Ellis Island
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Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing sta
Aerial view of Ellis Island
Aerial view (1976, before renovations)
Ellis Island and Manhattan as seen from New Jersey shore in 2020
The bridge to Liberty State Park
Annie Moore (immigrant)
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Anna "Annie" Moore was an Irish émigré who was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through federal immigrant inspection at the Ellis Island station in New York Harbor. Bronze statues of M
Ellis Island
…Following further expansion, the island measured 11 acres (4.5 ha) by the end of 1892. The station opened on January 1, 1892, and its first immigrant was Annie Moore, a 17-year-old girl from Cork, Ireland, who was traveling with her two brothers to meet their parents in the U.S. On the first day, almost 700 immigrants…
Statue of Annie Moore and her brothers on the quayside in Cobh, Ireland.
Annie Moore's Passenger Arrival at Ellis Island in 1892.
Grave marker for Annie Moore at Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, US.