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People were not "given" names at Ellis Island; there may have been mistranscriptions or misspellings by the immigration officer, or more likely, it was a name that he took in order to be more English-sounding. There are plenty of individuals with the surname Zavada that came through Ellis Island including this one who may be your Joseph:
Ship Name: Friedrich der Grosse
Arrival Date: June 28, 1899
Sailed From: Bremen
Zavada, Joszef, aged 20(?), married, labourer, nationality: Hungaria (sic); last residence: Zanuto; bound for his cousin, Janos Pawejak(?), 3435 Manson(?) Street, Pittsburgh.
In the timeframe in which Joszek was born, that part of the world was all part of Hungary.
I found a WWI Draft Registration card, in the name of Joseph Savada, b. 10 April 1879, aged 39 (in 1918), of Rural Route No. 4, Pinc????, Bay Co., Michigan; he gives his nationality as a Pole claimed by Austria; his nearest relative is his wife, Mary Savada of Wisola(?), Austria.
Are either of these the right individual?
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