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Ireland
My name is Shannon McShane. It is April of 1880 and I have decided to leave my home of Ireland. My husband has died of a very bad sickness and I now have nothing left for me but my religion. I must move to America so that I can have my freedom of religion. I have been told many times that I am useless due to my religion -
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Immigration Timeline
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On the move
I have finally come to peace with my decision to leave. I have packed up my only items (Bible, Clothes, and my scarce amount of money). I hope that there wil be enough room for me at Ellis ISland, I don't know what I wil do if i don't make it through the island -
On the boat
I have just gotten on the ship to Ellis Island, and I am very excied, but also very nervous. I see so many different types of people. I hear different people speaking languages i have never heard in my whole life time. I don't know where to go or what to do. I wish my husband was here to help me on this journey. -
Arrival to America
Wow. I never imagined America to have looked this beautiful. We are just arriving now at Ellis Island, and we can all see the beatiful statue of iiberty. Everyone is gawking at the beautyof the lady. -
Afraid
I am so afriad. I just made it past Ellis island, but not easily. I had to lie about my family, because my husband was not with me. I told the tall man that my husband was waiting for me on the other side. -
Moving West
I have now decided that i want to movewest from Ellis Island. I hear they are giving out free land to those who want it.I need to move fast because i don't have a job or much money -
No where to go
After my long trip all the way here, They refuse to give me land. They say that i cannot because i am a single woman with no job and no money. What shall i do? -
Moving back
It is a new year, and i have decided to move to new orleans, where i now live in a small tenement with many other struggling people like myself. I have gotten a job in a sweatshp, sewing clothes. I come out of the week with about a dollar. I guess this is what my life will be now, but i am not happy because i cannot pratice my religion in a healthy environment. -
To This Day
To this day I am still living in my tenemant. I am coming off with about a dollar a week, and it is December so its fataly cold.I have fully regreted my decision moving to America, becasue I have only lost things in them making.I don't know what my future will hold
