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Yes indeed, the unsual surnames (for Anglophone countries) make it harder. But I did get a big help from the unusual first names of Emilie and Kasimir which the family remembered - that's how I found the 1920 census and 1913 marriage record which narrowed down where they were in the US and then led to the correct arrival records at Ellis Island.

Great find..yes looks very likely

Hope you can corroberate

Maybe if you see J D.naturalization papers it will confirm date of arrival and see if it is same man as accompanied KM on boat . sorry auto correct won't let me spell their names

I didn't find Josef Szinkuna's naturalisation but I did track him through the censuses. After 1910 he appears at Rochester, New York. In the 1930 census he gives his place of birth as, I think, "Koona" Lithuania: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X78Q-8S4

I wonder if this place is Kaunas? I wonder if this is a clue to the place of origin of Kasimir, who came with him on the boat, gave the same American contact, and lived with him in 1910?

Hi again brigidmac, I'm actually not sure if my friend's dad was in a displaced persons camp. He was definitely a displaced person in Europe after the war (in Germany). I found him in the Arolsen Archives with a DP card (through the kind help of the people above). I'll check with my friend if her dad was in a camp and whether she's happy for me to pass on her father's details. If she says yes I'll send you a private message.

Just to let everyone know, I started a new thread looking specifically at Antanis Carauskus, the "brother-in-law" of my friend's grandfather Kasimir. That thread is here: https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=830292.0