Post by lexordo on Apr 21, 2020 12:55:21 GMT -5
All of my ancestors, from both sides came here from Ireland and arrived well before Ellis Island was operational. They came through Castle Garden-at the base of Manhattan. There was very little inquiry on the health front. One side of the family initially settled in NJ later starting a plumbing business on the site of the ATT building in lower Manhattan. The other side bounced around in Brooklyn and that patriarch was in the Irish Brigade during the Civil War. He somehow survived Gettysburg and other battles southward and was even at the surrender at Appomatox. After the surrender, he was discharged and walked home...