Mr. Bloomberg, I do claim the changes were made at point of departure.
It is at point of departure that the manifest was made, and the passenger ship company was very careful that the manifest was correct. So much so that when my GF's wife was not listed correctly, they were sent to have the manifest corrected.
If there are no changes at EI, there are no mistakes due to EI.
I have found only one grandparent's name in Romania, the spelling at EI is the same as his family name in the book Dorohoi. My GF arrived in 1913, the book was compiled after WWII. His brother arrived (1907) with the same name, but by 1913 he had changed the spelling.
I support the theory that names were NOT changed at Ellis Island. I propose the theory that names were changed at point of departure by the purser who was responsible for making out the manifest and the spelling variations and changes were the difference between the pronunciation and the local - to the port - language. Not every language has the sounds of every other.
The back of manifest documents (1920) document what may be changed by the Ellis Island people, names are not included.
Dani
If a Mexican named Jesus walked to Canada and boarded a ship without documents how would his name be spelt?
When you start to read readin, how do you know the fellow that wrote the readin, wrote the readin right?
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On Saturday, July 11, 2020, 07:35:44 PM GMT+3, Bob Bloomberg <rpbrpb2012@...> wrote:
I did not say that anyone wrote a name down. What I said was that people make mistakes, especially when overwhelmed, over worked and maybe not paying strict attention. Name tag or no, manifest or no, questions or no, mistakes were made, and names INADVERTENTLY were changed. You might want to read Dahn Cukier's response.
What I don't understand is why people blame the discrepancies on points of embarkation, faulty manifests, whatever, but NEVER at Ellis Island.
