Prinz Adalbert
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History of the Ship
The Prinz Adalbert had was built in 1902 and could carry 1200 passengers. It was a German ship that was seized by the British in 1914 and renamed the Princetown. It was sold to the French and renamed the Alesia in 1917, but later that year, on September 6, it was torpedoed and sunk by the German navy off the coast of Ireland.
Importance to the Elias
Nicola Elia went to the United States probably in 1904 in order to find work and prepare for his family to come to America. In 1905, Maria and her 3 year old daughter Angela boarded the Prinz Adalbert and sailed for the United States. They reached Ellis Island on July 12 of that year, coincidentally on Nicola's 26th birthday. After successfully passing through Ellis Island (see the excerpts from the manifest below), they went to Hoboken, New Jersey to join Nicola.
Photo Gallery
 The names of Maria Magistro and daughter Angela on the July 12, 1905 manifest of the ship Prinz Adalbert at Ellis Island, NY. |
 The Ellis Island manifest listed this hard-to-read address in Hoboken, NJ as the destination of Maria and Angela Elia after immigrating to the United States. |
External Links
Norway Heritage - A website with a great deal of information on passenger steam ships; the link takes you to a listing for the Prinz Adalbert.
The Hamburg-American Line - From the same site as above; pictures and description of the line of ships of which the Prinz Adalbert was a member.
Ellis Island - The Ellis Island site; source of the manifests.
