Sandy, This is a different spelling than you gave in your original message (as you can see from the subject line) and it makes a difference! Now I see the manifests you mention. In regards to his 1906 arrival his last residence as given as Krizevac, and he was traveling with a person from Zabno, HABINANEC, Vinko And there is NO indication that he was sent back, 16 was "of age" so that would not have been an issue... and he had more money than the man with whom he was traveling. His destination was Duluth, MN The 1909 manifest says his last residence was Zabon or Zabno and his next of kin there was his father Djuro ROSEVIC ! This manifest also states he had been in the US at Duluth from 1906 to 1908 Destination this trip was to Uncle Josip ?? at Duluth, his birthplace is listed as Zabno I found one of your old posts on Appleby gen forum asking if sv Ivans was an orphanage.... Also SADEK is spelled with a diacritical mark \/ over the S making the name sound like shahdak. The manifest that showed "He documented that he was going to stay with a cousin, Joseph Dou..broski (Spelling?) in Peabody MA"?...is the wrong manifest... Ellis Island org mismatched his name to the wrong manifest. Also the other entry at Ellis Is for the 1909 arrival was a mismatch... so you can scratch Zsbor, Hungary, and Grozevac from your list of possible places. Robert Jerin G Steven Metcalf <metcalf_gs@msn.com> wrote: My grandfather settled in Ironwood, Michigan. His birthdate was 8/15/1889. I have found his Ellis Island Records - he came in 4/6/1905 at the age of 16 but was sent back, I think. He again came in 2/3/1909. On the 1909 immigration document, it said that he came from Zsbor, Hungary. He documented that he was going to stay with a cousin, Joseph Dou..broski (Spelling?) in Peabody MA. He signed his naturalization records with his last name spelled Sdek. I have contacted the Ministry of Archives in Zagreb and they have no record of his birth in Svet Ivan Zabno, Croatia. My grandfather married Mary Kostello (Kostelc) and had seven children. I have all of the information on his children. Thanks for your help. Sandy Metcalf ----- Original Message ----- From: E. Sharp To: croatia@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA] Sedek, Sefan Surnames Can you tell us where your grandfather settled in the U. S. so we might be better able to help you? Did he come here by himself, with parents, or with wife and children? Names? Thanks Elaine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." Ayn Rand 1905-1982