Ellis Island

Ellis Island

Ellis Island was an immigration center for families immigrating from other countries to stay at

Ownership was passed down to Samuel Ellis and he named it Ellis Island (after himself) and that's how Ellis Island got it's name.

Thousands of immigrants arrived at Ellis Island daily.

By: Olivia Kiss

People left their country because of dictators, terrorists, not enough fod and water, they were forced to go into the military or army, and USA was a country of freedom and their's wasn't.

12,000,000 immigrants passed through Ellis Island in total.

Ellis Island is located in NY harbor in Manhattan,NY.