[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Libau, Russia,etc.

[Rose Ingram]

Dorothy:

This is an interesting situation.  I did a search on the Ellis Island site
using the http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ one step search, new
format.   I requested a search using the name Neuman and 1911 ship Birma.
Could this be your John Martin Neuman?


Name:  Teisach Neuman,
Ethnicity: Russia, Hebrew,
Place of Residence: Russia, Goldingen
Date of Arrival September 12, 1911
Age on Arrival: 65y
Married
Ship of travel: Birma
Port of Departure:  Libau, Posen, Prussia, Germany.


Rose Igram
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From: Dorothy at "Royal Natzke" Sent: 25 November, 2002 6:48 PM

> Thanks to Dave Obee and Dick Benet for responding to my inqiry regarding
> emmigration from Libau to Halifax..My grandfather, John Martin Neumann
> states on his Declaration of Intention for US Naturalization  that he
> did leave from Libau, Russia, but that he arrived at New York on 30 Aug
> 1911and not Halifax.. However, his Petition for Naturalization states that
> he emigrated to the US from Trout Creek, Canada on or about 17 Dec 1911
> and arrived at Port Huron, MI on 31 Dec 1911 "on the vessel Railroad".
> I'm assuming that was really by train and not by a ship. Could it be
> that the immigration quotas were filled when he got to New York? It
> appears he was in Canada  from Aug to Dec. The Ship from Libau could
> possibly read as Birman and not Burma as I interpreted earlier. Can
> anyone shed any light on this for me? Also he states his birthplace was
> either Kurmenz or Kurnenz, Russia. I have not been able to find it on a
map.
> It was my father, Edward Neumann who emmigrated from Halifax through
> Port Huron, MI by way of Grand Trunk R.R.. There is not the name of a
> passenger ship listed for him or a date of arrival.
> Help!
> Dorothy