BIO: Joseph A. KUJAWA, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 793.
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  JOSEPH A. KUJAWA, who is engaged in the merchant tailoring business at 
Curwensville, Pa., has been established here since 1891 and is one of the 
representative business men in his line, at Curwensville.  He was born in 
Germany, November 17, 1867, and is a son of Joseph and Agnes Kujawa, who spent 
their lives in Germany.
  Joseph A. Kujawa was fifteen years old when he came to America, landing at New 
York and from there coming to Clearfield, Pa.  He learned his trade with his 
brother, Anthony Kujawa, at Clearfield, working in the shop there for three and 
one-half years, after which he traveled as a journeyman and worked at his trade 
in many of the largest cities of the country, including Pittsburg, Cleveland, 
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and Memphis.  He then went to New York 
and took a course in the cutting school of the John J. Mitchell Company, after 
which he worked for a time in one of the fashionable establishments on Fifth 
Avenue.  Mr. Kujawa then came back to Clearfield and worked for one winter for 
his brother, in April, 1891, coming from there to Curwensville where he opened 
up a merchant tailoring establishment for himself, since when he has changed his 
quarters several times, being now well settled in the Graff Building.  From long 
experience he has become a very expert cutter and workman and has secured a 
large trade from those who are particular as to the quality and fit of their 
garments.  He has prospered and now is interested in stores at Curwensville and 
also at Clearfield.
  Mr. Kujawa was married July 12, 1898, to Amelia Kaminsky, who was also born in 
Germany and was brought to the United States when she was six years old.  They 
have three children:  Anna, Stanley and Norman.  They are members of the Roman 
Catholic church.  He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and International 
Custom Cutters' Association of America.  Mr. Kujawa is a self made man, having 
earned all he possesses through his own steadiness and industry and is one of 
Curwensville's men of ample means, being a stockholder in the Curwensville 
National Bank and in the Building and Loan Association.  His residence stands on 
Thompson Street.