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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
1 person found this helpfulPlease spell the last name so we can understand it better and perhaps s, ee what other information may be available in other sources.
If you know the names of his wife and children, and the year each was born, please mention that as well.
In my humble opinion, this is fancy penmanship. What may appear to be an O could also be interpreted as an E.
There was an Elder St. back then and it also exists today;
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
Thank you very much for your answer.
His last name was KRAWCZUK, but was writing KRAWCUK very often. His name was Antonina, but she stayed in Poland, he came on his own and never came back. I found in one of his last letters i have at home, that one of his adress was 123 Logan St in Wilmington, Delaware. This street doesnt exist any more, it was demolished when I95 was built in 1960s. But few blocks away is some polish church, St Hedwigs, still standing. Maybe they have some records, but i still have no answer from them.
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
I have been looking carefully at the card. Could it have been Cedar St., misspelled as Ceder St? I have been doing transcriptions and sometimes the "C's" have quite a flourish and look like that.
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
I found a clearer copy of the draft card.
Sorry. That's all I've got.
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
Are there names of other relatives? Has the name changed since they emigrated? Polish names often were Americanized. Also, Poland could mean Ukraine,Galicia,Russia and occasionally Poland. It depends on which village they came from and when. These are only relevant because there are databases specific for those places.
The nearest relative's name gives few hits on familysearch.org and those hits are not exact. Also, as I said in another response, I believe the street is Cedar(spelled Ceder) on the draft card. If you have more info and want help looking, just post what you want us to know.
Good luck,
Henry
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
I am not sure if the links below are related to your gg-father or other possible relatives...but it kind of matched to what you provided. Other possible spellings: Krowczyk, Kranczyk, Krawczyk, Krawczuk, Krowczik, Krawczak, etc. Try different spellings you may find more records. Hope this helps. It also appears you gg-father spelled and signed his first name as "JAN", which was translated to John by the record takers.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVJ-4CQ
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5C7-8Z4
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXT4-C46
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK95-12QS
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SF-WQ7
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111086932
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Re: Seeking records of Great-Grandfather
Lisha Penn
Nov 19, 2019 8:53 AM
Dear Kamil Bitkowski,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We suggest that you search the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s City Directories for a Cedar Street in Philadelphia instead of Older Street. We also suggest these websites Polish Archives in Poland; Poland Holdings of the Polish State Archives; Poland Archives and Libraries; 4 Steps to Finding Your Polish Ancestors; and Restoring Family Links for more information and/or resources.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!