Michael A. Stecker
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Marcus Stecher (Stecker) sailed from Hamburg, Germany to West Hartlepool, England on 2March1898. Then by land to Liverpool where he boarded the Etruria for the transatlantic sail to America, arriving at Ellis Island, NYC March 12, 1898 at age 21.  Both ship records and the Ellis Island passenger record show that he was from Sambor, Galicia, Austria. On the small ship "SS German Empire" that sailed from Hamburg to England, they only had two passengers listed on its manifest.  Here his occupation was listed as schneider (German for tailor), age 21 and
town of origin Sambor, Galicicien.

 

German Empire
(Hamburg, Germany to West Hartlepool, England on 2March1898)

German Empire
The first part of Marcus Stecher's journey from Europe to the NYC, USA was on the small ship German Empire from Hamburg, Germany to West Hartlepool, England on 2March1898.
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refs:
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/hartlepool.shtml
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/transmigration.shtml
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?88917

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The Etruria
(Liverpool to Ellis Island NY, NY USA. March, 1898)

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Passenger list of Etruria (March, 1898)
The second part of Marcus Stecher's journey was from Liverpool, England to Ellis Island, New York, USA aboard the ship Etruria
Marcus Stecher (later Stecker) is highlighted in yellow
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Etruria
The Etruria was the ship used by Marcus Stecher (Stecker, later) for sailing from Liverpool, England to the USA (NYC) in March, 1898
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More on the Etruria:
Etruria (Wikipedia)   Clydebuilt Database   Norway-Heritage (table)
 

 

Composite of SS Etruria manifest for passenger Marcus Stecher arriving in Ellis Island/NYC on March 12, 1898 (line 26)
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?MID=08172789310933999296&FNM=MARCUS&LNM=STECHER&PLNM=STECHER&CGD=M&bSYR=1873&bEYR=1887&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&RF=1&pID=602622030072& 

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Manifest Line 26 (Marcus Stecher), left

line number 

 

name 

 

age 

marital status

 

occupation

 

nationality

 last residence

 

 

 

ticket paid by

 

Manifest Line 26 (Marcus Stecher), right
    going to join a relative

 

Book on Sambor, Galicia (Austria-Ukraine)
Home of Marcus Stecher (Stecker) prior to immigration to USA
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Ellis Island passenger record

Ellis Island passenger record for Marcus Stecher -- March 12, 1898
My paternal grandfather Marcus Stecher (name changed to Stecker) immigration information

Sambor, Galicia web-site