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Surnames: Christ/Christo/Ristoff
Classification: queries
Message Board URL:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.christ/377/mb.ashx
Message Board Post:
I am looking for information about my paternal grandfather, John Christ (or his descendents), who immigrated through Ellis Island in Apr 1912, was sent back, and returned to Ellis Island in 1914. He settled in Battle Creek, MI.
He was born in ~1893. He died in 1956 in Battle Creek, MI.
When he arrived in 1912, the Ellis Island ship manifest listed him as Ivan Ristoff from Gugova, Turkey, age 19.
When he arrived in 1914, he was listed as Vane Christo from Gugova, Bulgaria, age 22.