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I may have found one lead. Annie Kovrat. Came over a year later, after my Grandfather. She arrived in May of 1901, at age 19/20. My grandmother married my grandfather in November 17th 1901.

I need to double check some documents, ones that state whether she could read or write, to see if they match up with the Passenger log on Ellis Island.

Yes I see that as well! I have the list from Ancestry of the Astoria's passenger log. I have Anton Luksar, 28, 10 March 1900. And Anton Luksus, 91, 10 March 1900.

With Luksus's name put down as 91, is there a chance that someone would have made that BIG of a mistake? They had to be present in front of the person when they were transcribing the information right? That way they could easily tell that my grandfather was not 91, but 28.

EDIT: There is also a Olif Luksar, but that is a big difference in name change.

Also, reading on Ancestry's website. Apparently, there was a six-week residency period, before immigrants could be allowed passage to the United States

"Between 1890 and 1920, among the highest tonnage of ships were leaving British ports bound for North America. Many passengers were emigrants from Britain, Ireland and Europe. European emigrants bound for America entered the United Kingdom because travelling steerage was less expensive from a British port than from a port in Europe. The shipping companies imposed restrictions on passengers registering; passengers had to have British residency of six weeks to qualify. Many passengers too impatient to qualify for residency changed their names to avoid detection.""

What I am now curious about is if my Grandfather changed his name? Or took up residency somewhere? Would his residency be cataloged? Where did Immigrants fleeing Europe stay during this time period?

oh wow!!! Thank you so much everyone, for the help. I apologize that I couldn't be on here sooner to thank all of you!

I tried looking for my grandfather and grandmother on Ellis Island's passenger logs, but I couldn't find anything. I was told by the staff that I would just have to scour through the logs to find anyone that looked familiar. My problem is, if his name was added in incorrectly, it feels like I am looking for a needle in a haystack!

Again thank you so much everyone, for your help! This was amazing to wake up to this morning!

 

And a big shoutout to aghadowey. All that information was important to know!