his full name was Thomas Seif Corey, born Sep. 15, 1900
Jennie Rodd’s parents Joe & Lizzie were also both born in Syria.
The parents of Angela’s mother Lorraine Lewis Corey were also both born in Syria.
LOL! I have a friend whose birth name is Szymanski. She changed it to Symans, and now everyone assumes this woman, whose ancestors where Polish, is a jew!
The only way you could be sure that a name hasn’t been anglicised by a migrant, is if you saw a birth certificate from the country of origin, right?
For example, I’m still scratching my head over the supposed Russian immigrant family named Baker.
Methinks they could have started out as Germans, living in say Lithuania...with the german name of Backer with an umlaut.