Feliks Szczęsny & Clara Dzyban — Jersey City

Dzyban chain migration

Sandra Dzyban — Александра Дзибан — New York arrivals 1899 & 1900

Her full name was Александра Дзибан (Alexandra Dzyban); the given name is often written Олександра in modern Ukrainian orthography. Ancestry indexes separate arrivals as Alexandra Dryban (27 September 1899, Barbarossa) and Alesandria Dzyban (5 February 1900, Albano)—two different ships and dates on the original manifests; only the indexed forename drifts. The same traveler is clear from the first crossing’s Morris Street, Jersey City lodging (manuscript summary below) and from cousin Anto Kliwa—on her mother’s Hlywa (Kliwa) side—named on the second. In the tree she is the sister of Peter Dzyban (Петро Дзибан), father of Clara and Danny (Demko)—their paternal aunt. She was still single when she first landed in the United States on 27 September 1899. Domko’s 1902 manifest names her as the aunt he joined at 140 Essex Street, Jersey City (see below). Handwritten columns on the 1899 manifest—not reproduced in the first index grid below—record her in a party of six from Pętna with $8 declared and lodging intended at 138 Morris Street, Jersey City. Her sister Ulka (Улька Дзибан, indexed Ulka Dzuban) followed on 1 May 1904 aboard Moltke, joining Sandra at 133 Morris Street—see below. Her brother Wanio (Ваньо Дзибан, indexed Wanio Dzieban / Wanio Dzyban) cleared New York twice—11 April 1909 headed for Manor and 21 May 1913 for Jeannette, Pennsylvania—see below.

Origin — Galicia / Petna (Pętna)

The index gives birthplace cluster as Galicia (Crown land of Austria-Hungary at this date) on the first arrival, and Austrian nationality on the second; last residence Petna appears on both, read as the same village as the siblings’ Pętna, Poland (Potna/Pankow/Paukow spellings on later manifests). Location: see Map — Pętna under Clara’s origin above.

First voyage — SS Barbarossa (27 September 1899)

She left Europe from Bremen and landed at New York on 27 September 1899 aboard Barbarossa (SS)—the vessel named on her passenger line.

First landing — Jersey City (handwriting on the 1899 manifest)

Party of six, last residence tied to Pętna as on the indexed residence field (Petna). Intended lodging 138 Morris Street, Jersey City. Cash declared: $8. That Morris Street frontage is only about one block from Domko’s join address at 140 Essex Street—the two house numbers sit around the corner from each other on the downtown grid (see Jersey City overview map above).

Passenger list — first arrival (1899)

Indexed fields reproduce the Ancestry transcript for 27 Sep 1899 verbatim. Columns read only from the manifest image (party count, cash, Morris Street) appear in the section above—not in this grid.

Sources — first arrival (1899)

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Second voyage — SS Albano (5 February 1900)

She cleared Hamburg and landed at New York on 5 February 1900 aboard Albano (SS)—the vessel named on her second crossing.

Manuscript columns on the 1900 manifest: she declared only $1; she named cousin Anto Kliwa as join-relative but gave no U.S. street address—destination summarized as New York alone. That differs from the 1899 crossing ($8, party of six, 138 Morris Street, Jersey City). The 1899 index excerpt reproduced below does not carry the join-relative column.

Passenger list — second arrival (1900)

Indexed fields reproduce the Ancestry transcript for 5 Feb 1900 verbatim. Anything taken only from the manifest image (cash $1, cousin Anto Kliwa, lack of street address) sits in the manifest paragraph above—not in this grid.

Sources — second arrival (1900)

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Ulka Dzyban — Улька Дзибан — arrived 1 May 1904

Ulka (Улька Дзибан) appears in the index as Ulka Dzuban—another consonant drift beside Dryban / Dzyban. She is Sandra’s sister and therefore another paternal aunt of Clara and Danny through Peter Dzyban. Ancestry’s indexed columns for this arrival are thin on the page excerpt Kevin copied; manuscript lines tie her to sister Sandra at 133 Morris Street, Jersey City.

Voyage — SS Moltke

She landed at New York on 1 May 1904 aboard Moltke (SS)—the vessel named on her passenger line.

Destination — Jersey City (handwritten manifest)

Join-relative: sister Sandra (Александра Дзибан). Intended lodging 133 Morris Street, Jersey City. The manuscript gives 133, whereas Sandra’s 1899 party line carried 138 Morris; both addresses lie on the same Morris Street corridor a short walk from 140 Essex (pins on the Jersey City overview map above).

Passenger list — Ancestry index transcript

Indexed fields below reproduce the Ancestry transcript excerpt Kevin captured for this arrival verbatim. Join-relative and street address appear only from the manifest image—summarized above—not in this grid.

Sources — Ancestry citation

New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957 · Ancestry.com · locate passenger Ulka Dzuban, arrival 1 May 1904, ship Moltke (subscription required).

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Wanio Dzyban — Ваньо Дзибан — New York arrivals 1909 & 1913

His name in Cyrillic is Ваньо Дзибан; Ancestry spells his surname Dzieban on the first line and Dzyban on the second. Ваньо is the usual diminutive of Іван (Ivan). He is Sandra’s and Ulka’s brother—hence Peter Dzyban’s brother in the same reconstruction—and Clara’s and Danny’s paternal uncle. He was married to Anna (indexed Anna Dzieban / Anna Dzyban), left in Galicia while he traveled ahead toward western Pennsylvania.

Ancestry indexes him twice (1909 on Main; 1913 on Kaiser Wilhelm II). The later manifest names join-relative Feko Hlyva at Jannette, Pennsylvania—that resolves the illegible town on the 1909 sheet alongside Teodor Chlebova/Chliwa: Kevin reads Feko and Teodor as the same cousin, with Hlyva matching mother Tekla Hlywa’s surname cluster. Indexed heights differ (5 ft 9 in vs 5 ft 5 in)—compare manifests for measurement error versus mistaken identity. Final destination text reads Jannette; the borough is Jeannette, Westmoreland County.

Origin — Galicia / Pętna cluster (Potna, Pentna, spellings)

1909 index: birth sub-place Potora; last residence Potna, Galicy US—likely Galicia garbled, not the United States before emigration. Wife left at Potna, Ropica, Gal. 1913 index: other birth place Pentua; last residence Pentna, Galizia and wife at Pentna Galizia—the same village band rendered elsewhere as Pętna (single map still under Clara’s origin).

First voyage — SS Main (11 April 1909)

He left Europe from Bremen and landed at New York on 11 April 1909 aboard Main (SS)—the vessel named on his passenger line.

First landing — Manor, Pennsylvania (1909 manifest)

Indexed join-relative in the United States: Teodor Chlebova. The handwritten manifest reads closer to Teodor Chliwa at a Pennsylvania locality Kevin could not initially read; Ancestry carries final destination Manor, Pennsylvania. The 1913 crossing below names Feko Hlyva at Jeannette, supporting one maternal cousin behind both spellings—see second arrival.

Passenger list — first arrival (1909)

Indexed fields below reproduce the Ancestry transcript for 11 Apr 1909 verbatim (including physical-description columns where supplied). Handwriting-led readings belong in the sections above—not duplicated here.

Sources — first arrival (1909)

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Second voyage — SS Kaiser Wilhelm II (21 May 1913)

He cleared Bremen again and landed at New York on 21 May 1913 aboard Kaiser Wilhelm II (SS)—North German Lloyd express steamer of that era.

Second landing — Jeannette, Pennsylvania (1913 manifest)

Indexed join-relative: Feko Hlyva; final destination Jannette, Pennsylvania (standard spelling Jeannette, Westmoreland County). Kevin treats Feko Hlyva as the same maternal cousin indexed as Teodor Chlebova / read Teodor Chliwa in 1909. Wife still listed in old country as Anna Dzyban at Pentna Galizia.

Passenger list — second arrival (1913)

Indexed fields reproduce the Ancestry transcript for 21 May 1913 verbatim.

Sources — second arrival (1913)

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Domko Dzyban — Дем’ян / Demko (“Danny”) / Damian Dzyban — arrived 30 December 1902

Kevin Borland’s great-granduncle, eldest sibling of Clara Dzyban—same person Clara joined at 140 Essex Street in 1905 (manifest “Demko Zyban”). He joined aunt Sandra (Александра Дзибан) at Essex Street in 1902; Ancestry indexes her two arrivals (1899 Barbarossa as Alexandra Dryban; 1900 Albano as Alesandria Dzyban)—see above. Ancestry indexes this arrival as Domko Dzyban. Exhibits follow the same pattern as above: origin, voyage, Jersey City destination from the handwritten manifest, Ancestry fields, citation.

Origin — Pętna (Potna in the index)

The index lists last residence as Potna, read here as the same village family sources spell Pętna, Poland—parallel to the mis-heard spellings on Clara’s line (Paukow, manifest Pankow).

His documented birthday is 6 February 1884. That fits the manifest age 18 on 30 December 1902 (he turned nineteen a few weeks later). For the village location, use the single Map — Pętna under Clara’s origin above—the same place (Potna in his index line).

Voyage — SS Belgravia (Hamburg America Line)

He sailed from Hamburg on Hamburg America’s Belgravia, arriving New York 30 December 1902—during her North Atlantic emigrant service from Hamburg.

Mini-history from The World’s Passenger Ships (ship-history.com):

SS Belgravia: 10,155 grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, launched 1899.

Riga 1905, Black and Asow Sea. Transbalt 1919, Sovtorgflot.

Torpedoed by U.S. submarine Spadefish in 1945, having been mistaken for a Japanese ship.

Source: No.35 Belgravia launched 1899, ship-history.com (accessed for this page). Earlier vessel sketch: GG Archives — SS Belgravia.

Destination — Jersey City

The handwritten manifest names his destination as 140 Essex Street, New York, where he was joining his aunt Sandra Dzyban. In family context this is Essex Street in Jersey City, Hudson County. Her 1899 arrival is indexed as Alexandra Dryban; handwritten fields add the party of six, $8, and 138 Morris Street detail. Her second crossing (1900), indexed Alesandria Dzyban on Albano, names cousin Anto Kliwa with only $1 declared—see Sandra’s section. Aunt Ulka joined Sandra at 133 Morris in 1904 (Moltke)—see Ulka’s section. The Morris and Essex addresses lie roughly one block apart (around the corner). Arrival inspectors often folded nearby Hudson County addresses under “New York” colloquially even when the house lot sat in Jersey City. Block geometry: Jersey City overview map above.

Passenger list — Ancestry index transcript

Indexed fields below reproduce the Ancestry transcript for this arrival verbatim (including placename spellings as given there).

Sources — Ancestry citation

New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957 · Ancestry.com · locate passenger Domko Dzyban, arrival 30 Dec 1902, ship Belgravia (subscription required).

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He is Clara’s brother Demko (“Danny”), listed here under aunt Sandra (Александра Дзибан) at 140 Essex Street; Clara joined him there in 1905. Sandra’s 1899 Barbarossa line carries the six-person / $8 / 138 Morris Street manuscript notes—one short block from Essex—and her 1900 crossing is documented as Alesandria Dzyban on Albano—see Sandra’s section. Sister Barbara arrived 1910 to stay with Clara on Sussex Street—see below.

Barbara Dzyban — Варвара Дзибан — arrived 25 May 1910

Barbara (Варвара Дзибан) is indexed as Barbara Dzuban. She is Clara’s younger sister—Ancestry gives age 17 and abt 1893, which sits two years after Clara’s documented 12 October 1891 birthday (verify ages against parish sources). Their indexed mother is Marya Dzerban (Marija / Maria orthography). Barbara sailed single with $6 toward Jersey City to join Clara. She later married Michal Szczęsny—brother of Feliks Szczęsny (Felix; Kevin’s great-grandfather’s arrival is above), tightening the Jersey City tie between the two families.

Origin — Galicia / Pętna cluster (Petna, Petria spellings)

Indexed other birth place Petna; last residence Petria Ropica, Galicia; mother’s indexed residence Petria Post Ropecaraska Galicia—same Pętna / Ropica pairing as on Wanio’s 1909 line (Potna, Ropica). Village location: the single Map — Pętna under Clara’s origin above.

Voyage — SS Prinzess Alice

She cleared Bremen and landed at New York on 25 May 1910 aboard Prinzess Alice (SS)—the vessel named on her passenger line.

Destination — Jersey City

Indexed person in U.S.: Klawisa Dyban, relationship sister—the same person this page treats as Clara (Arrival 1905 indexed Klawya Dzyban). Comparing handwriting to the index: the given name reads Klawija, and the street looks like Sussex Street in Jersey City with a house number tentatively 86 (first digit not perfectly clear). Destination column reads Jersey City, New York—again the Hudson County / New York wording habit. Pin for 86 Sussex on the Jersey City overview map above (still pending sharper confirmation from the manifest).

Passenger list — Ancestry index transcript

Indexed fields below reproduce the Ancestry transcript for this arrival verbatim. Sister’s forename spelling Klawija, Sussex address, and clearer house number belong to handwriting notes above—not forced into this grid.

Sources — Ancestry citation

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