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From: "Alice" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] MOCULAK, STANLEY U.S. Navy vs. Census
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 14:26:58 -0500
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Possibly I can shed some light on this although I am not an expert... In
researching a part of my family that immigrated from what is now Silesia
Poland and was, when they immigrated, Prussia, or to be a bit more exact
part of the German empire....I was given a document that had belonged to a
relative that shows that he was not a citizen of this country and if it
looked like they came from Germany during world war 1 they had to go to the
post office where they lived and register. They were given a document that
says they were an "enemy alien"
(I have his copy) and they must have this document on themselves at all
times...I would assume from this information that I have that your relative
had not become a citizen and would not have been allowed to inlist if he
gave his birth place ..And perhaps the family did not want anyone to know
they had not gone through the citizenship process..I would imagine that you
could check his military record the way you would anyone else though. I
would suspect there are others who found themselves in similar circumstances
who wanted to serve and I have heard of many who fibbed about there ages..
I hope this little bit of information may help you to solve the mystery...


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Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] MOCULAK, STANLEY U.S. Navy vs. Census


> Hi List,
>
> I am confussed about this & hoping someone can offer some reason as to
why.
>
> I have a distant relation STANLEY J. MOCULAK fom NJ. In the 1920 Census
he appears in the U.S. Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia.
> .............
> First: he gives his age as 22, instead of 19/20 (born 10/28/1901)
>
> Second: states he was born in NJ (was born in Poland)
>
> Third: states parents were born in Penn. (they both were born in
Russia, Republic of Poland - states so in Death Cert. too)
>
> Fourth: I do have a picture of him in the Navy that he sent my great
grandparents. So I do know he was in the Navy & this was confirmed by a
relation that knows some things about my great grandparents + children.
>
> Fifth: his Death Certificates states he was never in the Armed Service
(which I know for a fact that he was in the Navy)
> ..............
> Didn't the Navy do any checking prior to having men in the service?
>
> Is there anyplace I can check this out?
>
> I know it would not be a child of his.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and/or help.
>
> Jan
>
>
>
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