Hello not sure if this helps but my grandfather when he was alive was named was named fredrick szafranski he told me his father came over on the boat in thru ellis island and married a girl from england called jenny flower he was born in oct 26 1917 his father was a shoe cobbler died young and is buried someplace in new jersey thats all i have been able to come up with except for a social security application issued in 1936 they spelled his name on certifacate as follows fred john szafranowski