In the next part of this series I will be looking into the Immigrant Inspectors identified from July 9th, 1903, their family histories, and what happened to them. And yes, I have already started to find their descendants!
Alina Kondek-Tuchowska I search for Stanisław and Jan Kondek (1898 till 1956), if you found any picture I will be very grateful too you and Stanisława Kozub my Grandparents and Family Kieres Marianna and Jòzeph (Jòzef)
I would like to collaborate, any updates are good, please post all the info you have in the description, what date do you believe these people arrived? Could you make a discord for this so people could discuss it freely
My aunt once told me that my father was the last surviving male descendant of Samuel Ellis, the former owner of Ellis Island. He passed away about 10 years ago, which would make me the last surviving direct descendant. She also said that Samuel Ellis was never paid by the government for the island, and so they still owe that money. Not sure how true this is, but I thought it might be interesting to you.
If it were me, I'd see a real estate and contracts lawyer to ascertain if the anadoctal information you have may be validated. If so then perhaps a legal direction and possible lucrative solution may exist for your family. You may think, oh well that was a long time ago so too much trouble and forget it all. I fully understand that thought. Just that the government has always seemed to bully citizens and take whatever they deem in the best interests of the U.S. Regardless interesting item to have read. Thank you.
These video projects you do gets to one of the big things that makes genealogy addictive which is mystery solving. I personally enjoy going to antique stores and flipping through old photographs. I will often buy photos that have little notes written on the back. Often the little note plus the photographers hallmark is all I need in order to identify the person. Once identified I will upload it to family search and also offer the original to an ancestor if I can find a user with said person in there tree.
My maternal grandparents came through Ellis Island in 1914. They came from Italy and departed from Naples. It was in March 2002 that I had the opportunity to visit Ellis Island with a tour group.
Thanks! I am still working on this and hopefully will have a new video out in the next few months. Just been a little extra busy with my work on cold cases.
Something similar was done with the 1905 San Francisco pre-earthquake film. It was on 60 Mins. A guy researched the licensed plates in the records and the local newspapers of the cars and was able to identify the owners.
Pauline is so cute. I love her accent. As a British person, this is what I assume most New Yorkers sound like and I'm here for it. Glad she found out some family history, I would like to find out my families roots.
Very interesting! They should link these movies to the registration records of these immigrants. People that are researching their ancestors probably have better photos of them and might be able to positively identify them. Imagine seeing your ancestor(s) arriving at Ellis Island!
This actually plays off an idea I had about interviewing living people listed in the available Censuses, asking them about their neighbors, and then connecting those interviews to the digitized Census pages.
That is an excellently filtered copy of this Thomas Edison production. There was a lot of detail with this, much more than with the first television images. Ears are a good indicator of identification. Ainsworth had pretty big ears. I love your work!
women actually had scarfs on their head irrespective of religion I wonder why the backlash on Muslim women these days... this video and many more opened my eyes in many aspects.
You are doing great work and I addicted to your channel! I am very happy you will be trying facial recognition. BTW...where are your ancestors from? Redheads are very cool! 😎
I have a bunch of videos all about my ancestry! Check out the 'My 8 Great' series I did. I talk about all my great-grandparents. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZWp3Cc80wz4.html
My mother was an Ainsworth but I don't recognize the inspector's name in any of my direct Ainsworth ancestors. Ainsworths have been in the US in New England since the late 1600s so there are alot of them.
Citta is pronounced CHEET-TA, stress the second syllable. Make sure you engage some Italian American researchers. We know all kinds of tricks and tips about those manifests. 😁
I think Clarence Arthur Thomas has attached earlobes, but the man in the film and Frank Ainsworth have detached earlobes. It is hard to see very clearly, though. Just another possible clue. Also, the moustache style and the drooping eye set of the man in the film point to Ainsworth.
i think it would be amazing to k is where you come from and people who have been in your family that you’ve never meet or knew like you grandparents parents
Have you had a chance to look at the last footage of the Lusitania? In 1915 she was filmed pulling out of NYC on her way to Europe, when she was torpedoed by U-20. I think that it would be both very easy (the officers will be mostly at the Bridge, with others at certain points, whose locations would have been well documented), and EXTREMELY hard (normal passengers are very small and indistinct). I saw.it would be a worthy challenge.
My great grandfather came to ellis island in 1903 too. His name was Michele Dimeglio, he changed his name to mike miller. How do I find out if and when he came to ellis island, he snuck into the boat. I do remember my Nannie telling me this. Arlington national heritage book, page 142. The last name mentioned in that part is michele dimeglio. How can I find more of my roots about him. I'm so curious.
I don't think that's Ainsworth in the film... his shoulders are broad (guy in film has sloping shoulders), his ears sit lower than the guy in the film (and they don't stick out as much), and his face looks too round. Also, if the photo was from the time of the film, I'd say the age was all wrong. Have you looked up Clarence (or whatever his name is) and also Ainsworth on the census to compare their ages?
Appreciate the hard work for making this video. But in reality, if the identification is done in a dark environment, or the persons have put on face masks or wearing makeup, then it could be a challenge.
These people that worked on Ellis island made $6 per day it looks like the most I see is $5000 and I’m sure that’s an ANNUAL SALARY which is $13/day or $96/week for a family man imagine that having 5,6,7,8 kids let’s say and surviving on $96/week
I think it would be more likely that the woman whose arm the inspector takes would not be the first on his manifesto list, but close to the last. He would have wound up his enumeration of the passengers and walked off with that person instead. Look to see if one of the women listed at the end of his list more rightly fits the age of the woman who gets off with him. Just a thought.
I enjoy your series. On this video, you mention a ship "Città di Napoli". The word "Città" (City in Italian) is pronounced CHEE-TAH, with the emphasis on the 2nd syllable. So it's said more like "chee-TAH". In Italian C + I is pronounced like CHEE. Sorry to be a nitpicker! BTW, my Italian grandparents came to the U.S. from Naples (Napoli), Italy in1914 and also passed through Ellis Island.
I'm not sure, I had started writing it and had reached out to the families of possible men identified as the Inspector but they all had no interest in participating (I don't think they really even cared I had found possible footage of their ancestor at work). I ended up putting it on the backburner because of the issues with further research and just my available time in general, but I will definitely come back to it at some point.
Not yet. I had a next episode planned and half written-out but ended up having to pause the research on this from being overwhelmed with work. Last I had done for this, I reached out to descendants and relatives of each inspector who worked a ship that day but I have only heard from one, who unfortunately had no interest in doing an interview but was appreciative of the footage (plus she felt confident it was her ancestor in the footage). I do plan on continuing this series though, so hopefully in the not too distant future I will get that next episode up!
@@GeneaVlogger Thanks for your reply and your hard work and dedication. Your videos motivated me to find my paternal ancestors. I was very pleased to find some gems in the family. Keep up your good work!
@@GeneaVlogger Ah right, thanks, but I wish he’d have been given the copyright too, but at least he got that credit. Looking forward to part two, loving these videos! And have a lovely and safe day (:
@@Cassxowary Employees of companies are paid to do work as directed; the guy who made your hamburger doesn't get the credit, Burger King does. Don't let the internet villains fool you; Edison made things happen.
4.28 read the manifest title..... ‘alien’ passengers for US immigration! And the other ones says alien employed! that’s their fictional slavery talk for citizens/persons..... syntax grammar check it out! Xx
Hi! I'm 3 years late but are you still working on a part 2? This was fascinating! Selfishly, I'm also personally curious if any of my family members could have been on this. If it was the Calabria, I am told I have ancestors who came over on that very ship.
