Kuzminsky or Comisky or Rak or Rok
First I must apologize that I only speak and understand English.
I have tried every which way to find out information on my grandparents who came from Sieniawa, Galicia, Austria around the time of 1903/07.
Here is what I know about them.There are no documents due to fire.
Michael Kuzminsky immigrated through Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Manifest Information - Arrival Date:September 1904
>Age:25Est. DOB:1879/80DOD:April 21, 1947- DO NOT KNOW WHAT HE DIED FROM???
>Race:Ruthenian (Russniak) NOTE:old name for Ukranian
>Port of Departure:Bremen, GermanyShip:Frankfurt
>Port of Arrival:Baltimore, Maryland, USA
>Destination:Buffalo, New York
>Friend's Name:Iwan Rak
>Last Residence:Sieniawa, Galicia, Austria (NOW POLAND) shown as his place of birth
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>On one of the immigration information things I was able to find > Michael was visiting his brother-in-law Mike Kortechi or Kostechy (1979 Jan 1)I think (someone sent this information) that his wife's name was Mary and that they were both from Austria and that they lived in Indiana, USA.
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Wife:Helen (Helena) Rak (Comisky) immigrated in 1907 through Ellis Island, New York City.She used the last name:Kasiminska. (ska is the female spelling)
> >1910 US Census shows Mike, aged 30, married 6 years, painter, car works, born Austria, both parents born Austria.
> >Married:In 1904 in Austria
> >Religion:On immigration records from USA to Canada (1920) he listed Greek Orthodox
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Helen Rak immigrated through Ellis Island, USA - Manifest Information
> >Name:Kasiminska, Helena or HelenNOTE:ska is female ending of last name
> >Arrival Date:July 8, 1907
> >Age:25
> >Est. DOB:1882DOD:Oct 22, 1951 (she died as a result of a car accident outside of Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
> >Marital Staus:MGender: FNOTE: Married Michael K. in Sieniawa, Galicia, Austria
> >Race:Ruthenian (Russniak) NOTE:old name for Ukranian
> >Port of Departure:Bremen, Germany
> >Ship:Barbarossa (another record shows ship name as Chemnitz with Helen Rak)
> >Port of Arrival:Ellis Island, USA
> >Destination:Buffalo, New York
> >Last Residence:Sieniawa, Galicia, Austria - shown as place of birth
> >Medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes
> >Manifest States:Helena was going to husband Michal K. Bx 6 Hammond,Ind, USA
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At some point an Iwana Rak and a Dymtro Rak were mentioned as visiting them.Could be brothers or cousins - would be nice to know!
Also at some point my grandfather visited his cousin Mike Kostecky in Buffalo New York.
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Also we think (a cousin of mine and I) that our Uncle Stephen Comisky(Brantford) visited relatives in Quebec, Canada.
I hope with all my heart that you are able to help me find out more about my grandparents.
Thank you and god bless.
Janet