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Immigration Records
Unfortunately for many of the Popalises in America, no record of an Andrew Popelis/Popalis has been found yet. However the results of all the searching have proven to be very interesting, and they raise many questions of their own.
Index of 1890 NY Immigrants from Austria, Poland, and Galicia
New York's famous Ellis Island did not begin to receive immigrants until 1892. The period of immigration before this is very hard to track, record keeping was often incomplete, and sometimes non-existant. Immigrant surnames were often spelled as immigration workers heard them. Occasionally, surnames were "Americanized", or changed by these well-meaning workers.
Name |
Arrival Date |
Ship Name |
PAPOLAS, Mihaly |
1890/02/01 |
Trave |
POPELAS, Sofia |
1890/04/02 |
Elbe |
POPELOS, Jan |
1890/04/05 |
Fulda |
PAPELAS, Janos |
1890/12/27 |
Noordland |
Ellis Island Records
1892-1924
Ellis Island kept much better immigration records, but still made the same errors when it came to surname spelling. The Ellis Island archives, located at www.ellisisland.org, include records for the surnames; Popalis, Pupelis, Papelis, Pepelis, Papalis, Papolis, Popalas, Popeless, and Pupeles - just to name a few.
The difficulty of tracking Popalis ancestors is amplified by incomplete or incorrect information. Darius Pupelis from Lithuania reports that Ellis Island records are anything but accurate. One such record found on this page lists Roka Lisk as a place of residence, Darius reports that this place does not exist, it is more likely Rokishkis.
What follows is a sample of the many Popelis/Popalis family listings in the archives.
Name: |
Popalis, Alexander |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian, Lithuanian |
Place of Residence: |
Rakishky, Russia |
Date of Arrival: |
May 22, 1910 |
Age of Arrival: |
35 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Married |
Ship of Travel: |
Birma |
Port of Departure: |
Libau, Posen, Prussia, Germany |
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Name: |
Popalis, Anton |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian, Lithuanian |
Place of Residence: |
Rakishky, Russia |
Date of Arrival: |
April 17, 1907 |
Age of Arrival: |
22 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Ship of Travel: |
Nieuw Amsterdam |
Port of Departure: |
Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands |
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Name: |
Papelis, Anton |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian, Lithuanian |
Place of Residence: |
Garuzky |
Date of Arrival: |
January 5, 1905 |
Age of Arrival: |
18 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Ship of Travel: |
Cassel |
Port of Departure: |
Bremen, Germany |
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Name: |
Papelis, Anton |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian, Lithuanian |
Place of Residence: |
Ponewesh, Russia |
Date of Arrival: |
May 30, 1907 |
Age of Arrival: |
40 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Married |
Ship of Travel: |
Caronia |
Port of Departure: |
Liverpool, England |
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Name: |
Popali. . .s, Adalbert |
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Ethnicity: |
Hungarian, Slovak |
Place of Residence: |
Thomijah |
Date of Arrival: |
June 5, 1905 |
Age of Arrival: |
32 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Married |
Ship of Travel: |
Blucher |
Port of Departure: |
Hamburg, Germany |
|
Name: |
Papelis, Josef |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian |
Place of Residence: |
Meskin |
Date of Arrival: |
June 8, 1901 |
Age of Arrival: |
23 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Ship of Travel: |
Graf Waldersee |
Port of Departure: |
Hamburg, Germany |
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Name: |
Papelis, Adam |
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Ethnicity: |
Lithuanian |
Place of Residence: |
Gerniki, Russia |
Date of Arrival: |
July 14,1907 |
Age of Arrival: |
18 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Ship of Travel: |
Amerika |
Port of Departure: |
Hamburg, Germany |
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Name: |
Pupelis, Prozy |
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Ethnicity: |
Russian, Polish |
Place of Residence: |
Roka Lisk, Russia |
Date of Arrival: |
June 23, 1912 |
Age of Arrival: |
27 years |
Gender: |
Male |
Marital Status: |
Single |
Ship of Travel: |
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria |
Port of Departure: |
Hamburg, Germany |
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