Rosa Wanderone (Bergin)

"Here are a few more tidbits I found scrounging around the New York Public Library. According to the American Family Immigration History Center, which I accessed at the library, a passenger by the name of Rosa Wanderone arrived in the United States in 1909, on the 607-foot King Alexander, a vessel that then flew under the German flag. According to the ship manifest, it arrived on July 25. Obtained from ellisisland.org, the manifest shows that Rosa paid her own passage, was in possession of $50, and previously had visited the United States.

But here's something strange: The ship manifest said Rosa planned to visit "Rudolf Wanderon" in the United States, but it lists Wanderon as her brother, not as her husband. Again, I'm not sure what to make of this. Perhaps it was a lie she told in order to sidestep some problem with immigration. Rosa's height was listed as 5'10, her complexion fair, her hair blonde and her eyes blue. Also, she apparently wasn't an anarchist. They asked that sort of thing back then." http://www.billiardsdigest.com/untold_stories/therealfats_4.php

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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2874700197.html

Rudolph Wanderone Jr. is "the only son of four children born to Rudolph Walter Wanderone, Sr., a merchant seaman and later a plumbing and heating contractor, and Rosa Bergin Wanderone, a homemaker."

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