Elmar Koik’s arrival card, New Orleans, 1949
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The record of Elmar Koik’s arrival in the United States.
What the record says
- Born Karksi; farmer-driver.
- Last residence: a US Army labor company at Frankfurt.
- Bound for Imperial County Farmers, El Centro, California.
- Landed “N.O.La., 9/5/49, USAT Gen. R. L. Howze”.
Key entries as read in the family history; a full transcription has not yet been made.
What it supports
With the Times-Picayune shipping column of 9 September 1949, it confirms that he arrived at New Orleans on the General R. L. Howze on 5 September 1949.
- Code
- US01
- Collection
- US records and ships
- Catalog description
- Arrival card: Elmar Koik, New Orleans 5 Sep 1949
- Repository
- US National Archives
- Reference
- NARA record; item number not yet recorded
- Reuse
- US federal record.
- People
- Elmar Heinrich Koik b. 1925 · deceased
- In the family history
- To America, 1947–1952
How to cite this page
The Leoke and Koik Families, “Elmar Koik’s arrival card, New Orleans, 1949” (US01), compiled by the Koik family, https://koikleoke.dckoiks.com/records/us01.html, accessed [date].