any info on Joseph Kolar came to america feb 1907 from town near zagreb croatia
There is an April 1905 arrival for a “Josip Kolar” b abt 1888 Ship: SS Gera Departure port: Bremen Last Residence: Zakanje (abt 72 km’s from Zagreb) Pas list: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S8-2F58?i=149 (row#29) Index card: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-CSMN-X?i=16876 (image can take a while to load) Also a 1910 index option: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-CS25-R?i=16878 , last residence Krasic abt 50 km’s from Zagreb And a 1912 index option: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BP-C9V7-G?i=16872 , last residence Strmac, much further from Zagreb
I decided to have another bit of a look and found your guy’s Naturalisation … His 1939 Naturalization file starts here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMF-Y37Z-L?i=346 And yes, he was born on 10 Jun 1888, but he immigrated in 1912 (i.e. NOT 1907!) and was born in Strmec, Luka, Yugoslavia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strmec,_Sveta_Nedelja OR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strmec,_Zagreb OR …?)… His 20 March 1912 passenger list Baltimore, ship SS Koln: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-R3LJ-6S3B-Z?i=98 (row#23)
