{"id":5512,"date":"2009-08-17T22:17:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T05:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2016-05-24T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:03:24","slug":"grandfathers-first-home-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/5512","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather's First Home in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

My grandfather, Micha\u0142 Da\u0144ko, arrived at Ellis Island<\/a> on the steamship the S.S .\u00a0Zeeland on 07 Mar 1905. According to his passenger manifest, he was met by Isaac Flichtenfeld, a Jewish umbrella maker residing at 35 First Avenue in New York City. I assume his first residence in America was Isaac’s home.<\/p>\n

One\u00c2\u00a0week ago, after the 2009 Conference of the Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, a group of the conference speakers took a quick trip to New York City to visit Ellis Island. Later, after returning to Manhattan, we were enjoying a drink at an Irish Pub on Second Avenue when I realized that we were close to the address where my grandfather first stayed when he arrived in America.<\/p>\n

I used my iPhone to quickly check the address on my grandfather’s passenger manifest, confirmed that it was 35 First Avenue, and then Lisa Alzo, Matthew Bielawa, and I headed for the address. Jonathan Shea met us there a few minutes after we arrived at the address.<\/p>\n

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35 First Avenue, New York City<\/p><\/div>\n

SOURCE: 35 First Avenue (Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA). Photographed by Matthew Bielawa for Stephen J. Danko on 09 August 2009.<\/p>\n

A restaurant\u00c2\u00a0currently occupies the structure at 35 First Avenue, but the building doesn’t appear to be the original: the structures on either side of 35 First Avenue are much taller and show signs that another tall building once stood at 35 First Avenue.<\/p>\n

I was a bit disappointed that the actual building was no longer there, but elated that I was able to see the first address that my grandfather called home in America.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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