Report on the Extent and Plight of Emigrants in New York. SOURCE The Belfast Mercury, April 19th, 1851 EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. - NEW YORK, APRIL 2.-The Marine Hospital at STATEN ISLAND is crowded to excess, and a New York paper observes:-" The number of poor people from Ireland who are wandering the 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. Such are the victims of Irish Landlordism." - Freeman. The Marine/Quarantine Hospital operated from 1799-1858 here on Staten Island. Countless immigrants of all nationalities, entered into New York Harbor during those perilous years only to be found with infectious disease, held in quarantine at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, died and were buried in mass graves on the compound. During the mid 19th century immigration through New York was considerable: Although no complete listing survives from the Marine Hospital of the tens of thousands of inmates, the Richmond County Mortality Schedule for a 6 month period from 1849-1850 shows that the majority of the 650 individuals listed were the victims of the Great Irish Hunger. The cemetery was largely obliterated in the 1950’s to make the current municipal parking lot. A few years ago during a recent State of New York construction project at the lot, a section of the original cemetery was found intact under the asphalt as well as finding substantial scattered human remains throughout the site. The majority of these were removed and were brought back to Staten Island yesterday, Sept. 29 courtesy of Herb Smith III, Meislohn Silvie Funeral Home. Caskets holding the remains of the immigrants that were exhumed from the St. George municipal parking lot will be brought into St. Peters Catholic Church and lead by the Staten Island Pipes and Drums, Ancient Order of Hibernian's Honor Guard for the memorial service. When: Saturday, October 17, 2009 10 AM Memorial Service: St. Peter's Catholic Church St. Marks Place, S.I. NY 10301 Edward Cardinal Egan, Monsignor James Dorney & Reverand Richard Michael officiating Reception at: 11:00 AM - 3 PM Tappen Park Oktoberfest A German/Irish Immigrant Celebration Bay Street @ Water and Canal Street Stapleton, S.I. 10304 Kilmeyers Old Bavarian Inn & Manhattan Beer Distributors will provide an Oktoberfest Cafe. Refreshments can be purchased Sponsored by: City Parks Foundation, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries and Ancient Order of Hibernians. Music donated by: Andy Cooney and His Band & The Moonshiners Band Lynn A. Rogers Executive Director 917-545-3309 Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Staten Island 158 Myrtle Avenue Staten Island, New York 10310 The Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries is a not for profit, New York State Charitable Organization incorporated in the State of NY in 1983. We currently serve to protect, preserve, beautify the 20 known S.I. abandoned, neglected or otherwise forgotten Staten Island cemeteries. We maintain approximately 40 acres of cemetery property as well as preserving the obscure burial records dating back over 200 years. We can gather the information of our ancestors for genealogy, which is the easy part. We can also provide a dignified final resting place which is the part that takes all your energy.

This is very sad abd at the same time a good thing is happening. It is too bad that the names of these people have been lost. Judy Christopher On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:53 PM, <SICemetery@aol.com> wrote: > > Report on the Extent and Plight of Emigrants in New York. SOURCE The > Belfast > Mercury, April 19th, 1851 > > EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. - NEW YORK, APRIL 2.-The Marine Hospital > at STATEN ISLAND is crowded to excess, and a New York paper observes:-" > The > number of poor people from Ireland who are wandering the 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. Such are > the victims of Irish Landlordism." - Freeman. > > > The Marine/Quarantine Hospital operated from 1799-1858 here on Staten > Island. Countless immigrants of all nationalities, entered into New York > Harbor during those perilous years only to be found with infectious > disease, > held in quarantine at the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, died and were > buried in mass graves on the compound. > > During the mid 19th century immigration through New York was considerable: > > > > > Although no complete listing survives from the Marine Hospital of the tens > of thousands of inmates, the Richmond County Mortality Schedule for a 6 > month period from 1849-1850 shows that the majority of the 650 individuals > listed were the victims of the Great Irish Hunger. > > > > > The cemetery was largely obliterated in the 1950’s to make the current > municipal parking lot. A few years ago during a recent State of New York > construction project at the lot, a section of the original cemetery was > found > intact under the asphalt as well as finding substantial scattered human > remains throughout the site. The majority of these were removed and were > brought back to Staten Island yesterday, Sept. 29 courtesy of Herb Smith > III, > Meislohn Silvie Funeral Home. > > Caskets holding the remains of the immigrants that were exhumed from the > St. George municipal parking lot will be brought into St. Peters Catholic > Church and lead by the Staten Island Pipes and Drums, Ancient Order of > Hibernian's Honor Guard for the memorial service. > > > > > > When: > Saturday, October 17, 2009 > 10 AM > Memorial Service: > St. Peter's Catholic Church > St. Marks Place, S.I. NY 10301 > > Edward Cardinal Egan, Monsignor James Dorney & Reverand Richard Michael > officiating > > > Reception at: > 11:00 AM - 3 PM > Tappen Park Oktoberfest > A German/Irish Immigrant Celebration > Bay Street @ Water and Canal Street > Stapleton, S.I. 10304 > > > Kilmeyers Old Bavarian Inn & Manhattan Beer Distributors will provide an > Oktoberfest Cafe. Refreshments can be purchased Sponsored by: City > Parks > Foundation, NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Friends of Abandoned > Cemeteries and Ancient Order of Hibernians. > Music donated by: > Andy Cooney and His Band > & The Moonshiners Band > > > > Lynn A. Rogers > Executive Director 917-545-3309 > Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Staten Island > 158 Myrtle Avenue > Staten Island, New York 10310 > > The Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries is a not for profit, New York State > Charitable Organization incorporated in the State of NY in 1983. We > currently serve to protect, preserve, beautify the 20 known S.I. > abandoned, > neglected or otherwise forgotten Staten Island cemeteries. We maintain > approximately 40 acres of cemetery property as well as preserving the > obscure burial > records dating back over 200 years. > > We can gather the information of our ancestors for genealogy, which is the > easy part. We can also provide a dignified final resting place which is > the part that takes all your energy. > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Judy Christopher