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Dating back to the colonial era, New York City assumed responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick, homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The city maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a workhouse on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for the poor. Source: Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records ( New York City, NY) Item 4 LDS Film 1304647 Bond Registers 1855-1858. Original records in the Municipal Archives, New York, New York Transcriber: Nancy Profit Surnames F Date of Admission Name Age Nativity Time of Arrival Port Sailed From Port Arrived At Ship Captain Married or Single Who Can Identify Them How Many Times on The Island Remarks   1855 June 13 Foley, Ellen 25 Ireland July '54 Sligo Quebec Augusta Nelson? Married Owen Foley [abbreviated comments, can't decipher, possibly City Hall] First Time Discharged 24 July 1855 to B. H.   1855 Aug. 14 French, Catharine 31 Ireland Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec [illegible] Don't Know Married Don't Know Second Time From W.H. Discharged 1 Sept. 1855   1855 Aug. 14 French, John 2 Gibraltar Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec [illegible] Don't Know Child Don't Know Second Time From W.H. Discharged 1 Sept. 1855   1855 Sept. 14 French, Catha 30 Ireland Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec [illegible] Don't Know Married Don't Know Third Time Discharged 5 Nov. 1855   1855 Sept. 14 French, John 2 Gibraltar Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec [illegible] Don't Know Child Don't Know Third Time Discharged 5 Nov. 1855   1855 Oct. 25 Fill/Fell, Mary 30 Ireland [blank] [blank] [blank] [blank] Don't Know Spinster [blank] First Time Discharged 6 Oct. 1855   1855 Nov. 8 Fibsman, Herman 31 London March '07 London New York Ocean Queen Grinnell Single Don't Know First Time Discharged 19 January 1856   1855 Dec. 21 Formell, India & child 24 Ireland Apr. '52 Dublin New York Lorena Don't Know Married Don't Know First Time Discharged 21 January 1856   1856 Jan. 18 Fine, Zarnick 25 Ireland 4 yrs Liverpool Boston? Dl Webster Horrand Single Don't Know First Time Discharged 30 January 1857   1856 Apr. 14 French, Catharine 28 Ireland Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec D???? Don't Know Married Don't Know Fourth Time Discharged 14 July 1856   1856 Apr. 14 French, John 2 Gibraltar Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec Wid? Don't Know Child Don't Know Fourth Time Discharged 14 July 1856   1856 May 2 Fay, Jane 29 Ireland ? '52 Liverpool New York [illegible] Nelson Widow Don't Know Second Time Died 25 Oct. 1856   1856 July 22 Frankill, Mena 50 Germany July '54 Liverpool New York Trinidad Don't Know Single Don't Know Don't Know Discharged 6 Aug. 1856   1856 Aug. 12 French, Cathe 30 Ireland Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec Dade Don't Know Married Don't Know Five Times Died 16 June 1855   1856 Aug. 12 French, John 2 Gibraltar Aug. '54 Tralee? Quebec Wellington Don't Know Child Don't Know Five Times Discharged 4 March 1857   1857 Aug. 15 Fitzgerald, Jane 31 Ireland Sept. '53 Cork Quebec [illegible] Kidd Married Don't Know First Time Discharged 8 Sept. 1858   1857 Dec. 16 Fink, Charles 23 Germany 10 [days?] Portsmouth? Quebec Alicia   Single Don't Know First Time Discharged 13 March 1858   Last Updated on 18/07/03 By Nancy Profit Choose from * New York Almshouse Bond Registers in New York Almshouse Surnames "A" 1782-1813 | Surnames B 1782-1813 | Surnames C 1782-1813 | 1819 | 1820 | 1821 | 1822 | 1823 | 1824 | 1825 | 1826 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 * 1830-1920 New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses 1830-1920 [offsite] * 1855-1858: [SURNAMES "A"] [SURNAMES "B"] [SURNAMES "C"] [SURNAMES "D"] [ SURNAMES "F"] [SURNAMES "G"] [SURNAMES "H"] [SURNAMES "I"] [SURNAMES "K"] [SURNAMES "L"] [SURNAMES "M"] [SURNAMES "N"] [SURNAMES "O"] [SURNAMES "P" & "Q"] [SURNAMES "R"] [SURNAMES "S"] [SURNAMES "T"] [SURNAMES "V"] [SURNAMES "W"] * Search for Your Immigrant Ancestor in Ports of Arrival U.S.A. | Canada | Australia & New Zealand | South Africa | England * Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists Outbound from USA & Canada * Find Ancestors on Ships Passenger Lists by Year of Arrival

 
 

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