This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: aoifaa Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.queens/4212.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your help anyway! I'm just going to treat them as two different people until I have further links. I also believe that he was a young man when he came to the USA. The story is - his two brothers were on the boat with him but feeling a bit panicky about leaving their homeland behind they jumped off the boat and swam back to the shore! So it was just him - 18 or 19 years old! Crazy! :) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.