The Wheal Family

In tribute to the small but thriving family of Wheals who entered the U.S. through Ellis Island a hundred years ago, this blog has been created to display a collection of photos and memories of my past. NOTE: Please click on the Archives links to view more entries.

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Friday, July 21, 2006

Grandma Caroline Orme Wheal



According to the ships' manifests recorded at Ellis Island, my paternal grandmother, Caroline Orme entered the United States when she was 21 years old with her mother, 50 year-old Sarah on October 28, 1906 on the Celtic after departing Liverpool, England. They were joining their father and husband, Joseph Orme, who had come to New Jersey earlier that year (March 31, 1906) on the Etruria to settle in Perth Amboy and find work in his trade as a terra cotta worker.

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