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Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Help deciphering Ellis Island manifest
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 11:15:23 EDT
In a message dated 8/8/2003 12:44:41 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
<< Tzetlowicz, Maria (exact spelling) on the manifest and please tell me
if it looks like she is US born and where her last permanent residence was? I
have tried Ninay, which is what the text version says, but cannot find it on
the map. >>
I'll give it a try. First, the transcription of the name is incorrect. The
surname of this person is spelled SZETLOWICZ on the manifest. You can
determine this by noting how the writer makes a "t" in the name Terez a few lines up,
and how they made an 's" by looking at Scheidel a few lines down as well as
other examples on that page.
The occupation of the person is "servant" (again compare with similar
entries on same manifest page) -- with entry completed by the EI inspector it looks
like.
Her destination is Dayton, OH and she has a ticket. Her passage was paid for
by her step-father, and she has never been in the USA before. No, it does
not indicate she is US born. Her destination is the step-fathers, Paul Barabas
in Dayton, OH -- cant' make out the street address. Can't make out the
inspector's notation on right-side of manifest either -- you can obtain a copy of
the microfilm through a local family history library and perhaps make it out
better. Don't know if a list of detained persons would be at end of the
manifests for this ship on the film or not, but you can check -- either by getting the
film and reading it, or using the Morse Utility -- Finding Missing Manifests
and scrolling to the end of passenger listings for this ship. Such a list may
have more details of the detention.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellisshort.html
for the home page
Her last residence is definitely not Ninay -- look at how the n's are made in
say New York - or in Nagy. I think it could be a V or a U.== Vinay, or maybe
Uinay -- neither of which probably helps much.
Regards
Linda
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