tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post8094668669358389723..comments2023-09-22T04:41:12.751-07:00Comments on Wapella.com: A Bit Cracked Story in the PantagraphJBPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17015371340244747070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-89092143164821666332010-03-19T14:20:01.824-07:002010-03-19T14:20:01.824-07:00When my great-grandfather and Great-Granduncle Jim...When my great-grandfather and Great-Granduncle Jim Jordan landed in NYC in the early 1850s, the only entry requirement was not falling off the gangplank. Only if infectious disease was aboard was a ship required to anchor for a period of quarantine. Ellis Island, with all of its health, criminality, and financial hurdles, wouldn't open for another generation, and Castle Clinton not until 1855.<br /><br />Don't confuse entry with naturalization, either. Many Irish immigrants - and nearly all of the women - never bothered with the latter. In fact, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard J. Sheedy didn't become an American until 1965, when Trinity parishioners gave him an all-expenses paid trip back to Ireland, only to find that he had to be hurriedly naturalized in order to get a passport. Unless you wanted to vote or take a hand in politics - or were feeling especially patriotic - most Famine immigrants thought that the naturalization game wasn't worth the candle.<br /><br />JJMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-9305583973534575352010-03-18T12:02:29.295-07:002010-03-18T12:02:29.295-07:00Jewel, channeling Rod, said it best.
Badger CatJewel, channeling Rod, said it best. <br /><br />Badger CatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-31356536861423490872010-03-17T15:12:27.028-07:002010-03-17T15:12:27.028-07:00I personally never saw any naturalization papers f...I personally never saw any naturalization papers for any ancestors. Based on my knowledge of some of these folks a trip to the immigration office was never on their agenda. <br /><br />Their poverty was brought on by the imperialist Brits who worked for centuries to subjugate anyone who could make them a pound. <br /><br />I don't know that it is ever easy to be an immigrant. <br /><br />Slainte',<br /><br />BEPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-8196742633729456702010-03-17T14:57:41.358-07:002010-03-17T14:57:41.358-07:00SoCal,
I am sure if there was some way to work il...SoCal,<br /><br />I am sure if there was some way to work illegally in the country, my ancestors would have done it, just for the sport of it.<br /><br />And yes, Jewel, I don't see how the Pantagraph writer can assign some lack of common sense to people who worked their tails off to get out of one of the most poverty stricken countries in Europe. <br /><br />JBPJBPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015371340244747070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-6791322933073216312010-03-17T14:18:25.237-07:002010-03-17T14:18:25.237-07:00Mod...you sound like your Dad when he returned fro...Mod...you sound like your Dad when he returned from a family vacation to Ireland..."Get down and kiss the ground!! Thank God our ancestors had enough sense to leave that rock"!!<br /><br />JewelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903483516951946644.post-45954428857533635932010-03-17T14:03:27.212-07:002010-03-17T14:03:27.212-07:00Mod, your "bitter, spiteful annotations"...Mod, your "bitter, spiteful annotations" are, nonetheless, accurate. You should have also noted that your Irish immigrant ancestors came here <i>legally.</i> The author of the article failed to make that distinction.<br /><br />SoCalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com