![]() ![]() ![]() Rose, Maureen, and their mother go and stay with Rose's uncle Patrick in New York City. Thus it is that Rose's family is broken up. Anyone who has such an illness is turned away at Ellis Island and must return to their country of origin. Unfortunately it is discovered that little Joseph has trachoma, a disease of the eyes. Afraid and bemused, Rose's family is 'processed' like so many others before and after. All the steerage passengers have to go through the immigration building on Ellis Island. It is the turn of the century and thousands of immigrants are entering America through the harbor in New York. They left their home and their life in Ireland hoping that America would give them new opportunities and a better life than the one they had at home. Rose Nolan, her parents, her sister Maureen, and her little brother Joseph are on a ship bound for New York City. ![]()
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