Whap happened to my great grand uncle
Hi, I did not know where to post this, so please move my post to the right forum.
I am trying to find out what happened to my great grand uncle, who once dissapeared in America. His name was Emil Bernhard Thorsø and was born in Kristiansund, Norway in January 09 in 1883. He was a marine fireman. In 1900 he was on a Norwegian steam ship DS Haugesund.
But in 1905 he sent a letter back home and his address was then Emil Thorsen, USS Brooklyn. The letter is stamped New Orleans. So I am wondering if anyone has information about people who served on USS Brooklyn at that time.
In 1918 he is found on a World War 1 draft Registration in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
If anyone wants further information here is a board on him on Ancestry.com http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.as...am.usa.general