When my great-grandfather Yuroslav Hieronymous O'Kagan vaan de Schulevitzberg arrived at Ellis Island in 1909 he didn't speak much English. He was 17 and hoping to make his fortune quickly and bring ...
An immigrant family on the dock at Ellis Island, 1925. (Photo by Bettmann / Getty) At the beginning of the 20th century, one of the easiest ways to get marked for deportation at Ellis Island was ...
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