Mary, I do not know anything about the Austrian Army, other than my husband's grandfather left to avoid the draft, as told to me by his son, my F.I.L. He assumed the identity of Tomo Kos, a 30 year old married man from Ludbreg in order to leave Croatia. (I figured this out by working backwards from his "Declaration of Intention" for naturalization and looking through Ellis Island's records.) When he arrived at Ellis Island on 16 March 1903 he was really 18 years old and not married. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] misspellings of names on ellis island records > on 3/19/02 9:21 AM, Koss at tkoss5@cox.net wrote: > > > My husband's grandfather used someone else's name to leave the country. He > > did not want to get drafted into the Austrian Army. > > Diane Koss > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "amy davis" <amy@syndromedist.com> > > To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] misspellings of names on ellis island records > > > > > >> oh! well, i don'y know about that. this relative came over first before > > his > >> family. > >> > >> i wonder why people would use someone else's name? > >> > >> Mary Hegarty wrote: > >> > >>> on 3/17/02 9:31 PM, CMSWI04@aol.com at CMSWI04@aol.com wrote: > >>> > >>>> In a message dated 3/17/2002 9:25:32 PM Central Standard Time, > >>>> JPIPICH@aol.com writes: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> have a distant cousin-in-law who used someone else's name, so his > >>>>>> record will never be found. i wonder how he applied for > > naturalization? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> My father-in-law used someone else's name when he came to US, but > > when he > >>>>> was > >>>>> naturalized he had to admit to that and it gave the person's name he > > used > >>>>> on > >>>>> his naturalization papers. > >>>>> > >>>>> Joan > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Also keep in mind not everyone was naturalized. > >>>> Chuck > >>> But would it be possible to use someone else's name for a child too? > >>> Mary > >> > Diane, > Do you know if married men were drafted into the Austrian army? Also, when > did your father-in-law come to the US? > Mary Hegarty >