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From: "Judy Christopher" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Ellis Island records
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:13:11 -0400
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Ellis Island was closed in 1924. After that all passengers came in directly
to the Port of New York.
Judy Christopher
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From: "Jackie " <>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] Ellis Island records


> Wow, this is so interesting and could explain the confusion in my
> research.
> My grandmother Lydia Brennan made 2 voyages from Ireland one 1927 and one
> 1928 to New York, none of the family new of these voyages.
> The voyage her family did know about was 1929 or 1930, this she made with
> her sister Dora and although I've found the other two voyages, I've never
> been able to find any details of this one.
> There is the strongest possibility that they did travel 2nd class.
> I'll be very interested to see what response Nora has too her query.
>
> Could someone please explain to me what a 'steerage passenger' was?
>
> Regards Jackie.
> Brennan's of Kilkenny, Meath, Carlingford, Sligo, Mayo and Donegal.
> Egan's, Mulvey's Rosscommon and Galway.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From:
> Date: 18/07/2007 16:09:43
> To:
> Subject: [NY-IRISH] Ellis Island records
>
>
> I attended a memorial service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY
> on
>
> Saturday. The conversation got around to Ellis Island records. Someone
> Commented that first and second class passengers did not have to go to
> Ellis
>
> Island and therefore would not be listed on the Ellis Island passenger
> lists
> Is
> This true? If so, where did they disembark?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nora Hopkins FitzGerald
> Hopkins - Castlebar, Co. Mayo/New York City
> Grant - Drumboniff, Co. Down/NYC
>
>
>
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