Italians going to Canada??

Emmy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 1000 Location: Scotland

This may sound silly but did people still go through Ellis Island if their final destination was Canada?

I've been trying to trace an Erasmo DiCicco who was married to Jovana(could be Giovana) Fella
They arrived in Quebec before June 2nd 1898 (their son Joseph Michelangelo was born in Quebec on that date)

I have tried searching Ellis Island through the Dr Stephen Morse site but can find no manifest linking to this family. Am I searching in the wrong place?
Emmy

edit: I have just found 4 entries for Erasmo under the Castlegarden years 1855-1891 'All NYpassengers' the surname was written as Dicecca and Diciaccio but I cant get any further because I'm not subrcribed to Ancestry, could someone please look this up for me? It may not be the family but I thought it wouild be worth a try Thank you!
Emmy

nuccia · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Italians going to Canada??

Emmy,

I'll try and see what I can find. Passengers to Canada did go through Ellis prior to Halifax's Pier 21 opening. Even my Dad went through Ellis in 1957 and took a train through Fort Erie on to Toronto. My mom arrived in 1961 and she went through Halifax.

Be right back..

nuccia · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Italians going to Canada??

I also should have said that people traveled through the other ports as well as Ellis to go to Canada...

So far, these all seem to be from Elena Caserta....

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Erasmo Dicecca
Name: Erasmo Dicecca
Arrival Date: 16 Feb 1911
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: Cedric
Search Ship Database: View the Cedric in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Italy
Line: 5
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_1629
Birth Location: Italy
Birth Location Other: elena
Page Number: 37

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Giuseppe Diciaccio
Name: Giuseppe Diciaccio
Arrival Date: Nov 1909
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1885
Birth Country: Italy
Gender: Male

Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Salvatore Diciaccio
Name: Salvatore Diciaccio
Arrival Date: Oct 1909
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1883
Gender: Male

Port of Arrival: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

This person's name was crossed out..

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Erasmantonio Diciaccio
Name: Erasmantonio Diciaccio
Arrival Date: 19 Nov 1901
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Italian
Ship Name: Furst Bismarck
Search Ship Database: Search the Furst Bismarck in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 2
Microfilm Serial: 15t715
Microfilm Roll: T715_237
Page Number: 306

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Erasmo Diciaccio
Name: Erasmo Diciaccio
Arrival Date: 1 Mar 1954
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Italian
Ship Name: Constitution
Search Ship Database: Search the Constitution in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 24
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_8425
Page Number: 80

Can provide images of the ones you are interested in.

Emmy · V.I.P. Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 1000 Location: Scotland

Thanks for that Nuccia
But none of them match Sad

they arrived in Quebec before June 1898.
kiss

Emmy