Looking for Jon Flaete Information
scuba3516When they arrived in New York Ellis Island the name was changed to JOHN Flaethe. From Norway. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
jwiborgThere's noone by the name John Flaete/Flaethe registered at the Ellis Island database. Did you misspell? [:I] It looks however to be a variant of the farmname Flæte. In that case he would most likely be from sogn & fjordane county, and he should be in the list of emigrants leaving [url="http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=EMIBERG&spraak=n&metanr=1535&spraak=e"]Bergen[/url]. "High-rank possibilities:" John Johnsen Flæthe b. 1880, emigrated April 30th, 1901. John J. Flate arrived at Ellis Island on May 11, 1901. The ship SS Campania sailed from Liverpool on May 4th, 1901. Destination is hard to read, but it looks like uncle jhs(?) johnson, lake smillo?? da Johannes Hermundsen Flæte (ell Haukaas) b. 1855, emigrated April 6th, 1880 (before E.I. was opened) Flåten, Flæten variants: Johan Andreas M Nielsen Flaaten b. 1855 Johannes Johannesen Flaaten b. 1846 John Endresen Flaaten b. 1866 Johannes Christoffer Nilsen Flæten b. 1879 John Nilson (Fleten) b.1899 Johan Bernhard Andersen (Flatø) b. 1889 John Knutsen (Flåten) b. 1876 John Nilsen (Fleten) b. 1879 John Simpson (Flaten) b. 1872 Jan Peter
HopkinsDidn't find ANYONE using "Flaethe" surname US census indexes, regardless of country of origin, given name, age, etc. NONE. http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson8.htm?o_xid=0039218725&o_lid=0039218725
Jo Anne SadlerChanging of names at Ellis Island is a popular myth.[:0] http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=4675