My great grandparents on my side, Kazimier Bober, age 56, and Ursanta (Krol) (Fedro) Bober, age 36, immigrated to the USA through Ellis Island on May 4, 1910 with their children, Marya (age 14), Jan (age 9), Antoni (age 6), Karol, age 4, Ludmilla (age 2), and Anna (Bober) Fenik (age 16) with her children, Josef (age 2) and Helena (age 6 months). Anna's husband, Josef Fenik, came to the USA earlier, where he worked as a miner in Republic, PA. They all declared their last residence as Zakopane. They arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, sailing from Bremen on April 26. 1910. Kazimier also had other sons: Wojeiech, Jozef, and Stanislaw. My grandfather, Wojeiech (Albert) Bober (age 18) and his friend or cousin, Josef Fedro, (age 26) immigrated to the USA through Ellis Island on June 24, 1904, on the ship Patricia, leaving Hamburg on June 10, 1904. Wojeiech's brother, Jozef Bober (age 16) immigrated to the USA four months earlier through Ellis Island on February 25, 1904, on the ship S.S. Moltke, leaving Hamburg on February 12, 1904. Wojeiech Bober, Josef Fedro, and Jozef Bober declared their nationality as Hungarian and race as Slovakian. Wojeiech Bober and Josef Fedro declared their last residence as Klin and Klem, respectively; and Jozef Bober declared his last residence as Orawa. I suspect that Wojeiech (Albert), Josef Fedro, and Jozef Bober came from Arva County and the town of Klin, which was included as part of Galacia controlled by Austria in the late 1800's and prior to WWI.

My great grandfather on my grandmother's side, Ferdinand Fredric Knapczyk immigrated to the USA in 1896, married Anna Ratulowska who immigrated to the USA from Ciche in 1899. Anna went back to Ciche in September 1906 to bring back Marya Knapczyk (age 15), Ludwik Knapczyk (age 9), Pawel Knapczyk (age 5) and Ferdynand Knapczyk (age 4). They all arrived through Ellis Island on October 9, 1906 on the ship Kaiser Wilhelm II, leaving the Port of Bremen. Both Ludwik and Pawel were identified at Ellis Island as born in the USA, while Marya and Ferdynand were immigrating for the first time. I assume that Ferdinand Fredric Knapczyk's first wife died, leaving Marya and young Ferdynand orphans, which necessitated Anna to go back to Ciche with her young children. 

Marya Knapczyk and Wojeiech Bober, who are my grandparents, were married in Chicago on January 18, 1911, at St. Aldalbert's Church. Witnesses, who signed the Certificate of Marriage were Katarzyna Ratulowska and Joannes Karpiel. Marya and Wojeiech stated on their Certificate of Marriage that they were baptized in Ciche and Zakopane, respectively. Marya was born on February 2, 1892 and Wojeiech (Albert) was born on April 4, 1886.

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