Monday, October 4, 2021

Anthony & Joseph Arrive in Detroit Michigan October 4, 1912

I found out that Anthony Raczkiewicz (my Grandfather) arrived in the United States at Detroit, Michigan, on October 4, 1912, by train, as a passenger, entering as a permanent resident. This information was on the Alien Registration form of the United States Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service through the National Archives which I obtained to learn more about my family. From this form, I learned that he arrived by train in Detroit from Canada, rather than through the port at New York like I thought. When he submitted the form, he had been in the US for 27 years so it was submitted in 1939. He was working as a Tacker at Kiefer Tannery doing leatherwork. He belonged to St. Hedwig's Polish Aid Society (I later knew this as Ninth Street Hall) and Falcon’s Insurance Society. He received his first citizenship papers on October 7, 1921. On this form, he was registering as an Alien. I do not think he ever became a U.S. citizen. I do believe that his older brother Jan and younger sister Mary did become citizens.

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