Stephanus was born at Metzenseifen, Hungary, now Medzev, Slovakia.
Stephan migrated to Cuba and then to the United States with his brother John, becoming a permanent resident in 1879. He learned the hotel business in Havana, starting as a busboy and advancing to management. He, like his brother and sister, spoke seven languages, including, English, Spanish, German, Hungarian and Slovakian. He became a naturalized United States citizen along with his brother John on September 24,1884, his former allegiance being to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. He was living with his brother in the 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses, being a hotel manager. He was the manager of the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Around 1904 he visited his sister, Maria, in Seattle. He applied for a passport on November 22,1917, so he could sail on the U. Fruit Steamer, from New York City to Havana, Cuba on December 20,1917, on business as a representative of the Hotel McAlpin.
Stephan migrated to Cuba and then to the United States with his brother John, becoming a permanent resident in 1879. He learned the hotel business in Havana, starting as a busboy and advancing to management. He, like his brother and sister, spoke seven languages, including, English, Spanish, German, Hungarian and Slovakian. He became a naturalized United States citizen along with his brother John on September 24,1884, his former allegiance being to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. He was living with his brother in the 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses, being a hotel manager. He was the manager of the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Around 1904 he visited his sister, Maria, in Seattle. He applied for a passport on November 22,1917, so he could sail on the U. Fruit Steamer, from New York City to Havana, Cuba on December 20,1917, on business as a representative of the Hotel McAlpin.
Stephanus was born at Metzenseifen, Hungary, now Medzev, Slovakia.
Stephan migrated to Cuba and then to the United States with his brother John, becoming a permanent resident in 1879. He learned the hotel business in Havana, starting as a busboy and advancing to management. He, like his brother and sister, spoke seven languages, including, English, Spanish, German, Hungarian and Slovakian. He became a naturalized United States citizen along with his brother John on September 24,1884, his former allegiance being to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. He was living with his brother in the 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses, being a hotel manager. He was the manager of the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Around 1904 he visited his sister, Maria, in Seattle. He applied for a passport on November 22,1917, so he could sail on the U. Fruit Steamer, from New York City to Havana, Cuba on December 20,1917, on business as a representative of the Hotel McAlpin.
Stephan migrated to Cuba and then to the United States with his brother John, becoming a permanent resident in 1879. He learned the hotel business in Havana, starting as a busboy and advancing to management. He, like his brother and sister, spoke seven languages, including, English, Spanish, German, Hungarian and Slovakian. He became a naturalized United States citizen along with his brother John on September 24,1884, his former allegiance being to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. He was living with his brother in the 1900 and 1910 Federal Censuses, being a hotel manager. He was the manager of the Waldorf Hotel in New York City. Around 1904 he visited his sister, Maria, in Seattle. He applied for a passport on November 22,1917, so he could sail on the U. Fruit Steamer, from New York City to Havana, Cuba on December 20,1917, on business as a representative of the Hotel McAlpin.
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