Felix Bober-2, Poland locations

From his WWI draft registration card (5 June 1917), we have the birthplace of Felix Bober-2 in Poland, Russia as "Mlava":


This looks like: Mlawa which is the county seat of Mlawa. Here is the city's official website.

Here a link to Mlawa County's official website's page about its history.

We have Felix's town of last residence in Russia (Race or People: "Polish") from the S.S. Zeeland's ship manifest (11 April 1908) as "Smjewo":




In one of the Mlawa county's ten administrative districts ("gmina"), Stupsk, we find seven villages or settlements with hyphenated names that include "Zmijewo":

Żmijewo Kościelne, Żmijewo-Gaje, Żmijewo-Kuce, Żmijewo-Podusie, Żmijewo-Ponki, Żmijewo-Szawły and Żmijewo-Trojany


Here is a Google map with directions from Mlawa to Zmijewo-Kuce.

Felix Bober-2, Draft Registration 1917

World War I

Draft Registration Card

Date: June 5, 1917

County: Genesee

State: Michigan

Felix Bober-2

• Age: 24
• Address: 929 Dayton, Flint, Michigan
• Date of Birth: April 23, 1893
• Birthplace Mlava, Poland/Russia(Mlawa)
• Present trade: sheetmetal worker
• Where employed: Buick Motor Co.Plant #12 Flint Michigan
• Marital status: Single
• Race: Caucasian
• Color of eyes: Brown
• Color of hair: Auburn