My Family History Padlet by Tom Voris https://padlet.com/tom_voris1/wioz47irk9wa Made with serendipity en-us 2019-05-08 16:41:41 UTC 2024-05-10 15:19:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1fa-1f1f8.png How and Why did my family come to the US? tom_voris1 https://padlet.com/tom_voris1/wioz47irk9wa/wish/358142359 My grandfather, Sam Voris, escaped genocide in Turkey during WWI.  He left Turkey, never stopping in his hometown of Corinth, and went straight to the US.  He was a "stole away" on a US Naval Ship. His name was changed at Ellis Island as he entered the country and immediately moved to Chicago where a lot of Greeks lived (lived in Greektown). The year was 1917.

]]> 2019-05-08 16:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tom_voris1/wioz47irk9wa/wish/358142359 What were the obstacles that they met? tom_voris1 https://padlet.com/tom_voris1/wioz47irk9wa/wish/358238142 2019-05-08 20:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tom_voris1/wioz47irk9wa/wish/358238142