On the ship's passenger lists you'll see many young children alone ..... but 14 was considered adult at least until after the Depression ..... 1950s children were still leaving school in droves at 16 to go to work. Maureen --- GaelEire@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 3/28/02 10:26:07 AM Central Standard > Time, > rosabonheur@msn.com writes: > > > > The big question would be, did she come with her > parents or did children > > that young emigrate at that young age back then. Any > thoughts? Marilyn > > > > > > > > I remember in the documentary "Out of Ireland," an > historian said that more > Irish women came to the US alone as compared to other > ethnic groups. But I > recently read an article about how women travelling alone > on these ships were > often harrassed by the crew. The article mentioned one > incident where the > crew members went below decks and actually molested some > of these women. > Apparently this one incident caused an outcry among the > immigrant societies > who demanded that single women travel with an older male > relative to "protect > them." I don't know if their warnings were heeded. But > it does raise > another danger of the voyage that never crossed my mind. > Take care, > Tracy > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > List Administrators: > Tracy Cassidy GaelEire@aol.com > Jim McCarthy SPAGHETTICOWBOY@cs.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== Researching: Costello, Lynch, Raftree/Raftery, Doran, Gansberg, Bove, Zeidt/Seitz, VonAlleman/Wollerman, Amacher, Giefer, Marlot, Koch, Hense, Jackler, Alvine, Shelly, Daly, Early, Greene, O'Callaghan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/