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From: "Mary Jo Kuskie" <>
Subject: Re: [POLAND] Female Immigrants Traveling Alone
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 19:01:15 -0500
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Debbie,

My grandmother always told the story of coming the America by herself at age
14 to come live with an Aunt. I have found, who I believe is my grandmother
in a ship manifest for the Neckar, which arrived from Bremen Germany on
4/30/03. There is a Maryanna Piotrowska (on her naturalization she indicated
Marya), which arrived on the Neckar from Bremen Germany on 4/30/03, who
indicated her home as Lipnica, Poland. She is actually listed twice on the
manifest, once as age 11, and a second time as age 13). All matches with
information on her Petition for Naturalization, other than the fact that she
indicated that she arrived on 5/1 on the Dergross Kurfurst (there was no
ship by that name arriving on that date). I cannot find that she was
traveling with anyone, and the markings look like she was detained. However,
I can't find her name on the list at the end of the manifest for detained
individuals. Therefore, I am to believe that she was travelling alone, as
she always stated to us.

Question: Although there is no Dergross Kurfurst that arrived on 5/1, I
wanted to try and access all other manifests for this ship on dates close to
that date. I have tried to find a way to access manifests for other ships
that arrived on other dates, but haven't seemed to find a way.Is there a way
to do this on line if I have the ship name and date of arrival of the ship?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [POLAND] Female Immigrants Traveling Alone


> Tom,
> Yes, there was a minimum age for traveling alone (16) and it was common
> for women especially to lie about their ages. It was also not uncommon
> for them to travel alone or with a child. I think women were made of
> stronger mettle back then.
> Debbie
>
> Tom Malek wrote:
> >
> > My grandmother arrived in New York in 1905. The ship's manifest states
that
> > she was 19 years of age when, in fact, she was only 16 years old. She
does
> > not appear to have been traveling with relatives as she was the only one
> > with her surname.
> > Was there an age restriction for immigrants traveling alone?
> > Tom Malek
> >
>
>
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