Hi,
I have surprise for you - see Passenger Records;
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?pID=1015550...Michal was Pole, not Ruthenian,
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?pID=1008730...Katarzyna was not Ruthenian, she was Pole as a father.
Information in English;
http://www.brzostek.alpha.pl/commune/index.htmlCordially,
Wladyslaw