Immigration Timeline

By brycefreshour

  • Leaves Great Britain

    I left Great Britain because my family had left and moved to the United States of America,to practice my religion freely, and for my own land in the West.
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    John Westbrook's Life

  • Arrive At Ellis Island

    John has arrived at Ellis Island on November 18th, 1860 at 5:50 PM. He departs the boat and goes through the process of becoming an US citisen

  • Find a Job at the Bar

  • Rent an Apartment in New York

    On January 13, John decides to rent an apartment in New York for a price of 10 dollars a month

  • Quit Job as a bartender and look for new job

  • Decide to move Westward in order to gain the homestead act's land

  • Finds new Job as a Rancher

  • The Homestead act has givin us 100 acres of land

  • Decides not to live with parents and start own life

  • Criminals Raid House

  • Makes his own house in California Country

  • Gets job in Californian country as a gold miner

    John decides to test his luck in the mining buisness

  • Struck gold and became rich

    On November 18th, 1874, John struck gold in a mine in Californian Country, with all this gold, John becomes a millionare

  • Criminals in the area looking to steal gold

  • Criminals Raid House of Gold and Shoot John

    Criminals by the name of Joe and Jimmy Scarter are raveous criminals in the area, looking for precious items to make their moneysworth

  • John Died of a Bullet Wound