'Land of the free, Home of the Brave
Every creature seeks to find greener pastures, but humans are no doubt the greatest of immigrants and migrants. We are ever pursuing new lives in new places. Throughout many generations the dispossessed continue to emerging and the brave keep moving from the poor conditions to the better. From 1892 through 1924 more than twenty-two million immigrants, passengers, and crew members came through Ellis Island and the port of New York. Immigrants poured in by steam-powered liners from all around the world, including the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and Canada. During this era families often immigrated together although sometimes the men came first to find work. Countless Americans have derived from waves of immigrants. Of the many migrants during the early twentieth century included my great, great grandmother and my great, great grandfather Boersig. The Black Forest Area in Shankenzell Germany was there native homeland. In 1901 the couple migrated to the United States on a newly built, large, luxurious liner called The North German Lloyd. They departed from Bremen, Germany and arrived in Manhattan, New York. The Boersigs' were considered part of the second class, therefore when they arrived at their
The so-called "greater opportunities", such as good money-making jobs, a nice place to live, and a plentiful amount of food on the table, that they believed were waiting for them in America turned out not being everything that they had hoped for. The lack of English-speaking ability of my ancestors forced them to migrate to Pittsburgh, where they became hard working coal miners with little salary, long hours, and an unhealthy working environment. Of the others that worked in coordination with my great, great grandfather about half of them spoke English, so he caught on pretty quickly. After arrival in New York my great grandparents moved to Philadelphia where they lived with their family that had already previously lived there. The city that they lived in was a neighborhood formed with their countrymen where they felt like they were at a home far away from home. My great, great grandfather could be considered lucky. He had a job as a leather tanner awaiting him upon arrival. His wife was a homemaker and raised their one child. The family attended a German Parish of Saint Henry's in Philadelphia. Both of the adults learned English soon after they arrived so that they could someday become citizens. They caught on quickly, doing so mostly by word of ear. Their child, my grandfather, attended a public school near home where he was brought up speaking the English language. freedom of movement and an improved standard of living would be available. It was not the "push factors"
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