Chris & Mary, I noticed that he gave his mother married name as his relative in Poland. It's possible she remarried and he was known in Poland by her married named. His real father could have died and she remarried or she had him out of wedlock. He may have totally changed his name on a whim. Time and research will answer all the questions as to why this happened. Tina On 12/7/08, Mary Snow <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some of this will help you interpret the various numbers on the manifest: > http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Manifests/ > http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Manifests/occ/ > > The printed name Stefan Ficyk may have been written at a different time > than when the shipping clerk filled in the manifest page; perhaps in > 1936 when Stefan applied for a certificate of arrival and > naturalization. Alias names sometimes referred to the name on the > ticket which the passenger used when he did not have a ticket of his > own. Perhaps someone on this mailing list can give you a more detailed > explanation. > > Mary > > Chris wrote: > > I believe this is my maternal grandfather but I'm a bit confused about > this alias attached to his name..this is the 1st time of me seeing this name > crop up.Does this mean he may had had papers with him indicating he went > under another name? I'm hoping the link will go directly to the manifest. > http://tinyurl.com/5qcwdv > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >