Maciejewski Family Mysteries

Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
Surname/tag: Joseph, Josef

I am curious if anyone can help with a significant brick wall I have. Everything before 1918 is a big mystery. Known Facts • Name – Josef, Jozef, Joseph Maciejewski • Born Apr 25 1880, This is verified with his death index …Poland/Russia/Germany…not clear what the territory was actually called in the late 1800’s… • Died August 5th 1974, Buffalo New York. This is verified with a death index • Only known spouse – Mary, Maryanne Nowak. Married Nov 21 1918 – this is verified • Only biological children, with Mary are Stephen/Steven, born 1920 in Buffalo, and Celia Mary born 1922 Buffalo. • 1920, 25, and 30 Census records list his arrival as 1892, 1910, and 1906 respectfully so not clear on the actual arrival date • Verified SSN is 126031032 • From 1920 to 1923 Lived on 130 Lathrop, Buffalo • From 1925 on lived at 78 Oberlin NOT MY JOSEPH: • This Joseph Maciejewski listed w/ ssn# 707143544, birth date of 26 Feb 1880, death date of 4 Feb 1953 is NOT my Joseph • Joseph born 11 Mar 1885 in Poland, husband of Florence (Fifielski) Maciejewski, father of Walter Richard Maciejewski, died 27 Apr 1946 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan • Spouses or children that include “Stella” are not this Joseph • Lived in Michigan • Joseph on 21 Oberlin in Buffalo, or 408 Wilson Buffalo Questions: • Where was he born • Who was his family (parents siblings, etc) • When did he immigrate • Was any of his family in the US? • Might he have lived anywhere else in the US, prior to 1918?