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Millions of The city has a large immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century. immigrant population.

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1789, in the meaning defined above

The first known use of immigrant was in 1789

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Millions of The city has a large immigrants came to America from Europe in the 19th century. immigrant population. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'immigrant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

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From 1892 to 1954 Millions of immigrants were processed through Ellis Island. This is a collection of documents that pertain to a 65 year-old Lithuanian immigrant, Barbara Vitkiene, who arrived at Ellis Island in 1923 including the Immigrant Inspection Card, Immigrant ID Tag and passenger manifest extracts and images.

Holland-America Line Inspection Card (Third Class Passengers)

This was a Certificate or Inspection Card used by the U.S. Immigration Service for Immigrants which indicated that they were vaccinated, disinfected and passed daily health inspections during the voyage across the Atlantic. The immigrant was instructed to "Keep this Card to avoid detention at Quarantine and on Railroads in the United States." The quoted message was written on the back side in 7 languages (English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, and ??)

Immigrant Outer-Garment ID Tag

Each immigrant received an Immigration ID Card that was attached by a string to their outer garment and was worn throughout their inspection process at Ellis Island.

Steamship Line: Holland-America Line

Vessel: T.S.S. Rijndam (often referred to as the "Ryndam")

Route: from Rotterdam, Date: 26 September 1923 (Arrived in New York 6 October 1923)

Passenger List: Manifest Sheet No. 5, List No. 6
Name of Passenger and address of destination
Barbara Vitkiene

c/o son: John Vilkins, 264 N. Chicago Street,, Kenosha, Wisconsin

A Quick Lesson on Lithuanian Surnames

In Lithuanian, female surname ending change based on their marital status while male spellings stay the same.

All married female surname spellings end in IENE. In Barbara's case, her surname spelling indicates she is Mrs. Barbara Vitkus.

Unmarried female spellings end in AITE, UTE (circa 1900 IUTE), or YTE depending how the surname ending is spelled.

An unmarried female with the surname of VITKUS would become VITKUTE (or VITKIUTE using an older spelling version).

- Lithuanian Name Change information submitted by Tom Sadauska

When landing at New York, this card to be attached to the coat or dress of the passenger in a prominent position.

Message above repeated in 9 other languages.

Port of Departure: Rotterdam Date of Departure: 26 September 1923
(Arrived in New York on 6 October 1923 - Page 217 Morton Allan Directory)

Name of Ship: Rijndam I (1901) (Capacity of 286 First Class; 196 Second Class and 1,800 Third Class / Steerage Passengers)

Name of Passenger: Barbara Vitkiene

Last Residence: Kowlisky, Lithuania

Inspected and Passed at Rotterdam: United States Public Health Service

Passed at Quarantine, Port of [New York]

Passed by Immigration Bureau, Port of [New York]

Stamped by U.S. Public Health Service, Long Island, NYC 11 October 1923

Berth No. [Left Blank]

Steamship Inspection: 10 Holes Punched by Ship's Surgeon at Daily Inspection.

Manifest Sheet No. 5 List No. 6 (See Below)

Aliens entering buildings for examination by surgeons of the U. S. Public Health Service after having been transferred from arriving ocean liner by steamboat.

Information of Immigration Documents

Document Name: Inspection Card

Dimensions: 16.6 x 12.5 cm

Document Name: Immigration ID Tag - Outer Garment

Dimensions: 11 x 14.7 cm

Length of String: Approximately 32 cm

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Ellis Island Immigrant Document Collection | GG Archives

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From 1892 to 1954 Millions of immigrants were processed through Ellis Island. This is a collection of documents that pertain to a 65 year-old Lithuanian immigrant, Barbara Vitkiene, who arrived at Ellis Island in 1923 including the Immigrant Inspection Card, Immigrant ID Tag and passenger manifest extracts and images.

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