Michael A. Stecker
mastecker@gmail.com


 

Galicia -- home of Stecker (Stecher) and Weiss families

 


Galicia & Lodomeria-19th century-coat of arms

 


Galicia-crest: Alex_K_Halych-Volhynia

 
 

Galicia
Galicia, aka: Galitsiya (Yiddish), Galizia, Galizien; Galitsiya, Galitsie, Halychyna, Halics (Halychyna), is a historical region in Eastern Europe, currently divided between Poland and West Ukraine, named after the medieval city of Halych, currently near the modern city of Halych (Ukraine). The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.
 

 

Sambor, Galicia -- old European home town of Marcus Stecher (Stecker)
Marcus Stecher immigrated from Sambor, Galicia, Austria (western Ukraine today) to NYC, USA in 1898
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Sambor (Sambir, Ukraine) -- Long: 49 degrees, 31 minutes North  Long: 23 degrees, 12.1 minutes East
 


Wide-field map of Sambor/Sambir (Stecher home) and Drohobych (Weiss home).
These are both located in Ukraine (formerly Galicia, Austria)

 

 


Close-up map view of the Stecher (later changed to Stecker) and Weiss family home towns.
They immigrated from the same area of Galicia (Austro-Hungarian Empire) in the last part of the 19th century.

 

 


Marcus Stecher passenger record

 


S.S. Etruria from Europe to NYC