----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hegarty" <mhegarty@cybertron.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:16 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 > Hello Mary, Here is a link to Austro-Hungarian Military list, with a thread discussing draft age and marriage http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN-MILITARY/2001-08/09988 62824 Also keep in mind that Austria and Hungary both had their own armies. In 1914 Austria had 40,000 soldiers and Hungary had 30,000. There was also the Imperial and Royal Army that was drawn from all parts of the Empire. The 350,000 men in this army gave their allegiance direct to Emperor Franz Josef. Recruits for all three armies were obtained by conscription. Robert Jerin