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    1. Re: [TSL] Looking for an arrival in New York
    2. Sue Swiggum
    3. David, I've been thinking a bit about your query and did find her departure from Stockholm, with a registration date of 29th April 1887 .... this does NOT mean she departed on that actual date. I was puzzling over the departure port, as most Swedes would emigrate through Göteborg. She was from Rasbo, Uppsala, so it would be an easy train trip to that port. The fewer who did depart from Stockholm did seem to have gone from there to an eastern European port to embark on a transatlantic ship. Yesterday I looked at the US (New York) arrivals and saw a "Jensine Eriksson" the right age, on the ADRIATIC arriving June 4th, however she had originated at Göteborg. Today I had another look and found a "Jenny Eriksson" age 23, travelling with a male called Wilh. Eriksson, age 21 on the ROTTERDAM, from Rotterdam, arriving NY on May 27th 1887. The trouble is that she is indicated as from "Hungary" with ditto marks for Wilh. That seemed most unlikely, as there were Swedes on the page, but a variety of nationalities, so the compiler might have made an error. I decided to test the theory that they were Swedes, so checked the Swedish records again and BINGO, I found "Wilhelmina Eriksson" born about 1866 from exactly the same place, registered on exactly the same day with an archive number just one digit higher that Jennys. I am convinced they are the same two I found on the ROTTERDAM. Now ... did the purser make THREE errors and they were both Swedes (not Hungarian) and that "Wilh." was a female (not a male) and a labourer in the male compartment, ... OR, did the Swedish indexer confuse the sex of the 21 year old and that she "Wilhelmina" was actually a he "Wilhelm?" You would know best whether your g-grandmother had a younger sister or a younger brother .. "Wilh." :-} Unfortunately, as with New York passenger lists of that period ... there is no other useful passenger information. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 11:55 AM 2010-03-22 -0400, David E. Cann wrote: >Thank you for the information. I am going to try once again searching for >the ship and passenger list here myself as well, but I've not done very well >at all in past attempts, so I am hesitant to predict any results. Hers has >been a difficult trail to follow, partially because it goes through at least >three countries, so that fact has not been very helpful either. > > >David E. Cann >decann@infionline.net > > >-----Original Message----- >From: theshipslist-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:theshipslist-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bobbi >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:03 PM >To: theshipslist@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TSL] Looking for an arrival in New York > >Hi David, > >I found her leaving Sweden. But so far unable to find her entering the U.S. >I will send what I found directly to you. > >Bobbi > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David E. Cann" >To: "The Ships List Posting" <theshipslist@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 3:21 PM >Subject: [TSL] Looking for an arrival in New York > > > > > > Name - Jenny Wilhelmina Eriksson (surname could be listed as Eriksdottir) > > > > DOB - 30 Dec 1863 > > > > Port of departure - Stockholm, Sweden > > > > Date of departure - 24 April 1887 > > > > Planned destination - New York

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