Pan Am passenger manifest, Frankfurt to New York, 30 November 1947
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The record of Pilvi’s journey to America, alone and ahead of her parents.
What the record says
- Pan American Airways flight 115/29, Frankfurt, 30 November 1947; arrived New York 2 December.
- Line 17: Pilvi Leoke, aged 26.
- US address: 487 South …ackley Drive, Wichita, Kansas; the first letter of the street name is obscured.
- Later handwritten note: “Lawful entry for perm. res. created in C.O. pursuant Sec. 4 D.P. Act”.
Key entries as read in the family history; a full transcription has not yet been made.
What it supports
The note records that she was later granted permanent residence under Section 4 of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, the provision for displaced persons already in the United States. It does not establish the category of her original entry.
Uncertain
Whether she lived at the Wichita address, and for how long, is not known.
- Code
- US10
- Collection
- US records and ships
- Catalog description
- Pan Am manifest 30 Nov 1947: Pilvi Leoke line 17
- Repository
- US National Archives
- Reference
- NARA record; item number not yet recorded
- Reuse
- US federal record.
- People
- Pilvi Laine Koik, née Leoke b. 1921 · deceased
- In the family history
- To America, 1947–1952
How to cite this page
The Leoke and Koik Families, “Pan Am passenger manifest, Frankfurt to New York, 30 November 1947” (US10), compiled by the Koik family, https://koikleoke.dckoiks.com/records/us10.html, accessed [date].