Arriving in America via Ellis Island

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Arriving in America
Via Ellis Island

by Ray Paleczny

The Carmania

Jan Jozef Paleczny, who emigrated to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada in 1907, arrived on the Carmania. Commissioned in 1905, the Carmania boasted the first steam turbine engines in a passenger liner.

For so many years we knew very little about the arrival of our grandparents in Canada. Then in the spring of 2001, I learned about the Ellis Island web site, which lists the arrivals through Ellis Island, New York, between 1900 and 1921. I found several of our Paleczny ancestors in the US and Canada listed in the arrivals at Ellis Island, the port of entry for 22 million immigrants who arrived in North America between 1892 and 1924.

The list includes various spellings of the Paleczny name, including the feminine version - Paleczna. The immigration officials at Ellis Island were notorious for misspelling names and in some cases changing them or anglicizing them so our search included several, but not all possible variations, of misspellings of the name. You can see some of the errors in spelling for the town or city of residence. There are several versions of Tarnawa Dolna, Tarnawa Gorna and Zembrzyce.

Our list below also includes the year of birth (YOB) as a reference. Due to the fact that the person’s birthday could have been prior to the date of arrival, the actual year of birth could be one year earlier. The other descriptors include: Gender, Male or Female and M/S, which refers to Marital Status, i.e. Married or Single. Tthe information for several individuals on our Paleczny family trees are bolded. One of these bolded entries, for Jozef Jan Paleczny who arrived in 1913, was not included in the information from the Ellis Island web site. The information came from his descendants. This points out the fact that there were probably others that were either not included or that were listed under another spelling. If you recognize dates or can provide me with additional details to identify others, please let me know.

The bolded entry for 17 May 1907 for Jan Paleczny is the record for Jan Jozef Paleczny who emigrated to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

There are several feminine members of the family with the last name spelled as Paleczny. I assume that they married a Paleczny or are the younger members of the family traveling under their fathers names. There are also a few cases of male members of the family with their last name spelled using the feminine version, Paleczna. They are usually younger children traveling with their mother. In many cases, the father of the family had emigrated alone, and when he had accumulated enough money, his wife and children followed. It appears that there were several married males traveling alone and then later on their spouses and children arrived. The oldest listed was Franz Paleczny from Tarnawa Dolna who was 56 when he arrived in 1910 and the youngest was Wladyslaw (Walter) Paleczny who was 14 years old when he arrived in 1921 to join his two older brothers Jan and Antoni, who had arrived in 1911 and 1913. The older brothers were each 17 years old at the time of their arrival (all three are bolded entries listed in the family tree for Adam Paleczny).

Pictures and detailed information on the ships named are also available on the Ellis Island web site.

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The information below is listed with a single space between each category. The categories are as follows:
Date Arrived-Name-Residence-Age-YOB-Gender-M/S-Ship-Port of Departure

1902 May 28 Jan Poloczny Galicia 24 1878 M S Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany
1902 May 28 Jozef Poloczny Galicia 26 1876 M M Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany
1902 May 14 Antoni Paleczny Tarnawadolna 30 1872 M M Friedrich der Grosse Bremen, Germany

1903 May 13 Jan Paleczny Tarnawadolna 40 1863 M M Friedrich der Grosse Bremen, Germany

1905 May 05 Michal II Paleczny Taruawsjonia 25 1880 M S Gneisenau Bremen, Germany
1905 May 05 Michal Paleczny Taruawsjonia 38 1867 M M Gneisenau Bremen, Germany

1906 May 05 Woicech Polaczny Kasolowka 36 1870 M M Pretoria Hamburg, Germany
1906 Feb 07 Josef Paleczny Zembszyce 48 1858 M M Vaderland Antwerp, Belgium

1907 Mar 10 Anna Poleczna Tarnawa, Galicia 23 1884 F S Brandenburg Bremen, Germany
1907 May 08 Jan Paleczny Tornawa, Austria 36 1871 M M Vaderland Antwerp, Belgium
1907 May 17 Jan Paleczny Tarnawagorna 25 1882 M S Carmania Liverpool, England
1907 Jul 25 Rozalia Paleczna Tarnsragorna 38 1869 F M Prinzess Alice Bremen, Germany
1907 Jul 25 Rozalia Paleczna Tarnsragorna 4 1903 F S Prinzess Alice Bremen, Germany
1907 Jul 25 Marya Paleczna Tarnsragorna 3 1904 F S Prinzess Alice Bremen, Germany
1907 Jul 25 Ludwika Paleczna Tarnsragorna 11 1895 F S Prinzess Alice Bremen, Germany
1907 Jul 25 Jozef Paleczna Tarnsragorna 9 1898 M S Prinzess Alice Bremen, Germany
1907 Aug 20 Josef Paleczny Luca, Galicy 20 1887 M S Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen, Germany
1907 Oct 09 Tomasz Palezny Galicy 46 1861 M M Kronprinzessin Cecilie-Bremen, Germany
1907 Oct 09 Jan Paleczny Tarnowa, Galicy 33 1874 M M Kronprincessin Cecilie-Bremen, Germany
1907 Oct 09 Antoni Paleczny Tarnawa, Galicy 36 1871 M M Kronprinzessin Cecilie-Bremen, Germany

1908 Oct 28 Jan Paleczna Tarnawa, Aust. 4mo 1908 M S Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany
1908 Oct 28 Anna Paleczna Tarnawa, Aust. 30 1878 F M Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany
1908 Sep 09 Franciszek Paleczny Sucha, Galicy 25 1883 M S Friedrich der Grosse Bremen, Germany
1908 Nov 03 Wladyslaw Paleczny Tanawa, Austria 27 1881 M M S S Blucher Hamburg, Germany
1908 Nov 03 Bronislawa Paleczny Tanawa, Austria 19 1889 F M S S Blucher Hamburg, Germany

1909 Feb 19 Marya Paleczna Tarnowa, Galicy 26 1883 F S Koln Bremen, Germany
1909 Apr 27 Jan Palecznz Strygow, Austria 24 1885 M S Vaderland Antwerp, Belgium
1909 Nov 16 Krystyan Paleczna Tarnowa, Galicia 4 1905 M S Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen, Germany
1909 Nov 16 Agnieszka Paleczna Tarnowa, Galicia 27 1882 F M Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen, Germany

1910 Jan 19 Louis Pelecny Tarnowa, Galicia 28 1882 M M Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany
1910 May 01 Franciszek Paleczny Taruawe, Austria 29 1881 M M Caledonia Glasgow, Scotland
1910 May 26 Helena Paleczny Brala, Austria 23 1887 F S President Lincoln Hamburg, Germany
1910 May 26 Roman Paleczna Brala, Austria 15 1895 M S President Lincoln Hamburg, Germany
1910 Nov 28 Franz Paleczny Farnawadolna 56 1854 M M KaiserinAugusteVictoria-Hamburg,Germany
1910 Nov 28 Fedroiga Paleczny Farnawadolna 11 1899 F S KaiserinAugusteVictoria-Hamburg,Germany
1910 Nov 28 Anna Paleczny Farnawadolna 53 1857 F M KaiserinAugusteVictoria-Hamburg,Germany
1910 Nov 28 Amallie Paleczny Farnawadolna 8 1902 F S KaiserinAugusteVictoria-Hamburg,Germany

1911 Feb 20 Jan Paleczny Tienbrzyce 17 1894 M S Lapland Antwerp, Belgium

1913 May 14 Jozef Jan Paleczny Tarnawa Dolna 22 1891 M S Kaiser Wilhem der Grosse,Bremen
1913 Jun 22 Antoni Palecrny Tarnawa, Austria 17 1896 M S Lapland Antwerp, Belgium
1913 Aug 26 Ian Paleczny Taru..., Galicia 28 1885 M M Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen, Germany

1914 Jan 23 Joanna Paleczna Lekawica, Aust. 18 1896 F S Neckar Bremen, Germany
1914 May 25 Josef Paleczny Tarnawa, Galicia 44 1870 M M Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm-Bremen, Germany

1921 Jan 20 Wladyslaw Paleczny Tarnawa, Poland 14 1907 M S Mongolia Rotterdam, S Holland

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