My gr. grandfather Gajo Kukic (44) came from Goricka through Trieste in February 1913 to Ellis and his son Stojsa 15 and a half (16 on the manifest) through Bremen in November 1913. I have read that even though war had not formally started that there were hostlities in the part of the wourld where they came from. I wonder if they were avoiding military service in any way? They left their wife/mother behind and as far as I know never made it back. Jim

JimTedrick@aol.com wrote: > > My gr. grandfather Gajo Kukic (44) came from Goricka through Trieste in > February 1913 to Ellis and his son Stojsa 15 and a half (16 on the manifest) > through Bremen in November 1913. I have read that even though war had not > formally started that there were hostlities in the part of the wourld where > they came from. I wonder if they were avoiding military service in any way? > They left their wife/mother behind and as far as I know never made it back. > Jim Balkan Wars http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/EastEurope/FirstBalkan.html First Balkan War November 28, 1912 Second Balkan War June 29, 1913 In U.S. Immigration Passenger Lists , emigrants were asked to provide their Last Residence and Final Destination in the U.S. In 1906 and 1907, place of birth - town or village was added. Bremen Lists 1920-1939 http://db.genealogy.net/maus/gate/shiplists.cgi?lang=en http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/enframeset.htm Hamburg Lists http://www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english/index.htm Trieste Trst 1867-1918 Istria was part of of Austria under the dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. 1918-1947 Istria was part of Italy, not Croatia or Yugoslavia. Today Trieste is not part of Istria nor of Croatia, but of Italy. In 1947, the Free Territory of Trieste was created . Zone A (city of Trieste) was administered by Anglo-American forces and Zone B by the Yugoslavs. In 1954, the Free Territory of Trieste was abolished. Zone B was given to former Yugoslavia and Zone A was given to Italy.