David

Have you located his arrival manifest? If yes, does it really say he came from Hopfgarten, Bavaria? Could he have been from Hopfgarten, Hungary instead?
Chmeľnica SL/PV spiš.
1786 Hobgarten, Hobgart, 1808 Hobgárt, Hobgarten, Obgart, 1863, 1927–1948 Hobgart, 1873–1882, 1892–1902 Hobgárt, 1888 Hobgard, 1907–1913 Komlóskert, 1920 Hopgart, 1948– Chmeľnica, Spis region, Slovakia {all the names this village was known by }
http://www.chmelnica.ocu.sk/
ALEXIK in Stara Lubovna's phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=alexik&a...
Alexik, Maria Kobgard, Hungary 21 1888 1909
Alexik, Jozsef Hobgard 48 1850 1898
Alexik, Maria Hobgart, Hungary 18 1887 1905
Alexik, Maria Hobgard 46 1852 1898 view in www.ellisislandrecords.org
ALEXIK in 1995 in Slovakia in the following towns:
http://slovniky.juls.savba.sk/?w=alexik&s=exact&c=Lc...