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Ellis Island Immigration Facts

Explore the historical facts about Ellis Island, an immigration center in New York Harbor where millions of newcomers passed through for examination by doctors and inspectors before entering the country.

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Ellis Island Immigration Facts

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  1. If your name was changedat Ellis Island Facts from Ellen Levine

  2. What was Ellis Island? It was an immigration center located in New York Harbor.

  3. Millions of newcomers passed through its gates and were examined by doctors and legal inspectors.

  4. Before Ellis Island opened, immigrants were examined at Castle Garden at the tip of Manhattan Island.

  5. When was Ellis Island opened? 1892

  6. At least 12 million people passed through Ellis Island.

  7. Did all immigrants come through Ellis Island?

  8. Boston Philidelphia Baltimore Some immigrantsentered through other east coast ports

  9. Other Ports • New Orleans • Galveston • San Francisco

  10. In 1907 there were 70 immigration stations.

  11. If you had the most expensive tickets, 1st or 2nd class, you were examined aboard the ship. If you passed you were free to enter the country.

  12. Immigrants aboard a ship, waiting to unload.

  13. America: “The Golden Land” Free School Decent jobs People ate well Why was it called that?

  14. Would everyone in your family come together? It could take many years before you were reunited with your family Usually a father or an older sibling would come first. That person would find work then send money back for you.

  15. What did people bring with them? People brought whatever they could carry. Some had suitcases and trunks. Most had bundles tied together with string. People carried baskets, cardboard boxes, tins, and leather sacks.

  16. Many immigrants brought their feather quilts, mattresses, and pillows, for the steamships just provided thin blankets

  17. Some people packed fancy clothes, specially embroidered and crotched. Sometimes people wore layers of all their clothing so they wouldn’t have to pack them

  18. Often they brought food for the long trip over the ocean, like smoked sausages or hams.

  19. How did people travel to the ships that brought them to America?

  20. If you lived out in the country, you often had to go to a big town to catch a train to the port.

  21. Other people from Russia or Poland left in the dead of the night to escape mobs that were beating and murdering people.

  22. If you had to cross into another country before you reached your port, you needed a special permit.

  23. If you reached a border and did not have a permit, you might have to bribe the border guard to let you pass.

  24. The trip overland sometimes took weeks. Finally when you arrived at a port city, you might have to wait a week or two, sometimes even longer, until the ship was ready to depart.

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