Could you tell me which town in the Richmond County Mortality Schedule would have those Great Hunger related deaths? Thank you. Lynne > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:53:28 EDT > From: SICemetery@aol.com > Subject: [NY-IRISH] New York Harbor Quarantine Hospital > To: IRELAND@rootsweb.com, IRISH-FAMINE@rootsweb.com, > irish-famine-request@rootsweb.com > Cc: genire-request@rootsweb.com, ny-irish-request@rootsweb.com, > NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d15.53b979c2.37f51138@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > 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. > > > > > email with no additional text. > > > End of NY-IRISH Digest, Vol 4, Issue 167 > **************************************** I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

Lynne, it would have been in Stapleton, that's where Marine Hospital was. On 10/2/09 9:37 AM, "Lynne Sisk" <siskabob@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > Could you tell me which town in the Richmond County Mortality Schedule would > have those Great Hunger related deaths? Thank you. > > Lynne >