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Note: Paul and Valentine (Walenty) grew up in Galicia, village of Zdziary, main town of Lublin. They came over to USA in 1902 and 1904. Were in Detroit at time of marriage and stayed there until 1911 because forst three children were born in Detroit. ( Helen Suchara corres. 2001) > Kochany kuzynie, Detroit, August 29, 1970 The earler(1968) letter to your mom , that was the shorter one, was primarily a greeting and an invitation to write when she has any news of import. Am guessing here that this may have been a response to some earlier information from you mom to my mom. The second letter,August(not SEptember) 29,1970 is WOW! HERE IT IS:'" Dear niece Emily, Praised Be Jesus Christ.Dear Emily, I received the letter and bulletin from you, for which I thank you from the heart. I pray for your mother in church every day. Your mother did not have close relatives only a brother, Joseph Winogrodzki. Your mother was raised by her grandmother because her mother died young. But Bronislawa's father was Grandmother's stepson. Grandmodther was his second mother and they lived together. Bronia (Bronislawa) was little when we left. Your mother helped them some but she had her own children and your father was ill a long time so Mother could not support those in Poland.Now it is there as it is here. They have land to raise food and they now can work in factories. Their pay is less but things cost less there. We have many poor people here. Emily, when you are in Detroit do stop in to see me.Greetings to your husband and sons. Till we meet again, may God will. Wishing you well, Aunt Weronika" Bernie, it appears that your mom was also searching for her roots in her own way. Our efforts are most timely! Wdzieczna, kuzynka Helena >From: SadowskiB@@aol.com ********************************************************************************** Subj: Patricia Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:24:29 AM From: A1234567C To: SadowskiB PATRICIA : THIS WAS THE SHIP GRANDPA PAUL TRAVELED FROM BREMEN TO NEW YORK in 1904: SS Patricia, built by A. G. Vulcan, of Stettin, for the Hamburg American Line, and launched on 20 February 1899. 13,023 tons; 560.3 long x 62.3 feet broad; 1 funnel, 4 masts; twin screw propulsion, service speed 14 knots; accommodation for 162 1st-, 184 2nd-, an 2,143 3rd-class passengers. 7 May 1899, maiden voyage, Hamburg-New York. 1900, tonnage increased to 13,424. 1910, tonnage increased to 14,466; accommodation for 408 2nd- and 2,143 3rd-class passengers. 27 November 1913, last voyage, Hamburg-New York. 12 January 1914, chartered by the German government as a transport to Tsingtao. March 1919, surrendered to the U.S.A. 1920, "Patricia" (British). 1921 scrapped [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (enlarged and revised ed.; New York: Arco Publishing Co., 1975), vol. 1, p. 405]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [1993]), p. 249, courtesy of Mystic Seaport Museum, 50 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT. For further information on the Patricia, including photographs, see Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff,_Die Schiffe der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie (3 vols.; Herford: Koehler, 1979-1981). [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 3 July 1997] The "Patricia" was built by A.G.Vulcan, Stettin in 1899 for the Hamburg America Line. Her details were - 13,023 gross tons, length 560.3ft x beam 62.3ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. There was accommodation for 162-1st, 184-2nd and 2,143-3rd class passengers. Launched on 20/2/1899, she commenced her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York on 7/5/1899. In 1900 she was rebuilt to 13,424 tons and on Jan.2, 1910 she ran down and sank the lightship "Elbe V". In 1910 she was again rebuilt to carry 408-2nd and 2,143-3rd class passengers, her tonnage becoming 14,466 tons. On 27/11/1913 she commenced her last voyage from Hamburg to New York, and on 12/1/1914 was chartered to the German Government who used her as a transport to Tsingtao (German China). In march 1919 she surrendered to the USA who used her as a Naval Transport and in 1920 she went to Great Britain and was operated by Ellerman Lines until 1921 when she was scrapped. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.405] [Merchant Fleets in Profile by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line] [Posted to the ShipsList by Ted Finch - 8 November 1997] ****************************** Paul was living with his brother with the Rozalik Family at 5941 St. Hedwig St. Detroit when Ewa Sielmowska and Weronica Urbanik arrived in 1906.
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