Posts tagged ‘Ellis Island’

Aug 5

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“My first venture was to buy a pair of stockings”: part six of Augusta Parsons Hylander’s account

Here is an opportunity for detective work (and speculation): Augusta refers to Ellis Island several times, but as far as I can gather, her arrival in America predated the 1892 opening of the immigration station there by a year or so. Read more

Jul 26

Malmö to Ellis Island: part five of Augusta Parsons Hylander’s account

A shorter extract now, wherein seventeen-year-old Augusta studies dressmaking in Malmö so that she’ll have a marketable skill before embarking on her solo journey to America. Read more

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