Feliks Borawski (1877 - abt. 1955)

Born 15 May 1877 in Szczuczyn, Podlaskie, Poland

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Died about 1955 at about age 77 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Feliks "Felix" Borawski was born in 1877 in Swidru, Poland.^[1] He was the son of Hipolit Borowski and Rose Truszkowski. In 1922 Felix filed his intention to become naturalized in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[1] He was forty-five years old and working as a carpenter. Felix had emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Lithuania.^[1][2] With him were his wife Marjanna ("Marianna" or "Mary"), Waclan/Waclaw (13, male), Kazimierz (Casimir) (11, male) and Stefanja (Stefania) (15, female).^[2][3] He had arrived at Ellis Island on the 1st of September 1922 listing his sister Sabina Jarosowieczs as a relative in the United States, and his occupation as a "joiner."^[3] Felix stood 5 feet and 11 inches tall, had a fair complextion, dark hair, and blue eyes.^[3] While he had been born in Świdry, his wife and children had all been born in Wesigs, Poland.^[3]

Felix was naturalized in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on the 10th of December 1943.^[1] He had been in Cleveland for twenty-two years when his naturalization was recorded.^[4]

He passed away about 1955.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977", database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 21 December 2019), Felix Berawski, 1926.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957," database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 21 December 2019), entry for Feliks Borawski, 12 Oct 1922 arrival in NY; citing Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls. NAI: 6256867. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives at Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNKW-13D : 20 August 2019), Feliks Borawski, 1922.
4. ↑ "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977", database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 21 December 2019), Felix Borawski, 1943.

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