We've all heard that Ellis Island is sometimes called "Island of hope, Island of tears". Here is one of those stories of tears I uncovered while researching immigrants. It appears that Jozef Uzonyi, age 1 arrived with his Mother Viola (Teresia) and grandmother Jozefinia from Hungary on March 3, 1909. All three were tagged as "L.P.C." (likely public charge) On March 6, the baby was admitted to the hospital. Their hearing was held on March 7th. They had hearings on the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 9th. They may have been waiting for the baby's condition to improve. On March 12th, the baby Joszef died. On March 24th, the mother and grandmother were deported after 21 days of what must have been pure hell. I was able to establish the mother-grandmother relationship through an earlier immigration record in 1907. It appears they were going to Schnectady, NY, to a place and person Teresia had lived with before. It also appears that she was bringing her mother and baby to a new life in America. So, based on my own circumstantial evidence, the L.P.C. designation was probably unwarranted. And so apparently ends one immigrant's dreams of a new life in America. You can read the supporting documents yourself: Original Manifest is accessed through www.ellisisland.org , search for UZONYI, JOZEF, 1909, SS Carmania. Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry Most easily found via: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/mm.htm Series T715, Roll 1209, Frame 6 The given names and relationships are a bit confusing and erroneous, which just evidences how careful one must be in research. ______________ Bill Tarkulich