This was, unfortunately, a common occurrence. Many poor immigrant girls were kidnapped or otherwise tricked or taken advantage of upon arrival to our shores. The Sisters of Mercy ran The Mercy House on Houston Street, which was a haven for young Irish immigrant women. Later on, there was the Irish Immigrant Girl's Home at Our Lady of the Rosary Church down on State Street in Manhattan. The records of this home are being digitized at Pace University at the present time. Jim Garrity Rosemary wrote: > Lowell Sun > Lowell, MA > 28 June 1890 > > New York, June 22 - Thomas Garvey of Holyoke, > Mass., is in the city looking for his sister Ellen, > 15 years old, who arrived on the Teutonic last week. > The girl comes from County Clare, Ireland, and > mysteriously disappeared while on her way to the > Grand Central station to take the train for Holyoke. > The police and the barge authorities are doing all > in their power to discover her whereabouts. > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >