I hadn't thought of that. I was surprised to find him in cabin rather than steerage though. The ship was rather empty though, with less than 150 passengers on a ship that could handle over 2000. On Mar 30, 2004, at 10:58 AM, ETM wrote: > Gordon, have you ever discovered if that age difference made > a major difference in passenger fare? > > Elaine > > Hello groots04 > > On Tuesday, March 30, 2004, you wrote > >> And phonetic spellings, too. > >> My ancestor from Bohemia who came through Ellis Island has "Btrubau” >> written in his place of origin, which to most Americans is >> meaningless. >> But my researcher saw it as a shortened form of Bohmische Trubau, >> which >> was the old (Germanic) form of Ceska Trebova. > >> And for some reason his age on the manifest was 9, but he was actually >> 12 (traveling without any other family members). > >> Gordon