Was in the Poluski Brothers double act with his brother
Sam T. Poluski. Had four children, Winnifred (b.1880) (married Bentley Ward, daughter
Polly Ward), Charlotte (b.1882) (married
Gus McNaughton, daughter
Elizabeth Howard), William Jr. (b.1885) (married Marie Lloyd's sister Rosetta), and Sam (b.1890). Some sources give his birth year as 1861.