Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
Thanks for looking again. Thought we were looking at two different manifests. It makes me uncomfortable when I do not agree with you - You are usually right.
Not alot of info.
In Group A6 (I don't think you can do anything with this)
Cause of detention - to bro in law
Disposition: Brother-in-law (Mannula D'Agusto) ? spelling
14 Franklin, New York City
Discharged July 19 3:26
Meals - Dinner 1
Many are women that were released to the custody of a male relative. Perhaps on his manifest there will be a note. If he did not have any $ he may have been held until family arrived to be responsible. Sometimes you will see LPC for likely public charge.
The older generations who lived in southern Italy certainly remember the sound of the bells or the siren that occurred at various times of the day. Life was marked by simple and repetitive gestures: work, the relationship with nature, sharing with the family and the people of the small villages. Now...