14 million, most of which were European
One million immigrants
The Library of Congress puts the number at about 1.1 million (1,100,000), since it gives the number for 1900 to 1914 as 1.5 million.
Immigration started in the mid- 1800's to 1920. Immigrants came to start a new life, or to join family. All immigrants had to go through Ellis Island where they checked for illnesses, and ask you questions.
Southern and Eastern Europeans
The Ellis Island web site would be the place to go. They have a fully searchable listing of the people that went through there.
Yes, that is accurate. According to the Library of Congress, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, most came from Germany, Ireland, and England. But by the 1890s, that changed dramatically: by the turn of the century, there was a new wave of European immigrants, and they came mainly from Italy, Poland, and Russia. From 1870 to 1919, more than 23 million European immigrants came to the US, far exceeding any other immigrant groups.
Reception and processing of immigrants circa 1900. Exampled in the movie Godfather.
Reception and processing of immigrants circa 1900. Exampled in the movie Godfather.
A ferry transporting people between New York and Ellis Island in the early 1900's was the THOMAS C. MILLARD. Here is a picture of it at the link provided below.
about 8,800,000
The Library of Congress puts the number at about 1.1 million (1,100,000), since it gives the number for 1900 to 1914 as 1.5 million.
Southern and Eastern Europeans
Immigration started in the mid- 1800's to 1920. Immigrants came to start a new life, or to join family. All immigrants had to go through Ellis Island where they checked for illnesses, and ask you questions.
The Ellis Island web site would be the place to go. They have a fully searchable listing of the people that went through there.
it was quickly built and re opened in 1900
You can't immigrate to Ellis island anymore because it is closed and was turned into a museum. Plus it depends what year you would want too.
Philip Ellis died in 1900.
Yes, that is accurate. According to the Library of Congress, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, most came from Germany, Ireland, and England. But by the 1890s, that changed dramatically: by the turn of the century, there was a new wave of European immigrants, and they came mainly from Italy, Poland, and Russia. From 1870 to 1919, more than 23 million European immigrants came to the US, far exceeding any other immigrant groups.