This is the ship,my Grandmother Erzsebet, left Rakamaz, Hungary behind to set sail for a new life in America in 1913. 104 years ago.
She was 24 years old with 2 daughters 4 1/2 and 2. Her husband was already in America waiting for her to join him. She left behind her family for a better quality of life. She journeyed from Rakama to Fiume. Where she set sail from. Which is now Rijeka, Croatia. Croatia used to be apart of Hungary. The journey was 19 days and she was among 2900 other 3rd class passengers. When she arrived Ellis Island she had $3 to begin her new life.
Can you imagine the courage and bravery it took to leave behind everything and go somewhere you know nothing about? I never knew my grandmother, she passed 6 years before I was born but through this Hungarian pilgrimage I somehow feel close to her. God bless you Grandma.
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