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

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