Have you tried the Raritan Shipyards in Perth to see if they have any info. Just google Raritan Shipyards and see what comes up. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: <CAnne16560@aol.com> To: <ADVANCED-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com>; <AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN@rootsweb.com>; <CZECH@rootsweb.com>; <GEN-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 10:40 PM Subject: [GN] PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY GF > After 6 years of research over multitudes and multitudes of websites, > census's, stats, stats, and more stats, I have just about given up trying > to find > out when my grandfather died and where he is buried. I have used > Ancestry to > distraction, FHC, Ship lists, Immigration stats, and so many more lists, > and > guides that I am buggy in the head just thinking of them all. I realize > all > of you are just as busy; this will be my last cry for help; if I don't > find a > DC and a cemetery this year, I will just call it a draw and give up. I am > very limited in that I do not know his parents names, and I am the last > living > family member. If someone should stumble up any information that I don't > already know about, please let me know....this one is a very, very deep > rabbit > hole. > > His name is Franz (Frank) Walla (1888-195?) > Birthplace: Laksarnafalu, Hungary > Immigration: May 10, 1910 on SS Blucher > Siblings: Ferdinand & John > Parents: Unknown > Occupation: Ship fitter - Raritan Ship Yards, Perth Amboy, NJ > Sole molder - Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory, Broome, NY > Military: WWI - US Army Le Somme, France > Spouse: Filomena M. Kupecz (1888-1939) > Marriage date: Unknown > Children: 1 Son, Walter Francis Walla, born 1/19/1929; Binghamton, NY > died 9/8/1987; > Warren, NJ > Last known address: 316 E. 70th St. Brooklyn, NY > Social Security #: Unknown, no records found in SS Death Records > Language spoken: Slovak > Census: 1920 and 1930, but not before. > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > > > ************************ > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > ************************ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date: > 12/28/2007 11:51 AM > >