Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:14 am
Post subject: Need help with surname and city name c.1875
Hello all! I am happy to have found this forum. I am trying to locate the birth record of my ancestor, but his name is inconsistent on USA documents, and I cannot find any record of the city that is listed as his residence on the passenger list from Ellis Island. His surname has appeared as Kajder, Kojder, and Kojdin and his first name has appeared as Anthony, Antonie, and Antoni. The 1893 passenger list lists his residence as Bosiljawo in Austria. I would appreciate any help as I try to figure out if his name and the city name are accurate, so I can locate his birth record. Thanks!
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BarbOsloPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:46 am
Post subject: Re: Need help with surname and city name c.1875
| hopskip wrote: | | Hello all! I am happy to have found this forum. I am trying to locate the birth record of my ancestor, but his name is inconsistent on USA documents, and I cannot find any record of the city that is listed as his residence on the passenger list from Ellis Island. His surname has appeared as Kajder, Kojder, and Kojdin and his first name has appeared as Anthony, Antonie, and Antoni. The 1893 passenger list lists his residence as Bosiljawo in Austria. I would appreciate any help as I try to figure out if his name and the city name are accurate, so I can locate his birth record. Thanks! |
Hi,
Can you download the passenger list from 1893? I think his name is Antoni Kojder.
-Barb
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:04 am
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Hi Barb. I have the 1893 passenger list with "Antonie Kojder", but I am struggling to find that name and that city, Bosiljawo. I am wondering if maybe his surname in Poland was different and/or the city name was inaccurate. I'm not sure where to look next for clues!
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:44 am
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| hopskip wrote: | | Hi Barb. I have the 1893 passenger list with "Antonie Kojder", but I am struggling to find that name and that city, Bosiljawo. I am wondering if maybe his surname in Poland was different and/or the city name was inaccurate. I'm not sure where to look next for clues! |
I want to see this one. It will be easier to find the place. Write everything you know about him.
Barb
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:47 am
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Hi Barb. I will PM you as I am having trouble attaching it. Thanks!
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BarbOsloPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:49 am
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| hopskip wrote: | | Hi Barb. I will PM you as I am having trouble attaching it. Thanks! |
You can send by email: [email protected]
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BarbOsloPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:17 am
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All indications are that it is located in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship or Ukraine. What do you know about his parents, siblings...?
Barb
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:54 am
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All I know right now about his past before immigrating was that his birth date was 27 Dec 1875 and his father was Joseph Kajder.
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BarbOsloPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:41 pm
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| hopskip wrote: | | All I know right now about his past before immigrating was that his birth date was 27 Dec 1875 and his father was Joseph Kajder. |
I found a place called Bosiljevo.
Bosiljevo is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.
That can't be right, I thought.
But ... on this list all the passengers are from the same place.Therefore, I began to look at the surnames. It is not a typical Polish or Ukrainian surname. Many of them sound Czech, Slovak, Hungarian. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a large area. Germans, Hungarians, Czechs and Poles were the largest ethnic group. Now I think we probably need to see more in this direction.
-Barb
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:32 pm
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I started looking at similar sounding town names too, and I think this one seems possible!
Bołszowce
https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/b/923-bolszowce
Also, I am now looking at the alternate spelling of Kajzer, which seems to be a lot more popular than Kajder. 
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TrishPO Top Contributor
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Need help with surname and city name c.1875
| hopskip wrote: | | Hello all! I am happy to have found this forum. I am trying to locate the birth record of my ancestor, but his name is inconsistent on USA documents, and I cannot find any record of the city that is listed as his residence on the passenger list from Ellis Island. His surname has appeared as Kajder, Kojder, and Kojdin and his first name has appeared as Anthony, Antonie, and Antoni. The 1893 passenger list lists his residence as Bosiljawo in Austria. I would appreciate any help as I try to figure out if his name and the city name are accurate, so I can locate his birth record. Thanks! |
Hi!
Was Antoni Kojder living in Pittsburgh? Did he marry Barbara Bonk? I wanted to make sure I had the correct family before I posted anything.
Have a nice day!
Trish
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:59 pm
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Yes, that is the family!
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:01 pm
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| hopskip wrote: | | Yes, that is the family! |
Hi Hopskip and Barb,
Here is Antoni's naturalization record. This might shed a lot of clues as to where he is from.
Have a great day!
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:35 pm
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Thank you Trish. This document changes all. Which one?
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:23 pm
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Amazing! Thank you Trish! And thank you Barb for pointing that out because I was just about to start looking in Kopanie.. and Kopanie.. and Kopanie. 
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