Ellis Island Special
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ellis-island-special-178-7296006
title:
Ellis Island Special
text:
An Ellis Island Special is a family name that is perceived or labeled, incorrectly, as having been altered or anglicized by immigration officials at the Ellis Island immigration station when a family reached the United States, typically from Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In popular thought, some family lore, and literary fiction, some family names have been perceived as having been shortened by immigration officials for ease of pronunciation or record-keeping, or lack of understan
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family names changed in U.S. immigration, often at Ellis Island
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Island_Special
date created:
2011-06-10T23:16:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T14:07:56Z
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