In 1910 the question was asked whether you were in possession of $50, or if less, how much. Most on the ships I checked had much less, say, $5-10. What did it say in that column for your great-grandfather and is there an entry for him at the end of the passenger list? There very often is if there was a problem. Liane ----- Original Message ----- From: <organizr01@aol.com> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Immigrant being detained > One reason is that people were not allowed into the country who were > destitute, i.e. had no money. That's why ships' logs so often list people > carrying $1. > Merle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathysean@aol.com > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 3:47 PM > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Immigrant being detained > > > Can someone please explained this reason why a immigrant was being > detained > when the ship came into Philadelphia? > > My great-grandfather was suppose to go to Boston. The ship docked at the > Philadelphia port. He decided to get off in Philadelphia instead. But > the > Immigrant Inspector detained him and another fellow who were both 19 or 20 > for the following reason > > Detained as "being persons likely to become a public charge". > > Needless to say, the Captain let them escape and the Captain was charged > and > held for violating the Unite States Immigrant laws at the time. He later > had to pay a fine. > > Be kind to be now, lol > > > Kathy > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at AOL.com. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message