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Note: Baptized 1844 as Augustin Albert at Strzepcz, son of Franz and Marianna (Bober) Koss, book W1620, picture #0172. See website of the Pomeranian Genealogical Society. August came to the US about 1871, according to the 1900 census. I located his immigration record in Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 at Ancestry.com. He arrived at the port of Baltimore 1871 on the ship "Berlin" which had sailed from Bremen, Germany, passenger numbers 83-86 on the manifest. He was 30 years old, called a merchant, and was accompanied by his wife Johanna, age 24, and daughter Emilie age 11/12 and Augusta Koss, age 26.
In the 1891 Detroit Directory, August is listed as a grocer at 727 Riopelle, near the intersection with St. Joseph St., Detroit. At the 1900 census he was living at 121 Riopelle St., Detroit, a grocer. He and his wife had been married for 27 years and they'd each been in the US for 28 years. She was the mother of 11 children, 7 of whom were still living. At the 1910 census they were at 41 Riopelle st., with married daughter Cecelia and husband John "Carpus" living next door.
The Eaglet May 1995 pg. 47, excerpted from Detroit's Oldest Polish Parish: St. Albertus 1872-1973 Centennial," Brief History of St. Albertus Parish (Detroit, Mi.)" "Polish immigrants arrived in Detroit as early as the 1850's most of them Prussian Poles from the provinces of Poznan and West Prussia. Another group of immigrants, the Kashubs, were encouraged by the Prussians to emigrate from their villages in the regencies of Gdansk (Danzig) and Kwidzyn (Marienwerder)."
The St. Albertus Centennial Jubilee Book records the names of twenty-five members who signed a contract with the architect for the building of the first church and rectory for this parish: Anton Detloff, August Jaskolski, Johann Klebba, August Koss, Jan Lemke and Anton Treppa are some of these names listed.
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