Otto Stricker

Birth per genteam.at:

• 1900 Num. 299 Wien Stricker Otto Moriz/

Married, per genteam.at:

• Year 1928, Num 12, Vol. Währing
• Last Name Stricker First Name Otto
• Last Name Silberberg First Name Edith R.

Otto Stricker "was the last owner of the factory [tannery] in Szombathely [Western Hungary; Stein-am-Anger, Steinamanger in German], sold it in 1936 and stayed on as an employee in management...he emigrated to NZ..." [Eva Stricker-Barolin letter 10/9/1995]. Per J. Lines (granddaughter's) blog, the factory is seen at http://judyanddavidsgapyear.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/dsc_0585.jpg

"We arrived in Christchurch on July 7, 1940. We had sailed from Italy on the last ship that was leaving, and their belongings / crates etc. did not get loaded on. Thus we arrived in NZ without a stitch to our names. We spent one week or so in Sydney because Italy had by that time declared war and the ship in which we traveled was kept at Fremantle by the Australian authorities." -- Ruth Newlove, 1996; 2000.

From ancestry.com: New Zealand Naturalisations, 1843-1981:

• Name: Otto Stricker
• Birth Date: 3 Feb 1900 Age: 46
• Birth Place: Vienna, Austria
• Former Nationality: Hungarian
• Occupation: Tanner
• Residence City: Christchurch
• Naturalisation Date: 12 Jul 1946
• File Number: 115/1619
• Certificate Register: 88
• Register Page Number: 117

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Otto, his wife Edith, mother and two children departed Genoa, Italy in 1940 and arrived in Freemantle, Australia in June 1940 enroute to NZ.

Naturalisation 12/07/1946 NZ.