Re BATYRA family
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In reply to:
batyra family
amy zeches 12/21/11
Amy
Where did this BATYRA family come from?
What were the birth years?
Where did they live in the US
Also surnames need to be in all CAPS, to make them easier to identify.
Is this your Albert?
WW I Draft Regristration
Name: Wojeich BATYRA
Address 34 Reservation St
City: Buffalo
County: Erie
State: New York
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1884
Birthplace Russia/Poland
Occupation Laborer
Employer Pratt and Lechworth, Towanda NY
Wife Antonine
1920 US Census Home in 1920: Buffalo Ward 21, Erie, New York 34 Reservation St
Name Age
Wajcuch Batzer (BATYRA) 34 Poland immigrated 1913
Antonina Batzer 26
Wanda Batzer 0
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1930 US Census Buffalo NY 54 St Florian St.
Name Age
Albert Batyra 40
Antoinette Batyra 34
Wanda Batyra 11
Mary Batyra 9
And perhaps his ship manifest
Name: Wajeich Batyra
Arrival Date: 8 Sep 1913
Birth Year: abt 1888
Former Residecne: Kasarow Russia next of kin his father Josef
Birth Location Other: Galesow, Russia
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Polish
Port of Departure: Trieste
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Martha Washington
Destination to his brother S???? at Chicago IL
I find a Stanley BATYRA in Chicago, in 1930 he is in a TB Hospital
The Polish Kingdom was divided 3 ways in the late 1700s with the West going to Prussia, the south to Austria and the East to Russia. Poland would not be reunited until after the end of WW I, even then Russia and Ukraine did not return parts to Poland.In any case the birthplace listed for Wojicech may be Ga³êzów located 204.8 miles NW of Warszawa
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Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland Ohio