SS Rex Passenger Manifest

[jonbruno]

I saw on previous posts that you have images of passenger manifests from the SS Rex

I was looking for my grandmother's record

Name: Martha Mary Bruno
-Born February 9, 1917 in Bitritto, Bari Italy
-Arrived in New York from Napoli on SS Rex on February 15, 1940

Any help or info on where to find images of the passenger index is appreciated.

Thnak you

[pink67]

Hi Jon and welcome!

here is the arrival manifest, I found it on the site Ancestry.com (subsciption-site):

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Maria Mattea Aresta
Name: Maria Mattea Aresta
Arrival Date: 15 Feb 1940
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Italian
Ship Name: Rex
Search Ship Database: Search the Rex in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Italy
Line: 1
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_6443
Birth Location: Italy
Birth Location Other: bitritto
Page Number: 66
Friend's Name: Antonio Bruno

page 1:
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page 2:
[img=http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6269 ... ge2.th.jpg]

She was travelling under her maiden name, it's correct because here in Italy women keep their maiden name for all their life, even if married.

Laura

[jonbruno]

Thank you so much Laura. That is definitely her and exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!! I am going to check in to getting a subscription from ancestory.com to get more info. Thank you!