Alexander Wieszomerski

Alexander Wieszomerski 

(aka Wieszomierski, Wysomierski, Wissomierski, Wyssomierski, and Wyszolmierski)

Birth: 1/25/1890; "Gutz, Russia-Poland" [unable to locate town, possibly misspelled by draft registrar] 

Address: 6713 Baxter Ave. and 3695 E. 63rd St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: emigrated to the United States in 1910 at age 21 [see below]; age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Laborer at Cleveland Hardware Company: [producer of wagon, carriage and, later, automotive hardware probably located at E. 79th St. near Bessemer]; citizenship status listed as Alien

Appearance: Height tall; Build medium; Eyes brown; Hair brown 

Draft Registration Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917; Private

Service Number: 1526898

Deployment: 5/2/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Great Northern

Action: 28 Co 7 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Oct 16/17; Hq Co 147 Inf to Oct 27/17; Co K 147 Inf to Mch 28/18; Cp Sheridan Ala Apr Repl Draft to May 14/18; 4 Co 1 Inf Tng Regt Dep Div 1 C to June 12/18; Co B 28 Inf to death. Pvt. Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. AEF May 2/18 to death. KIA July 21/18

Death: July 21, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France; Grave 27 Row 13 Block D 

Next of Kin: Tom Wieszomerski, brother, 3695 E. 63rd St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: apparently arrived alone at Ellis Island, NY on 12/13/1910 aboard the SS Pretoria having departed Hamburg 20 days earlier on 11/23/1910; he was age 21 and unable to read or write at the time of immigration; stated nationality was "Russia" and race "Polish;" ship's immigration record showed that he had an uncle in Russia and that Alexander was bound for Cleveland, Ohio; ancestry.com records show 3 additional males by the name of Wysomierski (or other similar spellings) living in Cleveland in the 1910's and beyond: Thomas (1881-1928) (definitely Alexander's brother), Bruno, and John (1894-1978); brother Thomas listed on his draft registration that Bruno Wyssomierski was his nearest relative; brother Thomas Wysomirski died in 1928 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH; all the aforementioned males originated in "Russia-Poland" and lived near each other in Cleveland, so the assumption is that they were probably related in some way to Private Alex Wieszomerski.