April 17
Emigrants Arriving at Ellis Island
On Thursday evening, December 31, 1891, the S.S. Nevada arrived in New York Harbor. Among its passengers were 14 year-old Annie Moore of Cork County, Ireland, and her two younger brothers, Anthony and Phillip. They had sailed to America to join their parents in New York City’s Lower East Side.
On the morning of January 1, 1892, Annie’s 15th birthday, a barge transported the three Moores …Read more
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