Ellis Island

Ellis Island

Ellis Island was selcted as an immigration center in the 1890. In 1892 Ellis Island immigration center opens. Ellis Island is located at three locations New York, New Jersey, and the U.S.A. Annie Moore, age 15 is the most honarable person because she was the first immigrant to pass Ellis Island. She also came with her two brothers to meet up with her parents. Annie and her family lives in a country call cork.




 

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A fire occur five years after the opening. This happened on the night of June 14,1987.The fire was so big that it burned down the whole immigration center to the ground.Also the records were destroyed also, but from the 1855 though. This fire didn't harm anyone, or killed anyone. Nobody knows who started the fire. Or why they even start the fire in the first place.

Citation Information:

http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp

http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/ellis_island_history.htm

http://www.inetours.com/New_York/Pages/photos/Ellis-Island-sunset.html

http://www.history.com/minisites/ellisisland/images/ellis_island_image.jpg

http://library.thinkquest.org/5101/brief.history.htm

http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/ellis_island_history.htm





 

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