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Many people's names were misspelled at Ellis Island. My husband's family's variations were: Crutsinger, Cristinger, Krutsinger, Grotzinger, Gretzinger, and Grechsinger just to name but a few variations of the same name. 

At Ellis Island

At Ellis Island there were tons of lines
If you stood too long you were given fines
Your name easy if
It was Rose or Big Biff
Mine was misspelled about a hundred times
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Laurie Avatar
May 18, 2020 at 11:09 PM
Hello Caren … I apologize Caren. I was another one who took a few goes at working out the spelling. I sympathize with you - Lindsay
Krutsinger Avatar
May 19, 2020 at 1:01 AM
I fully understand. I look up words constantly.
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