Can anyone make out what this says? It's from a ship manifest.

Question

I got this from the Ellis Island website. This is from the original ship manifest under the column:

"Whether going to join a friend or relative; and if so, his name and complete address"

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc187/theleeofkristie/maniquest.jpg

1) I can't make out the city and state.

2) And can't make out the first name of the father.

Please help!

Answer 1

The town is Watertown, New York

It is 26, Gill Street, Watertown NY, currently at the crossroad with N Indiana Avenue

The town website is here http://www.watertown-ny.gov/

The first name  after "father" is written Valenty , may be a transcription of the original  - Polish? Russian?)

So the second part seems to be  : "father Valenty Achowiak" or something similar

Answer 2

LOL...does he have a brother named Antoni? I recently started a project for a family in Michigan and am researching the Ochowiak line...and a father name Walenty from Posnan. If they're related, let me know.

Answer 3

If you look at the passenger list, you see ANTONI, age 22, e10/21/1907, headed to his father Valenty, at 73 Oberlin St., Buffalo, NY.  !910,  Buffalo:  OCHOWIAK, Valentine, Mary, ANTHONY, 24y, Michael, Frank.  Val emig "1902", the rest "1906".  Census taker may have lumped them together--Ant. emig at 22y, now 24.

Answer 4

It is definatly Warertown, NY (been there) and Father Valenty

Answer 5

There are Ochowiak's (1) and Schawiak's (3) that immigrated.

The closest I find is Antoni who's father is Walenti Ochowiak but the manifest has a different address for Walenti.

Watertown, NY

Answer 6

1) The city and State is "Watertown, NY"

2) The first name of the father is "Valenty"

Answer 7

It looks like ?afertown, NY or ?atertown, NY

As for the name. Taless?y Dahawia??

Well that's my guess.  

Could you post a bigger section of the script, it's very interesting!  Seeing other capital letters could give a clue to the town's first letter.