Notes:

He and his wife lived at 406 1/2 East 3rd St. in Erie, PA in 1943 and 1945 in that city's directories. He lived at 4035 Lake Pleasant Rd, Erie, PA before he died. His birthdate and address were confirmed as 1919 in the U.S. Public Records Index that was compiled in 2005.

Family/Spouse: Virginia UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is only one Wojciech Gewont who emigrated through Ellis Island in the records. He is the correct age and from the correct area to be the original immigrant in this line. According to family tradition from Autumn Giewont's side of the family, he and his future wife both came over at different times while they were single. They met and married in Pennsylvania in 1907. According to the Ellis Island Internet site Wojciech was age 18 when he arrived on Apr 8, 1903 on the Prinzess Irene from Breman, Germany. His nationality is listed as Galicy (Galicia) which changed hands between Russia, Poland, Austria and Germany multiple times. His town of origin is listed as Dzianisz. This town is locate just 3 miles from Mount Giewont in the southern central tip of current day Poland! It is in the Nowy Sacz Administrative division of current day Poland near the major city of Zakopane.

He changed his name to Albert in this country as that was the American translation for his name, Wojciech. The correct translation of Wojciech in our language is Adelbert, so it looks like he gave himself a more popular version of his American name. His emigration record asked him if he was meeting someone, and he stated that it was cousin, Tedr_ej Plasinski in Uniontown, PA, but it indicates that his cousin lived in Oliver, Pennsylvania. He and his wife by family tradition also returned to their homeland sometime after their marriage before coming back to Pennsylvania. Their arrival to America took place on Feb. 11, 1925. Their visa was issued in Warsaw. They were using their original names which were spelled Wojeiech and Marja Gewont. They traveled on the S.S. Zeeland from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. Their closest living relative whom they had visited was "father Jedrzej Gewont" in Dzianis, Poland. Their destination was Ralph, Pennsylvania. (G-1,2)

According to granddaughter, Marilyn Turnage, Albert and his wife went back for several years to Poland where he worked in the Coal mines and Mary ran a Boarding house. In the 1940 census, he is listed at age 56 with his wife at age 40. They were both born in Poland. Their home was worth $3000.00 which seemed high compared to the value of the neighbors property. He was a farmer and worked 70 hours a week. He made $720.00 income in 1939 and this seemed about average compared to his neighbors. For citizenship of the foreign born, it says "N/A". These are the only persons with any mark on this column on this census page. They had children born in Pennsylvania named Mary, Mike, Stanley and Charles Giewont.

According to his death record in 1958, he lived at R.D. 2, Edinboro, Pennsylvania before he died of a one day stay at St. Vincent's Hospital in in Erie, PA of Coronary Thrombus. His wife only listed his country of birth, Poland. She did not know his parent's names.

Died:
Event Description: Coronary Thrombus

Wojciech married Marja ZAJAC on 9 Feb 1907 in Of Westmoreland Co., PA. Marja (daughter of Unknown ZAJAC and Unknown) was born on 9 May 1891 in Pieniazkowice, Galicia (Now Poland); died on 29 Aug 1984 in Edinboro Nursing Home, Edinboro, Erie, PA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was from Nowy Targ, Poland just south of Krakow on the map and near the Slovakia border in the Carpathian mountains. Her place of birth in their return trip to Poland in 1925 said she was born in Pinioskowice, (Poland). The closest town I've found by name in Poland is Pieniazkowice. It is a village in the "administrative district of Gmina Czarny Dunajec, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Nowy Targ and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Krak

Unknown married Unknown. Unknown died about 1898 in Of Nowy Tark, , Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]