Forgotten New England

Ryan W. Owen, Writer and Photographer

The Immigrant Experience in 1892: New York’s Cholera Scare and its Effect on Boston

March 3, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

The emigrant ship Moravia crept into its dock in New York late on the night of August 30, 1892. The ship was sent straight to quarantine. On its ten-day voyage from Hamburg, Germany, 22 of its 358 passengers had been buried at sea, victims of Asiatic Cholera. Two more passengers convalesced in the ship’s hospital, […]

Boston’s Immigrant Experience in 1900 – Anticipation & Hope Amidst Confusion & Exploitation

December 28, 2011.Reading time 16 minutes.

Imagine the anticipation of these folks aboard the SS Canopic as it docked in Boston over 90 years ago. Were your grandparents or great-grandparents among these immigrants, who had perhaps spent more than a week aboard ship traveling to a new life? How long had these families planned, sacrificed, and prepared for this moment as […]