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Jovo Adamovich

Birth
Russia
Death
29 May 1914 (aged 24–25)
At Sea
Burial
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Jovo Adamovich was travelling from Detroit, Michigan, to Agram, Austria (in modern day Croatia). He had sailed from Bremen, Germany, and had come to New York 7 July 1913.
He stated he was a farm labourer, 28 years old, and that he recently had lived in Svodna, where his wife Dragina (?) still lived at the time. He was bound for Detroit, Michigan. He was 5’5” tall, had brown hair and brown eyes. He had bought his ticket at Santa & Co., 1133 Russell Street, Detroit. Mr. Adamovich did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.

Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.Joseph Adamowicz was born ca. 1889 at Worzonowa, Wilna, Russia (in today's Lithuania), the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wasily Adamowicz. He also had at least two brothers, Bernard, who remained in Poland, and Charles (Casimir), b. 4 March 1884 (d. 1960 in Kenosha, Wisconsin). He had left Bremen, Germany, 20 October 1907 as a steerage (third class) passenger on the steamship Willehad and had arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, 6 November 1907. He was described as an unmarried farm labourer aged 18 and was destined for Racine, Wisconsin, where he had a cousin, Piotr Koscziewicz, who lived at 1310 Franklin Street. Mr. Adamowicz was 5'5" tall, had brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. In 1914, he was going from Racine, Wisconsin, to Libau, Russia (today's Liepaja in Latvia). He did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.

Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Jovo Adamovich was travelling from Detroit, Michigan, to Agram, Austria (in modern day Croatia). He had sailed from Bremen, Germany, and had come to New York 7 July 1913.
He stated he was a farm labourer, 28 years old, and that he recently had lived in Svodna, where his wife Dragina (?) still lived at the time. He was bound for Detroit, Michigan. He was 5’5” tall, had brown hair and brown eyes. He had bought his ticket at Santa & Co., 1133 Russell Street, Detroit. Mr. Adamovich did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.

Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.Joseph Adamowicz was born ca. 1889 at Worzonowa, Wilna, Russia (in today's Lithuania), the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wasily Adamowicz. He also had at least two brothers, Bernard, who remained in Poland, and Charles (Casimir), b. 4 March 1884 (d. 1960 in Kenosha, Wisconsin). He had left Bremen, Germany, 20 October 1907 as a steerage (third class) passenger on the steamship Willehad and had arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, 6 November 1907. He was described as an unmarried farm labourer aged 18 and was destined for Racine, Wisconsin, where he had a cousin, Piotr Koscziewicz, who lived at 1310 Franklin Street. Mr. Adamowicz was 5'5" tall, had brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. In 1914, he was going from Racine, Wisconsin, to Libau, Russia (today's Liepaja in Latvia). He did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.

Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.

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