I guess I forgot to say where I found it. This was on the Ancestry.com website, where Mary said it was. Send your other relatives names, and I see if I can find them for you. Tina At 09:13 PM 7/17/2007 -0700, you wrote: >Tina-----WOW--------this is exciting. I have searched passenger lists >with no luck. How did you locate this. Possibly I could locate other >relatives of mine. I saw the manifest on your succeeding email. Thank >you very much........charles > >Tina Ellis <vellis@jps.net> wrote: The ship manifest shows that Walenty >Lokowiak was born in Germany. He came >over on the ship Maasdam from Rotterdam, Netherlands, arriving April >22,1891. There is no place shown on the manifest as a specific place of >birth. He was 26 years old. > >Tina Ellis > > >At 02:32 PM 7/17/2007 -0700, you wrote: > >Dear list purveyors > > > > My grandfather Valentine (Walenty) Lukowiak came to America around 1890 > > from somewhere in Poland/Prussia (possibly near Golejewko, Wielkopolskie > > ). He was born about January 18, 1866 and died in Macomb Co, MI August > > 25, 1946. > > > > He was married three times, having all of his children with the first > > wife, Katherine Rosinska (1869-1925). The 1920 census for Detroit, Wayne > > Co, MI lists the following children at home: ---Stella (25)--cigar maker > > at cigar factory , Joseph (23)--salesman in poolroom, Mary (21)--cigar > > maker in cigar factory, Celia (19)--inspector in auto factory, > > John--(Heine) (17)--helper in foundry, Alex (15), Antoinette (12), > > Frances (10), Edward (7), Leonard (9 mo) > > > > I have not been able to find any info on how Valentine came to America > > (I have searched many passenger lists), where he grew up in Europe or > > anything about his ancestors. > > > > Any insight into the history of my grandfather that you might be able > > to provide would be very much appreciated. Charles Chinoski-Chase > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message