Both of your surnames SZABELSKI and KURANT still in existance in Poland.
www.herby.com.pl/herbySome websites to help you in your research :
www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigatorhttp://maxpages.com/polandwww.pgsa.orgwww.halgal.comwww.galizien-online.dewww.sggee.org/index.htmlwww.genealog.home/pl34 KURANTs and 25 SZABELSKIs passed thru Ellis Island.
Might want to start your search by looking over the manifest. You need to locate a name of a town in order to proceed with the research.
The Social Security Death Index is locating 59 Kurants and 37 Szabelskis. Anyone there your ancestor?
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com