William Williams papers 1902-1943 1902-1917

Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)

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Ellis Island is a former immigration inspection station. As the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954, it processed approximately 12 million immigrants to the United States in New York Harbor, within the states of New York and New Jersey. Prior to the immigration station it was owned by the Ellis family before the US government used it as a fort and a naval magazine. Between 1905 and 1914, immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times a...

New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity.

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Williams, William, 1862-1947.

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William Williams (1862-1947), a New York City lawyer, was Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of New York at Ellis Island from 1902 to 1905 and 1909 to 1913, and Commissioner of the Dept. of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity for New York City from 1914 to 1917. From the description of William Williams papers, 1902-1943, bulk (1902-1918). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122414882 William Williams was a New York lawyer and the Commissioner of I...

Levick, Edwin, 1868-1929

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Sherman, Augustus F., 1865-1925

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