- This record is for our Sokolik family. Frantisek Sokolik was born 29 November 1832. His wife Anna Filipek was born 17 January 1853. Their children were Frantisek born 30 December 1873, Jan born 4 February 1876 and Theodore born 10 January 1879-80.
- This record was found using Leo Baca's Czech Immigration Passenger Lists, Volume V: New York 1870-1880. The index identified the individuals, ages, where from, the ship and the date of arrival.
- The data displayed above was transcribed from a National Archives microfilm of the ship manifest. A scan is provided below.
- The names on the manifest: Franz, Anna, Franz, and Johann match well with the Sokolik names in the 1880 and 1885 Census. The only major discrepancy in the manifest is that the age shown for Franz Sr. should be 46 instead of 40. The ages for Anna and the children in the manifest match well with their birth records, although Franz Jr. should be age 5 in the manifest.
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- In the Leo Baca Index, the 3 month old child is shown as a question mark. The actual manifest shows why. The name is almost completely covered by tape. It is known that their third child was named Theodore. Luckily the manifest shows another Theodore for another family on line 186. The top part of what shows on line 183 appears to match and thus line 183 was transcribed as Theodore above, but with a question mark.
- There has always been some confusion on when and where Theodore was born. In the data since the 1910 census he indicated that he was born in New Prague, Minnesota. However, the 1900 Census indicates he was born in Bohemia, and Theodore does appear in the 1880 Census as a one year old. Thus between the timing of the May 1879 Ship arrival and the June 1880 Census, it appears that Theodore was born in Bohemia. Unfortunately, an initial search for his birth record in Kolence did not find his record.
- A search was done of all passengers. There were no Jana, Yana or Gunia on the ship.
- The Hamburg Emigration Index should be checked when the correct year becomes available. The Hamburg data may also verify whether the 3 month old is Theodore and provide more information on his date and place of birth.
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