Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#094832
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Guiseppe Corsi
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were born in the village of Capestrano in the Abruzzi
part of Italy. Your father died when you were a small child.
Your father died when you were a baby. Your mother
remarried and your stepfather went to the United States.
He sent money for the family’s steerage tickets to the
United States. He is expecting to meet you in New York
City with your mother Theresa, your sister, Helvetia, and
your brother Edward.
Your mother upgraded your ticket from steerage to cabin
and now your family isn’t sure you have enough money
($10) to get into the United States.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049836
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Edward Corsi
Age: 12
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were born in the village of Capestrano in the Abruzzi
part of Italy. Your father died when you were young. Your
mother remarried and your stepfather went to the United
States. He sent for the family and you left Italy with your
mother, Theresa and your sisters Helvetia and Liberta
and brother, Guiseppe.
Your mother upgraded your ticket from steerage to cabin
and now your family isn’t sure you have enough money
($10) to get into the United States.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049835
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Helvetia Corsi
Age: 10
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were born in the village of Capestrano in the Abruzzi
part of Italy. Your father died when you were a small child.
Your mother remarried and your stepfather went to the
United States. He sent for the family and you left Italy
with your mother, Theresa, your sister, Libertia, and your
brothers, Edward and Guiseppe.
Your mother upgraded your ticket from steerage to cabin
and now your family isn’t sure you have enough money
($10) to get into the United States.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049834
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Liberta Corsi
Age: 8
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were born in the village of Capestrano in the Abruzzi
part of Italy. Your father died when you were a small child.
Your father died when you were a baby. Your mother
remarried and your stepfather went to the United States.
He sent money for the family’s steerage tickets to the
United States. He is expecting to meet you in New York
City with your mother Theresa, your sister, Helvetia, and
your brother Edward.
Your mother upgraded your ticket from steerage to cabin
and now your family isn’t sure you have enough money
($10) to get into the United States.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049833
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Theresa Corsi
Age: 37
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your first husband died and you remarried
another man who wanted to go to the United
States. He went firt and then he sent for you and
your children: Edward, Liberta, Helvetia, and
Guiseppe.
During your passage, your husband had said to
upgrade your ticket from steerage to cabin. You
had only a few dollars when you arrived in Ellis
Island. You were worried about being allowed into
the country without the required $10.
Nationality: French (France)
#049846
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Lilly Dache
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Destination: Burlington, NJ
Background Information:
At 7 years, you met an American girl who you
thought was wonderful. You decided at that age
that you wanted to go to America. You studied
hat-making, also known as millinery. You got very
good as a milliner.
You have an address of a cousin in Burlington,
NJ and you have written to her to meet you. You
are ready for a new career as a hat-maker in the
United States!
Nationality: Polish (Poland)
#049840
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Sadie Frandowich
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your parents owned a small grocery store. When
your father died, your mother had a very hard time
trying to keep it going.
Your mother wrote to your Aunt Franny in New
York City, asking her for help in getting both of
you to the United States. Your aunt went around
to all of your relatives and got money for your
steamship tickets.
Nationality: Polish (Poland)
#049841
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Sophie Fradowich
Age: 39
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You ran a small grocery shop with your husband in
Warsaw. When he died, you tried to keep the
store running, but it wasn’t very successful.
You wrote to your sister Franny in New York
City, asking her for help in getting you and your
daughter Sadie into the United States. Your
sister went around to all of your relatives and got
money for all your steamship tickets.
Nationality: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
#049838
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Michael Gurkin
Age: 35
Sex: Male
Destination: St. Louis
Background Information:
You had gone to the United States 10 years before and
discovered America for your valley in Bulgaria. You keep
bringing small groups of villagers back to your new country.
You have agreed to take Stoyan Christowe, a 13 year
old, to his uncle in St. Louis. The boy’s father is furious
with you for talking his son into wanting to go.
You are also taking your cousin Nichola on your trip this
time.
Nationality: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
#049839
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Nichola Gurkin
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You are leaving your village in Bulgaria with your
cousin Michael Gurkin and some other villagers.
Michael has promised you a job at the same
factory where he works.
You are hoping that no one knows that you were
arrested and jailed for being part of a gang of
thieves that stole from traveling merchants in your
valley. Michael Gurkin doesn’t know about your
past. You hope no one else does either.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049863
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Harry Katznelson
Age: 8
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father died suddenly and left your mother
alone. He also left some money, so your mother
had decided to take you and your sister, Lillian, to
the United States. You have relatives in New
York City who are sponsoring your family.
The trip across the ocean was very hard. Your
mother is sick and you and your sister have some
red spots on your chest. Your mother is hoping
that the Ellis Island inspectors don’t notice.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049861
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Leah Katznelson
Age: 31
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your husband died suddenly and left you alone
with your two children, Harry and Lillian. Your
husband also left you with some money. You have
decided to go to the United States to start a new
life. You have relatives to sponsor you.
The trip across the ocean was very difficult. You
are very sick and your two children have a few red
spots on their chests. You are hoping that the
Ellis Island inspectors don’t notice.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049862
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Lillian Katznelson
Age: 5
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father died suddenly and left your mother
alone. He also left some money, so your mother
had decided to take you and your brother, Harry,
to the United States. You have relatives in New
York City who are sponsoring your family.
The trip across the ocean was very hard. Your
mother is sick and you and your brother have some
red spots on your chest. Your mother is hoping
that the Ellis Island inspectors don’t notice.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049860
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Mary McKearney
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Destination: Philadelphia
Background Information:
You come from Limavaddy, Ireland, the same town
as Ann McNabb. Your parents are sending you
to the United States with Ann, in hopes of your
finding a job to send money back for your family.
You are also traveling with your cousin Peg as
your chaperone.
You are hoping that no one notices your eyes,
because you have been having problems with them
and you don’t have any money to go to the doctor.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049859
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Peg McKearney
Age: 29
Sex: Female
Destination: Philadelphia
Background Information:
You come from Limavaddy, Ireland, the same town as Ann
McNabb. Your parents are sending you to the United
States with Ann, in hopes of your finding a job to send
money back for your family.
You never married, so you are anxious to leave your small
town and all of its gossip. Maybe you will find a husband in
the United States.
You are traveling with your cousin Mary who is 19. You
are acting as her chaperone and you are responsible for
her.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049858
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Ann McNabb
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Destination: Philadelphia
Background Information:
You come from Limavaddy, Ireland. The potato
famine killed your younger sister.
Your older sister went to the United States first.
She worked for Mrs. Bent in Philadelphia as a
maid. Tilly has sent money for you to come and live
with her until you can get your own job.
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049851
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Athena Mitropoulous
Age: 32
Sex: Female
Destination: Tarpon Springs, Florida
Background Information:
Your husband came to the United States from your small
village in Greece 5 years ago. He has finally earned
enough money to send for you and your daughter Helena
to come to America.
He has a good job in Tarpon Springs, Florida, as part of
the Greek community who harvests sponges from the sea.
Your only worry is your daughter who seems to be very
“slow” and can’t remember anything she is taught. You
hope the inspectors don’t find out.
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049852
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Helena Mitropoulous
Age: 10
Sex: Female
Destination: Tarpon Springs, Florida
Background Information:
Your father came to the United States from your small
village in Greece 5 years ago. He has finally earned
enough money to send for you and your mother to come to
America.
He has a good job in Tarpon Springs, Florida, as part of
the Greek community who harvests sponges from the sea.
Your mother is worried about you because you are very
“slow” and have a hard time learning things- you can’t seem
to learn how to read. Your mother hopes the inspectors
don’t find out.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049875
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Annie Moore
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father left 3 years earlier to go to America
to earn money for you, your sister, and mother to
leave Ireland and come to New York City.
On the boat your mother gets very ill. You and
your sister Colleen are very worried that she will
be sent back to Ireland if she isn’t well enough to
get off of the boat by herself.
You can’t wait to see your father—although you
can barely remember what he looks like.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049874
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Colleen Moore
Age: 13
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father left 3 years earlier to go to America to earn
money for you, your sister, and mother to leave Ireland and
come to New York City.
On the boat your mother gets very ill. You and your sister
Colleen are very worried that she will be sent back to
Ireland if she isn’t well enough to get off of the boat by
herself.
You can’t wait to see your father again—he loved the way
you acted out stories for him in your cottage in Ireland.
Nationality: Irish (Ireland)
#049873
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Maureen Moore
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your husband left Ireland 3 years earlier to go to America
to earn enough money for you and your two daughters,
Annie and Colleen, to leave the very hard times in your
village.
On the boat you become very ill. You are worried about
being well enough to get off the boat by yourself—
otherwise you might be sent back to Ireland where you have
nothing left—everything was sold for your trip.
You miss your husband very much and you can’t wait to see
him—if only you get better!
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049867
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Bertha Nachimousky
Age: 12
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your brother, Seymour, has just turned 16 and is
the right age to be conscripted for the army. Your
mother has begged your father to take the family
to the United States before the army officials
knock on your door to take your brother away for
6 years.
Your father has agreed to leave, but you don’t
have any relatives to sponsor your family. Your
parents will worry about that when you get to Ellis
Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049865
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Louis Nachimousky
Age: 36
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your son is the right age to be conscripted for the
army. Your wife has begged you to take the family
to the United States before the army officials
knock on your door to take your son away for 6
years.
You have agreed to leave, but you don’t have any
relatives to sponsor you. You will worry about that
when you get to Ellis Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049866
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Rachel Nachimovsky
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your son has just turned 16. You are sure that the
Russian army officials will be knocking on your door to take
your son away for the next 6 years.
You have begged your husband to take the family to the
United States before it is too late.
Your husband has agreed to leave, but you don’t have any
relatives to sponsor your family. Your husband will worry
about that when you get to Ellis Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049868
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Seymour Nachimousky
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You have celebrated your 16th birthday and your
mother now is sure that the army officials will be
knocking on your door to take you away for 6
years. She has begged your father to take the
family to the United States before this happens.
Your father has agreed to leave, but you don’t
have any relatives to sponsor your family. Your
parents will worry about that when you get to Ellis
Island.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049877
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Angela Patri
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You cry every day because there is not enough food to
feed your family, and your children, Sophia and Angelo
are always hungry. American labor agents come to your
house and talk your husband Mario into agreeing to go to
America to work in a factory in New York City. You don’t
want to leave your mother, father, and brothers behind, but
you know there is no future for you in Italy.
You help sell everything on your small farm—enough to buy
4 steerage tickets to the United States. You are packing
through the tears that keep coming. You know you packed
the money needed to get into the United States—but you
can’t remember where the money might be.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049878
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Angelo Patri
Age: 8
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your family does not have enough to eat because your
family’s farm on a hillside in Italy cannot produce enough
food. You overhear American labor agents talking to your
parents one night. They convince your mother and father
to come to New York to work in a factory.
Your family sells everything that it owns—the farm, the cow,
the chickens, the furniture—to pay for your passage in the
steerage section of a ship to America.
Your family packs away the money needed to get into
America—and just hopes they can find it when they get to
Ellis Island.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049876
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Mario Patri
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You are desperate because there is not enough food to feed your wife
Angela and your two children, Angelo and Sophia. Your farm just
doesn’t produce enough for you to sell and to eat. American labor
agents come to your house and talk into the night to you and your wife
about the money to be made in American factories.
You agree to come to New York City, hoping you will get enough
money for your trip by selling everything you own. Your wife is not sure
she wants to leave her family in Italy, but you convince her that there is
no other way.
You are able to buy your steerage tickets, and in the rush of leaving,
pack away the money you need to get into the United States—and
you don’t know where the money is hidden.
Nationality: Italian (Italy)
#049879
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Sophia Patri
Age: 10
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You are leaving your village on the hillside of Italy because
your family does not have enough to eat. You overhear
American labor agents talking to your parents one night.
They convince your mother and father to come to New
York to work in a factory.
Your family sells everything that it owns—the farm, the cow,
the chickens, the furniture—to pay for your passage in the
steerage section of a ship to America.
Your family packs away the money needed to get into
America—and just hopes they can find it when they get to
Ellis Island.
Nationality: Yugoslavian (Yugoslavia)
#049857
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Michael Pupin
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were in school in Prague, Czechoslovakia, age 15, when
your father died. Your mother said that you should stay in
school, but you knew what kind of financial burden it was for her.
You saw an advertisement that the Hamburg- American
shipping line was offering a passage to the United States for
28 florins.
You sold everything you owned. You only kept one suit of
clothes and linens and a red Turkish Fez hat. You didn’t think
you’d need warm clothes, because the pictures you had seen of
American Indians showed them wearing few clothes. At Ellis
Island, you only had 5 cents, and didn’t have a sponsor. You told
the inspector the only Americans you knew were Ben Franklin,
Abe Lincoln, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Nationality: Swedish (Sweden)
#049831
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: O.E. Rolvaag
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Destination: South Dakota
Background Information:
You had been a failure in school. Father took you out of
school to learn a trade you became a good fisherman and
an expert seaman. After a big storm, where you lost a lot of
friends, you wrote to an uncle in South Dakota and asked
him if he could send you a ticket to the U.S. and you would
pay him back. Then you had a choice to make because
someone also offered you a boat of your own.
You decided that you really wanted to be a writer, so you
used the ticket to come to the United States.
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049849
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Charles Skovras
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your parents both died and your older brother Spyros
has been taking care of you and your brother George.
There has been a lot of hunger and hardship in Greece
and your family has received packages of food and clothing
from Greek-Americans to organize relief shipments to
Greece.
Your older brother has decided that there is no future for
the three of you in Greece. He has contacted a GreekAmerican organization in New York City and they have
agreed to sponsor you and your brothers.
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049850
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: George Skovras
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your parents both died and your older brother Spyros
has been taking care of you and your brother Charles.
There has been a lot of hunger and hardship in Greece
and your family has received packages of food and clothing
from Greek-Americans to organize relief shipments to
Greece.
Your older brother has decided that there is no future for
the three of you in Greece. He has contacted a GreekAmerican organization in New York City and they have
agreed to sponsor you and your brothers.
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049848
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Spyros Skovras
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your parents both died and you are taking care of your
two younger brothers, Charles and George. There has
been a lot of hunger and hardship in Greece and your
family has received packages of food and clothing from
Greek-Americans to organize relief shipments to Greece.
You have decided that there is no future for the three of
you in Greece. You have contacted a Greek-American
organization in New York City and they have agreed to
sponsor you and your brothers.
Nationality: Austrian (Austria)
#049864
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Ethel Suchman
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You were orphaned as a teenager, and you went
to live with your grandparents. A number of your
relatives got together (in New York City) to
provide money for your passage, so you could
start a new life in the United States. They will be
providing a home for you when you arrive!
Nationality: Armenian (Armenia)
#049832
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Leon Surmelian
Age: 15
Sex: Male
Destination: Kansas
Background Information:
You were 9 years old when you were separated
from your parents during the time Turkey exiled
the entire population of Armenia into the desert.
You wandered for 4 years, until the end of World
War I when you attended a British school for
orphaned boys.
The Director of the School, believing you had
unusual ability, arranged for your boat passage to
the United States.
Nationality: Hungarian (Hungary)
#049854
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Maria Thorek
Age: 42
Sex: Female
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
The soldiers in your town made it unsafe for your
family to stay in Hungary. You decided to take
your family to the United States where your
brother, Bernard, lives in Chicago. Your husband,
daughter, Miriam, and son, Max, are with you.
You and your husband are both doctors.
Nationality: Hungarian (Hungary)
#049855
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Max Thorek
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
You saw some people in your town get hurt by the
soldiers. Your parents have decided to take your
family to the United States where your Uncle
Bernard lives in Chicago. He has told your
parents he is rich. You are also traveling with your
sister Miriam.
Your parents are doctors. You are bringing your
prized possession with you—your violin.
Nationality: Hungarian (Hungary)
#049856
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Miriam Thorek
Age: 14
Sex: Female
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
You saw some people in your town get hurt by the
soldiers. Your parents have decided to take your
family to the United States where your Uncle
Bernard lives in Chicago. He has told your
parents he is rich. You are also traveling with your
older brother, Max.
Your parents are doctors. You are bringing your
books, which are your prized possessions.
Nationality: Hungarian (Hungary)
#049853
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Thomas Thorek
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
The soldiers in your town made it unsafe for your
family to stay in Hungary. You decided to take
your family to the United States where your
wife’s brother, Bernard, lives in Chicago. Your
wife, daughter, Miriam, and son, Max, are with you.
You and your wife are both doctors.
Nationality: Norwegian (Norway)
#094880
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
You were born in Trondhjem, Norway, but moved to Oslo
when you were 9. You loved school and were very happy.
But your parents wanted a better life, so your father and
big brother went to the United States to find jobs and a
home for all of you. They sent money to bring you to
Chicago to join them.
You don’t want to leave, but your mother is excited about
the new home your father has made for the family.
Unfortunately, she has bought tickets on a different ship
than your father instructed, now she is worried he won’t be
in New York City in time to meet you.
Nationality: Norwegian (Norway)
#094881
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: MartaThorne-Thomsen
Age: 35
Sex: Female
Destination: Chicago
Background Information:
You have moved three times in fifteen years because your
husband is never happy with his job. Now he has taken
your son and gone to Chicago to find a new job and a new
home. He has sent money to bring you and your daughter,
Gudrun, to join them. You are excited, but your daughter
doesn’t want to leave her school and friends.
You buy tickets for the voyage to New York City, but you
make a mistake and are to travel on a different ship than
your husband instructed you to travel on. You have written
him a letter, but you are worried he won’t be in New York
City in time to meet you. And then what will you do?
Nationality: Greek (Greece)
#049847
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: John Zachos
Age: 21
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
You have no money and no job in Athens, so you decide to
join some neighbors who are going to the United States,
the Skouras brothers. Your parents have sold a lot of their
possessions to buy your ticket, but there is no money left
over.
You are hoping to “win” the money you need ($10) during
the steamship trip by playing cards with the other
passengers.
But unfortunately, you have won no money at all by the
time you arrive on Ellis Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049844
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Herman Antinolowitz
Age: 12
Sex: Male
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You have spent almost all of your entire life living
in the Pale, an area where Russian Jews were
made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for your mother and sisters, Malcha
and Mary, and brothers, Morris and Myron, to
come to Boston and join him.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049845
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Malcha Antinolowitz
Age: 14
Sex: Female
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You have spent almost all of your entire life living
in the Pale, an area where Russian Jews were
made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for your mother and sister Mary, and
your brothers, Herman, Morris, and Myron, to
come to Boston and join him.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049843
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Mary Antinolowitz
Age: 10
Sex: Female
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You have spent almost all of your entire life living
in the Pale, an area where Russian Jews were
made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for your mother and sister Malcha, and
your brothers, Herman, Morris, and Myron, to
come to Boston and join him.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049840
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Morris Antinolowitz
Age: 8
Sex: Male
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You have spent almost all of your entire life living
in the Pale, an area where Russian Jews were
made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for your mother and sisters Malcha
and Mary, and your brothers, Herman and Myron,
to come to Boston and join him. But first, you
must pass the inspection at Ellis Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049841
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Myron Antinolowitz
Age: 6
Sex: Male
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You have spent almost all of your entire life living
in the Pale, an area where Russian Jews were
made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for your mother and sisters Malcha
and Mary, and your brother, Herman and Morris,
to come to Boston and join him. But first, you
must pass the inspection at Ellis Island.
Nationality: Russian (Russia)
#049842
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: SarahAntinolowitz
Age: 41
Sex: Female
Destination: Boston
Background Information:
You and your family have spent almost all of your
entire life living in the Pale, an area where Russian
Jews were made to live.
Your father borrowed money to pay for his
passage to America. Now three years later, he
sent money for you and your 5 children to join him.
Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
#049871
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Edward William Bok
Age: 8 ½
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father’s family name is one of the most respected
names in the Netherlands. You have lived a very wealthy
life- until your father made some very unwise investmentsand your family’s fortune is gone. Your father has decided
to take you, your mother, and your brother, Peter
Albertus, to the United States, where his favorite
brother-in-law moved many years ago.
You think that it will be a grade adventure- you will have to
get a job to help out the family and you think it will be
exciting. But your mother is very unhappy about going, and
there is a lot of yelling going on in your house before you
leave.
Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
#049872
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Hendrik Bok
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your family is one of the most respected in the
Netherlands. You have lived a very rich life- until you made
some very unwise investments and your fortune is now gone.
You have decided to take your wife and two sons to the
United States, where your favorite brother-in-law moved
many years ago. You are sure you will be able to get a high
paying job and become wealthy again.
Your wife is very unhappy about all of these, and there has
been a lot of arguments before you leave.
Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
#049870
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Johanna Bok
Age: 31
Sex: Female
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your husband Hendrik’s family name is one of the most
respected names in the Netherlands. You have lived a very
wealthy life. You have had servants and cooks and maids.
But your husband’s very unwise investments have taken
your family’s entire fortune away, so your husband is
insisting that the family go to the United States (where his
favorite brother-in-law moved to) to start over again.
You don’t want to go—you know that the trip will be
difficult in the steerage section with your two sons. Life in
America will be hard too. There will be no money for
servants. You will be poor! There is a lot of arguing going
on in your house.
Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
#049869
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Peter Albertus Bok
Age: 6 ½
Sex: Male
Destination: New York City
Background Information:
Your father’s family name is one of the most respected
names in the Netherlands. You have lived a very wealthy
life- until your father made some very unwise investmentsand your family’s fortune is gone. Your father has decided
to take you, your mother, and your brother, Edward
William, to the United States.
You are afraid because you don’t want to leave your
friends and your grandparents, and your mother is very
angry about going to America and being poor. There is a
lot of yelling going on in your house. You want life to be the
way it used to be—you don’t want to be poor either!
#049837
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:
878
MANIFEST NUMBER:
Name: Stoyan Christowe
Nationality: Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
Age: 13
Sex: Male
Destination: St. Louis
Background Information:
Your father was furious that you wanted to go the United
States, but Michael Gurkin told you all about the wonderful
country of America. Your group left on a Friday, because it was
considered good luck. All of the village wore their holiday best
clothes to say good-bye to the “Amerikantzi.”
Your uncle lives in St. Louis and Gurkin said he would take you
that far. Your father told you not to write for money to come
home!
The steamship agents met your group at the train stations.
Until you got to the ship you wore a red button with a white star
they gave you.
The above information was collected,
sorted, and organized into an Ellis Island
simulation project by Mrs. Marilyn
Rothberg (librarian at General Wayne
Elementary School in Malvern, PA).