Marie “Mary” SUMICEK
Mary as a child in America, taken about 1909.
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The ship that Mary and her family came to America on:
Kronprinz Wilhelm - Built by A/G Vulcan Shipyard, Stettin, Germany, 1901. 14,908 gross tons; 664 (bp) feet long; 66 feet wide. Steam quadruple expansion engines, twin screw. Service speed 22 knots. 1,761 passengers (367 first class, 340 second class, 1,054 third class). Built for North German Lloyd, German flag, in 1901 and named Kronprinz Wilhelm. Bremerhaven-New York service. Refitted as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914; sank 15 ships. Interned 1915. Seized by United States Government, American flag, in 1915 and renamed USS Von Steuben. Laid up in 1919. Scrapped in 1923.
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A wedding photo from 1923
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A photo taken of Mary at about age 85, from an article about her life in the Senior News Feb 1990 issue.
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Mary Wakenshaw’s grave in Bearcreek Cemetery, taken Aug 2002. The two trees on the stone represent the two large trees in front of Mary’s home in Billings.