While researching the Wanek's, I decided to check out the man named Frank Zitka who was living with Evelyn's family in 1930. I found Frank Zitka in ancestry and he was married to an Anna Wanek. Frank is listed in several family trees and I thought I would have a look to see if there were any Brodie's in any of the trees. I didn't find any Brodie's but in one of the trees there is the surname Brodt.
I went looking for the name Brodt and found something very interesting in Footnote. There is an FBI case file on a George Brodt who happened to be rooming in the Tuxedo or Tunedo Hotel in Salt Lake City. When the detectives got to the hotel the clerk told them the Brodt had taken off the week before and hadn't returned.
This case file is dated 1918 and even more interesting, George Brodt was suspected of "German activities".
This may not be GB but everything fits. Living in a hotel, GB's interest in Hitler and this happening in the early 1900's. The case file does not have a DOB for this man.
Being chased by the FBI would certainly be a good reason to change your name a "fly under the radar".
Is anyone able to check for SSN's under the name George Brodt?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to check this guy out further?
I went looking for the name Brodt and found something very interesting in Footnote. There is an FBI case file on a George Brodt who happened to be rooming in the Tuxedo or Tunedo Hotel in Salt Lake City. When the detectives got to the hotel the clerk told them the Brodt had taken off the week before and hadn't returned.
This case file is dated 1918 and even more interesting, George Brodt was suspected of "German activities".
This may not be GB but everything fits. Living in a hotel, GB's interest in Hitler and this happening in the early 1900's. The case file does not have a DOB for this man.
Being chased by the FBI would certainly be a good reason to change your name a "fly under the radar".
Is anyone able to check for SSN's under the name George Brodt?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to check this guy out further?