Finding oyster beds near the future Ellis Island, Dutch settlers name it "Oyster Island." Meanwhile about the same time line Salem was founded on Massachusetts Bay by fifty colonists.
Ellis Island has always been thought of as being in New York. It is located near the Statue Of Liberty in The Port Of New York. Recently, the state of New Jersey won part of the island as it is in the water that connects both states.
More than 17 million people came through the Port Of New York from 1892-1924, the peak years of Ellis Island processing.
The majority of Immigrants during the peak years of United States Immigration arrived through Ellis Island. In 1907 alone more than One Million immigrants came through. Millions more came through other American ports. Including:
Castle Garden New York (Served NY from 1855 -1890); Boston, MA.; Baltimore, MD; Galveston, TX.; San Francisco, CA.
These ports are currently not part of Ellis Island search database & they would need to be researched through other methods.
