Saturday, March 27, 2010

Update on My Ancestry

I just found the manifest of the ship my father came to America on in 1910

He is the second name on the list, It shows his first name as Karl. German Anti-semitism during the early 1900's because os WW1 with Germany caused him to change his name to Carl. Would you believe it he was then drafted to fight in France against his own former countrymen.

Arrival in US... August. 1910
Age................. 19, 2 Months
Birth Year........ 1891
Port of Departure... Bremen, Germany
Ship Name Rhein
Port of Arrival... Baltimore, MD.
Friends Name.....Peter Agricola
Last Residence... Henen Nastan




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