Questions immigrants were asked at Ellis Island....

Posted on: August 13, 2019 at 16:03:44 CT

Your manifest number (from your ship)
What is your full name?
How old are you?
Are you male or female?
Are you married, single, widowed or divorced?
What is your occupation?
Are you able to read and write? (yes or no)
What country are you from?
What is your race? (note: no question was asked about religion)
What was your last permanent place of residence? (city and country)
What is the name and US address of a relative from your native country?
What is your final destination in America? (city and state)
Your number on the immigration list?
Do you have a ticket to your final destination? (yes or no)
Who paid for your passage?
How much money do you have? (at least the equivalent of $50 dollars was needed)
Have you been to America before? If so when, where and how long?
Are you meeting a relative here in America? If so, who and their address?
Have you been in a prison, charity almshouse, or insane asylum?
Are you a polygamist? (Yes or No)
Are you an anarchist? (a real anarchist would have been a fool to say yes)
Are you coming to America for a job? What and where will you work?
What is the condition of your health?
Are you deformed or crippled?
How tall are you?
What is your skin color?
What color are your eyes and hair? (much like on today’s driver’s license)
Do you have any identifying marks? (scars, birthmarks, or tattoos)
Where were you born? (city and country)

Edited by MUTGR at 16:05:31 on 08/13/19