Thank you for posting this information. ----- Original Message ----- From: <WBLynn315@aol.com> To: <ireland-roll-calls@rootsweb.com>; <ny-irish-l@rootsweb.com>; <Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com>; <NY-Troy-Irish-Gensoc-L@rootsweb.com>; <Ireland-roll-calls-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 6:51 AM Subject: [IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS] Staten Island Quarantine Hospital > > Part 1 > > Immigration - Quarantine in New York City 1799-1858 > > As you may be aware, the NYC Quarantine Hospital operated on Staten > Island, > New York from 1799 - 1858. Before Ellis Island there was Castle Gardens, > before Castle Gardens there was the Quarantine Hospital on S.I. > > In 1858 a local angry mob burnt it down due to the ever present threat of > disease. > > It is estimated that million(s) of people passed through Staten Island > during > those years. Processed through the S.I. Quarantine along with the > emigrants > were the ships crew(s) and residents of New York City. You may learn more > of > the troubled history of the Quarantine on S.I. through an Internet Google > search. > >>From the beginning, the number of people that were processed through the > Staten Island Quarantine Hospital far exceeded their expectations: > > It was reported 1801: > > The Staten Island Marine Hospital and Quarantine Station was planned for > 200 > patients, yet even before it was officially opened 945 patients were > admitted > between May and December 1801. For example, the ship Penelope arrived on > June > 10 with 262 persons with yellow and ship fever, smallpox, and dysentery, > of > whom 74 died. > > During the mid 1840's the height of emigration of the German and Irish, it > was reported in 1847, that in an 85 day period 75,000 emigrants were > processed > through S.I. Quarantine. > > Belfast Mercury, April 19th 1851 reported (excerpt below): > > ....The Marine Hospital on S.I. is crowed to excess, the number of poor > people from Ireland who are wandering through the streets, in a starving > condition, > is dreadful. Every night they go to the police station-houses for food > and > shelter. Last night, in the fourth-ward station-house, there were 80 poor > people of this description, huddled together, and when food was laid > before > the > children, they rushed at it, and devoured it like hungry wolves. > > As the immigrants waited for their family members to be discharged from > the > hospital, an Irish Shanty town developed less than a mile from the > Quarantine > Hospital at Broadway and Shore Road (now known as Richmond Terrace). > During > this time the local neighborhood cemetery, Staten Island Cemetery offered > free > burials for children under 2 years of age. > > A partial list of those that died while in quarantine (compiled by > Jennifer > Hyatt-Morgan): > > Name Age Cause of Death Days Ill Date of Death > Adams, Margaret26Cholera54Jun-1849 > Adderton, Thomas35Typhus7Jun-49 > Ahearn, Michael50Typhus20Mar-50 > Ahern, Thomas44Typhus4Jan-50 > Allan, John20Typhus8Feb-50 > Barron, Patrick19Illegible220Jan-50 > Barrow, Mary31Dysentery45Jun-49 > Barry, John B.35Paralysis48Feb-50 > Battersby, Mary40Typhus2Feb-50 > Bennett, Charles13Cholera4Oct-49 > Bentley, Patrick25Typhus110Jun-49 > Bernet, Jane30Typhus5Aug-49 > Bogart, Hanora28Dysentery19Jul-49 > Bogett, Cornelius35Typhus?Mar-50 > > > > To be continued....... > > > > Lynn A. Rogers > Executive Director - 917-545-3309 > Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Staten Island > President: Rest in Peace Inc. > President: Staten Island Cemetery Association > > Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. S.I. > > ====Ireland Roll Calls Mailing List==== > Post your surnames, get them into the lists archives, cousins will find > you. > Don't forget to post your surnames when your data changes! > A good roll call is NOT long but includes: > surname, timeline, place where born, place where emigrated. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >