[Genealib] Marriages at Ellis Island

[Jane]

The one who would know is Marian Smith, Historian for CIS (formerly INS).
It seems the CIS History page is still not up and running, but her article
on passenger list markings at the jewishgen website is terrific.  See
Detained Aliens especially for info about single women.  Women did not have
to be married.  My grandmother and her 2 sisters were not.

http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/Manifests/

It is my understanding that until there was a federal immigration bureau,
there was little regulation - although some states did have their own
requirements for their ports.

Jane

On 4/4/08, Nancy Maxwell <nmaxwell at grapevinetexas.gov> wrote:
>
> Phyllis:
>
> That's a good question! I'll have to look into it. It just may have become
> a federal issue when the Feds took charge.
>
> Nancy
>
> >>> "Phyllis Rickard" <prickard at monroe.lib.mi.us> 4/4/2008 3:38 PM >>>
> This is fascinating! Were these rules in place prior to Ellis Island?
> Would
> a woman who came through Castle Garden have been subject to the same
> rules?
>
> My gr-grandmother (from Switzerland) came by herself and married my
> gr-grandfather (also from Switzerland) after she got here. They were
> married
> in Archbold, OH in 1885. Her brother and my gr-grandfather were supposed
> to
> have come together. I have never been able to find any of them on any of
> the
> lists. All would have been single at arrival.
>
> Phyllis Rickard
> AV / Outreach Librarian
> Lenawee County Library
> Adrian, MI
> prickard at monroe.lib.mi.us
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Maxwell" <nmaxwell at grapevinetexas.gov>
> To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Genealib] Marriages at Ellis Island
>
>
> > Anne:
> >
> > My grandfather's sister married at Ellis Island in July 1907. Her
> husband
> > was from Massachusetts, and I was able to get the certificate from
> Boston.
> >
> > Yes, it's true that an unaccompanied woman - married or not - couldn't
> > leave without an adult male accompanying her. Unaccompanied women and
> > minor children can be found on the "List of Detained Aliens" that
> > accompanies the passenger list. It may be at the front or back of the
> > list. Once I knew that this was the standard procedure regarding any
> > detainee, I used Steve Morse's "Missing Manifests" tool to get to the
> > manifest, then checked just prior to, or after, the actual manifest for
> > the detainees list.
> >
> > There were several reasons for the detention list; unaccompanied women
> and
> > children was just one of them.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nancy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nancy Maxwell, Genealogy Librarian
> > Frances Pittman Malcolm Genealogy Room
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> >
> > "Any nation, race, or people who ignores its past and becomes callous
> > toward its traditions and indifferent toward its heritage will sooner or
> > later vanish from the face of this earth."  ~Marderos Deranian
> >
> >
> >>>> Anne Shaughnessy <annes_1961 at yahoo.com> 4/3/2008 1:19 PM >>>
> > Hello,
> >  I am trying to help an 89-year-old patron find more information about
> her
> > father's second marriage.  She said she was 6 years old when it happened
> > so the marriage occured somewhere around 1925.  Her father corresponded
> > with a woman from Germany who came over to the U.S. to marry him.  They
> > married at Ellis Island.  I did some searching and found a few mentions
> of
> > this situation via the Internet.  Is it true that there was a rule that
> an
> > un-married woman could not leave with a man who wasn't related to
> her?  If
> > this did happen, where would the records be kept?  How could the man
> have
> > gotten a marriage license so quickly?  Who has jurisdiction over these
> > records?  I realize these are a lot of questions and I ask for your
> > patience.  Any clues or ideas would be most appreciated.
> >
> >  Thank you.
> >  Anne Shaughnessy
> >  Mount Prospect (Illinois) Public Library
> >
> >
> >
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