Giorgio Sepe boarded The California in June of 1903 and set sail for America. He was 18 years old when he made this trip.

He arrived at Ellis Island on 30 June 1903 and went through the slow process of registration that frustrated many immigrants.

The thoughts of a new and prosperous life in this great country were his vision.

Little did he know that his vision would be granted so enormously.

She was a 2690 gross ton ship. Her length was 300.5 feet and had a beam of 38.71 feet. The ship had one funnel and two masts, an iron hull and a single screw. It had a service speed of 10 knots.

The California accommdated 1,250-3rd class passengers.

Built by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. She had Walker-on-Tyne (engines by Watlsend Slipway CO), she was launched for the Carr Line Hamburg on 27th Dec.1882. Her maiden voyage from Hamburg to New York started 15th March 1883 and her last for these owners started 24th May 1888.

Taken over by Hamburg America - -Line in May 1888, she resumed Hamburg - NewYork saiIings on 13th July 1888 and continued this service until commencing her last sailing on 18th Oct.1897.

Sold to German owners the same year, she was renamed IRLAND and in 1898 was Sold to Forenede Dampskibs, Copenhagen and renamed WINELAND.

She was scrapped in 1904.[North Atlantic Seaway Dy N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1 ,p.395] [Merchant Fleets by D.Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line  

Carmela Puzio and Giorgio Sepe, according to Church records, were married on 17 April 1909 in Afragola, Italy.

It was not until Carmela was 35 years old that she came to America.

Carmela Sepe boarded The Patria in October of 1919 and set sail for America.

The Bulgaria was build for the Hamburg-American Line and was under the German Flag. It ran the Hamburg-New York, Hamburg-Baltimore and Hamburg-Boston service.

The ship survived an extrodinary hurricane during a homeward voyage in 1898.

It was sold to Unione Austiaca, and ran under an Austrian Flag in 1913 and renamed “Canada”. It ran the Trieste-Quebec City-Montreal service.

In 1914, it was repurchased by the Hamburg-American Line and renamed “Bulgaria”

Laid-up at Baltimore at the start of World War I in August 1914, it was seized by the United States Army Transport in 1917 and renamed “USS Hercules”. It was refitted as an Army transport ship.

It was transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board in 1919 and renamed “Philippines”.

It was laid-up 1920-1924 and then scrapped at New York in 1924.