Immigration in the 1900's

You can go to the Library and get the geneology dept. to help you get the info on Ellis Island. There is tons of information on the folks that came through there and the conditions of travel at that time. You should be able to just Google it and get a whole lot of info that way. I do know that if they came by way of steerage they were a hardy bunch. That was a horrible way to travel back then. They traveled in the hold literally and if it was stormy they had to stay down there with overflowing slop buckets and little food. It was a tough life. In 1904 the economy was not too good in Germany. You might look into the history of that area and see what was happening there at that time. That is on the net too. It will answer your questions. Good luck.
Shalom~Adoniah

Well a loaf of bread cost less then a nickle in 1904.For a quarter you could get either a gallon of milk or a pound of butter.A gallon of fuel or gas was about a nickle...Less then $3000 would buy you a brand new house on a good lot..
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