Well, this is strange. Did Emil make the trip to America or die in the Old World?

One of the puzzles on my family tree is my great grandparents' son <a href="https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/reminding-me-of-my-greatuncle-emil-fromke-lost-to-history-sadly/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emil.</a>

Passenger records have him arriving with his parents at the immigration depot known as Castle Garden on the tip of Manhattan. He was listed as nine years old, having been born in 1878 or 1879. I found this odd because his parents didn't marry until 1880. But I didn't want to discount him being born out of wedlock.

However, someone else, part of <a href="https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/since-1989-ive-been-hunting-for-this-information-thankfully-im-not-the-only-one-genealogy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the geni.com trove of material</a> I discovered a few days ago, has an <a href="https://www.geni.com/people/Emil-Fromke/6000000048254755003" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emil August Rudolf Fromke</a> being born to them on January 27, 1882 but only living for one day, before they emigrated in 1887.

So what's the story? Who is the Emil who came to America? Unfortunately, I have more questions than answers at this point.

ajh