplay. This name came from "Kolapechka". The son of the Indian chief, Paxanosa, who lived at the head of the creek near Schnecksville. The Borough of Coplay was formed out of a part of Whitehall Township in 1869 and was incorporated as a borough on April 7th, 1869. Gradually Coplay changed from a farming area into an Industrial Community. The Thomas Iron Company started the change. They brought in workers and built homes for them. When the Iron Company was liquidated, other industries gradually came to Coplay; the Cement Mill, the Silk Mill, the Cigar Factory and Knitting Mill. Coplay became a "melting pot" of many nationalities. The Pennsylvania Dutch and Germans, who were the agricultural element. Due to growth of the Iron Industry, immigrants from Ireland came. Then, in the early nineteen hundreds, the Cement Mills attracted immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Ukrainian Countries. It was thus that our town had its early beginnings."   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coplay,_Pennsylvania    LeAnn    The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatama Gandhi        --- On Thu, 9/4/08, wmurawski@comcast.net <wmurawski@comcast.net> wrote: From: wmurawski@comcast.net <wmurawski@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [POLAND] Pennsylvania mining town To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 9:08 AM Jim Thanks a lot. I like it. Now I am going to see if there is any mining history around that town. I don't live too far from the Jersey border, so I will probably make a trip out there. Walt -------------- Original message -------------- From: JAMES TYE <kurpie21@sbcglobal.net> > Good Afternoon > > Assuming he went to the same place, his 1900 arrival was to Coplay, Pa. Try > that to see if it fits. > > Jim Tye > > wmurawski@comcast.net wrote: > Debbie, thanks! > I found his 1906 record on the Ellis Isl. site. His name was incorrectly > transcribed as Bronislaw > He was 24 years of age in 1906 > This is a tough one to read > Walt > ----------- Original message -------------- > From: Debbie Greenlee > > > Walt, > > > > I'm having trouble locating the record. > > > > You found the 1900 Passenger Arrival Record on the Ellis Island site, > > right? Did you use Stephen Morse's search engine: > > http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellis.html > > > > Am I right that the name was transcribed as Bronislaw Zielonka on the > > Ellis Island site? > > > > When was he born or how old was he on that 1900 manifest? > > > > Debbie > > > > wmurawski@comcast.net wrote: > > > Fellow Listers > > > I am trying to read the name of a town in Pennsylvania in the Ellis > > Island records. It is in regards to my grandmother's brother who > > apparently > > came to the U S around 1900 went home in 1903 and returned in 1906. > > In the > > 1906 record he is erroneously listed as Bronislaw (it actually is > > Bonawentura) ZIELONKA . He arrived April 15, 1906 from Jaslieka > > (actually it is Jasliska) and was headed for Perth Amboy N.J. Can anyone > > out there who is familiar with the mining areas of Pennsylvania read the > > name of the town where he worked during his original visit. 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