Sambor Galicia, Austria in the late 19th century was the home of Marcus Stecher and his future wife Sadie/Sara Albert. The area today is in western Ukraine.

SS Etruria statistics. This was the ship used by Marcus Stecher to emigrate to Ellis Island, USA in 1898 at age 21

Umbria, sister ship of SS Etruria in Liverpool, UK was the ship used by Marcus Stecher to emigrate to Ellis Island, NY arriving March 12, 1898

Marcus Stecher, sewing

Marcus Stecher, close-up

Marcus Stecher

Marcus Stecher family in 1910 US Census with children Samuel, Fanny and Rose, lines 18-22

1910 US Census of Stecher Family: Marcus, Sadie Samuel, Fanny & Rose (cropped & highlighted)

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Sadie and Marcus Stecker gravestone at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY

Florence "Buddy" Stecker, circa 1923, was a daughter of Marcus & Sadie Stecher and sister of Sam Stecker

Sam Stecker, circa 1920, was the son of Marcus & Sadie Stecher