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Post by evp5O on Apr 21, 2020 8:53:47 GMT -5
I remeber learning about Ellis Island in my Yute.
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Post by evp5O on Apr 21, 2020 9:11:03 GMT -5
At 6:09 the audio was edited and
cut out " Mandatory Medical Inspection"
Things that make you say hmmmmm
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Post by docv on Apr 21, 2020 9:17:43 GMT -5
Was there a west coast version of Ellis Island?
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Post by 899xxxandretired on Apr 21, 2020 9:32:49 GMT -5
At 6:09 the audio was edited and cut out " Mandatory Medical Inspection" Things that make you say hmmmmm That was interesting. |
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Post by hapd on Apr 21, 2020 11:24:44 GMT -5
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Philly, Baltimore, Savannah had their immigrant processing centers. you look sick and it was back to where you came from. no sponsor, no entry.
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Post by capecodotj on Apr 21, 2020 11:28:37 GMT -5
Great and Grand parents (mom's side of family) went through Ellis Island. Really appreciate it!
Grandpa Ben (the one who went through Ellis Island when he was around 6 years of age). WWI Dough-boy. Saw combat in France. Drove a cab for +40 years in NYC.
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Post by hapd on Apr 21, 2020 12:13:50 GMT -5
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Cape so many people that came in through Ellis to do great things and whose children did even greater things. many to never come home to do great things. E Pluribus Unum.
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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...
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Post by capecodotj on Apr 21, 2020 14:35:15 GMT -5
Combat Information Center Watch Supervisor Cape so many people that came in through Ellis to do great things and whose children did even greater things. many to never come home to do great things. E Pluribus Unum. You're spot on. Grandpa Ben and his wife, Carrie, had three daughters (mom was one of them!). All their husbands were in WWII. |
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Post by Harry Callahan on Apr 21, 2020 14:45:35 GMT -5
Great and Grand parents (mom's side of family) went through Ellis Island. Really appreciate it!
Grandpa Ben (the one who went through Ellis Island when he was around 6 years of age). WWI Dough-boy. Saw combat in France. Drove a cab for +40 years in NYC.
Now that's a REAL American. He probably loved his country more than the native born. My grandfather also served in WW I. My mom's brother (would have been my uncle) was born in Ireland and died in the Mindanao Sea from a Japanese torpedo. |
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Post by meznoktoz on Apr 21, 2020 15:07:36 GMT -5
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Post by denimshorts on Apr 21, 2020 16:53:39 GMT -5
Great stories, Lex you still got a piece of that real estate in Manhattan?? Imagine the price of it now
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Post by lexordo on Apr 21, 2020 17:53:28 GMT -5
The real estate is long gone. I don’t have particulars, but the shop disappeared late 20’s early 30’s...likely Depression casualty. One or two of the sons continued as plumbers, but the physical shop was gone
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