11/12/2012

The 1910 Census


The LaBretagne
Photo: Frank Pichardo Collection

In a previous post of mine, I talked about my grandfather, Stephen Motian. Today, I'm going to be talking about where he went after he came to America from Turkey. I can't find any hard evidence about what Stephen did when he got off the ship LaBretagne at Ellis Island. In the ship manifest, it says he was going to Providence, Rhode Island. Did he actually go there? I can't find any records of his location from 1901- 1909. But if Stephen did go to Providence, he went back to New York City at some point.