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2nd Class Passenger Ticket for the S.S. Colombo, 1923
The Biglietto di 2.ª Classe below was issued to Mario Stefani of Barga, Province of Lucca, Tuscany, for the sailing of the Steamship Colombo on 26 May 1923 from Genoa to New York, where the ship arrived on 7 June 1923.
Mario Stefani is listed in the ship's passenger manifest of that voyage as a 22 year old, unmarried, laborer in transit to Ontario, Canada. As his nearest relative Mario named his father Giuseppe in Barga. His final destination was Sandwich West, Essex, which was the address of his friend Willie Belleperche. Mario is listed as 5 feet 7 inches tall; he was in possession of $45; he had never entered the United States before.
For entering Canada, Mario required a "Declaration of Passenger to Canada" (Form 30a). That document says that he was going to Canada to work as a laborer; that he intended to remain permanently in Canada; and that he had never lived in Canada before. Mario was able to read Italian and he signed this document himself; his religion was Catholic. (The document is difficult to read, but Mr. Belleperche may have been a farmer.) According to the ink stamps on this document, Mario Stefani appears to have passed through the immigration office of the Port of Quebec on 3 September.
