Friday, August 30, 2013

Story about Ellis Island and Grandma.
Per Frank Luken as recounted to Barb Manegold, the experience of going thru the process of Ellis Island was not a good experience for his mother. She was a very proper person and this experience was humiliating to her. People were herded like cattle and names were mispronounced and misspelled. People were sprayed for pests and were stripped of their clothes. Grandma was soft spoken and was a gentle person and being as young as she was at the time was a demeaning or difficult thing to do. At this point, we are unable to find documentation of her arrival at Ellis Island.

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