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.