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German Immigration in 1873
conbri86
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Posted: 9 Nov 2013 3:59PM GMT
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I have my Great Grandfather's Declaration of Intent that lists his arrival date in the U.S. as March 17, 1873 on the Mosel, however his name is not in the passenger list for that particular ship. I looked at all other ships around that date and did not find him. An Aunt informed me he will not be on a list, because he was a stowaway. Other than that, there really is not any family knowledge of his origins. After reading through the process Emigrants went through when reaching New York, is it possible he could have made it ashore without detection, and if so how?
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Posted: 10 Dec 2013 2:11AM GMT
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First the Declaration says he arrived on or about March 17, 1873 .... after all 33 years is a long time to recall the exact date of arrival... so he may not have arrived on that exact day or... year.
Yes there were occasional stowaways but they would have been detected.
But a more common thing that could have happened...
1) he used someone elses passport
2) or his name was improperly transcribed by modern day transcribers and they misinterpreted his name on the manifest.
There were much, much fewer stowaways than stories about stowaways :)
Did you notice there is a Franz SIKORSKI aboard the Mosel arriving 1874.
Also by now you know that he was Polish from that part of Poland occupied by Prussia or Germany at the time of his birth
Sikorski Name Meaning Polish and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name for someone from any of several places called Sikora, Sikory, or Sikorzyce, named with sikora ‘titmouse’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Also the correct spelling of his given name would be Anton or Antoni
You really ought to consider posting to the Poland board
Robert
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014 5:42PM GMT
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Just out of curiousity where can you find the passanger log for that voyage?
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014 6:39PM GMT
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http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYM237_372-0223_2?backu...
Not sure if the copied link will work, so look under New York for March 17, 1873.
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Posted: 21 Feb 2014 6:52PM GMT
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Thank You Robert, and yes I did notice the Franz Sikorski.
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