-
Birth Date and Childhood
My childhood was okay when I lived in Ireland. My family was never poor but we neer were rich so I guess we were in the middle. I had both my mom and dad and one brother when I grew up. My brother was close with me but he passed away. He always wanted to go to the US and so did I. I decided to go to America in mermoey of him and because I needed work . I was never married so I did not have to provide money for a family, only myself and my parents. -
Starting the Job of Building Skyscrapers
A couple days after being in America I choose to the job of building skyscrapers. I picked that job because I was very good at building things with steel. The job was very unsafe and I could die any day on the job. I was very careful whenever I worked and I did a good job. I made an average pay but I made less than Americans because I was Irish. I was okay with that because I was just happy to have a job. -
Boss Tweed Giving Me a Place to Stay
After I got passed Ellis Island, I was met by Boss Tweed. He was a famous politition and he was very nice to me. He told me that if I would keep voting for him, he would get me place to stay, a nice hot meal, and maybe a job. So I said I would keep voting for him if he gave me those things. Sure enough, he did. -
Coming to America
I arrived in America on May 11th, 1855. I got to America by going by boat across the Atlantic Ocean. The boat was so crowded and dirty. Many immigrants died on the boat or got severly sick. When I got to America, I was at Ellis Island in New York City. There so many Irish Immigrants there as well. The Americans had to do a physical examination on me and I had no health problems. I was now in America. -
Lost My Job
I lost my job of being a skyscarper builder. I lost it because I was not working well and because I was Irish. I expirenceed major discrimation and racsim because of my relilgon, beliefs, and my race. I had a small place to stay and around 5 or 6 Irish people lived with me. Most of us were unemployed so we were very, very poor. We could not figure out why so many people were making so little money. -
Boss Tweed Taken Down
We found out why everyone was making so little money. Boss Tweed was taking money from the city. He had so many helpers so they took money as well. Everyone went to the police and Boss Tweed was arrested. There was many open jobs so I found a job in a store. I could finally be making money again.
