Josef Misczkowski

Josef was born in Russian-occupied Tajno, Poland in 1873 to Jacob and Catherine Misczkowski. He immigrated to the United States in August of 1913 aboard the Friedrich Der Grosse. He was married at the time of his immigration, and married again soon after in September 1913–his marriage record in Northampton, MA lists it as his second marriage, but the woman might be the same. Her name is Josephine Szener.

A description of Josef is also in his immigration paperwork: 5 feet 4 inches in height with red hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion.

He served in the 310th Army Engineers during WWI, and helped build railroads, bridges, fortifications, and other structures in Russia.

Josef died in 1928, and is interred at Hope Cemetery in Worcester, MA. His wife Josephine was the one who applied for his military headstone. The section in which he is buried has many other Polish and other Eastern European immigrant families.

Most of what I know about Josef comes from his immigration papers.