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My Great-Great-Grandfather, Iwon Shesnulowitz, immigrated to America as a draft dodger in 1901 because the Russian Army was having a Military Service Act. He was one of the few immigrants who was able to read and write. He was married to Anna Shesnulowitz and had a daughter Maria. They all came on the S.S. Patricia that departed from Hamburg, Germany. Passenger Records
 * First Name: || Iwon || Anna || Maria ||
 * Last Name: || Shesnulowitz || Shesnulowitz || Shesnulowitz ||
 * Ethnicity: || Russian, Polish || Russian, Polish || Russian, Polish ||
 * Last Place of Residence: || Podkorsmi || Podkorsmi || Podkorsmi ||
 * Date of Arrival: || March 29, 1902 || March 29, 1902 || March 29, 1902 ||
 * Age at Arrival: || 27 years || 26 years || 11 months ||
 * Gender: || Male || Female || Female ||
 * Marital Status: || Married || Married || Single ||
 * Ship of Travel: || S.S. Patricia || S.S. Patricia || S.S. Patricia ||
 * Port of Depature: || Hamburg, Germany || Hamburg, Germany || Hamburg, Germany ||
 * Manifest Line Number: || 0012 || 0013 || 0014 ||

When Iwon, Anna and Maria got to America they decided to change their names so they could fit in more. Iwon changed his name to John P. Chestna, Maria became Mary Chestna and Anna became Ann Chestna. When Mary was 26 she married Joseph Yanciunas who immigrated here from Lithuania. He also changed changed his last name to Yancunas, so it would be easier to spell. Joseph worked as a shoemaker and Mary worked as a clerk.



Below is a letter that Mary Chestna wrote to her son Joe about Iwon's immigration.