There were lots of mistakes like that made by Ellis Island officials.
My grandfather had a polysyllabic last name. The immigration official didn't want to bother with all the syllables, so he assigned him the first one. That's why it's easy for me to sign my name.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
