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Anna "Annie" Moore (April 24, 1874 - December 6, 1924) was an
Irish emigrant to the United States in 1892. She was the first
immigrant to the United States to pass through federal immigrant inspection at the
Ellis Island station in
New York Harbor.
Moore arrived from
County Cork,
Ireland aboard the
steamship called the
Nevada
on January 1, 1892. It was reported that her arrival was on her 15th
birthday, but records in Ireland reveal that her birthday was in May and
she was actually 17. Her brothers, Anthony and Philip, who journeyed
with her, had just turned 15 and 12, respectively. As the first person to be processed at the newly opened facility, she was presented with an
American $10 gold piece from an American Official,
which is the equivalent of $267 in 2015 dollars accounting for
inflation. From 1820 to 1920, more than 4 million people left their
native shores of Ireland bound for the Port of New York and a new life
in America. When Ellis Island officially opened on January 1, 1892, the
first passenger registered through the now world-famous immigration
station was a young Irish girl named Annie Moore. Annie departed from
Queenstown (County Cork, Ireland) on December 20, 1891 aboard the S.S.
Nevada, one of 148 steerage passengers. The trio would spend 12 days at
sea (including Christmas Day), arriving in New York on Thursday evening,
December 31. They were processed through Ellis Island the following
morning, New Year's Day. All three children were soon reunited with
their parents who were already living in New York.
