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Rosemeyer Family - What About Ellis Island?

What About Ellis Island? 

We all learned about Ellis Island in School, so it is easy to assume that our family's immigrants came to the U.S. through it. But let's look at the data....

Of the eight immigrants in the Rosemeyer family tree, the latest to arrive was Eleanor Schakel, who came in 1891. Ellis Island didn't open until 1892, so that means none of the Rosemeyer/Harmening/Schakel/Beckman immigrants were processed there.

So where did they come in to the U.S.?

Friedrich Rosemeyer and Eleanore Kolling Rosemeyer immigrated in 1873, and came in through the port of New York. From 1855 until about 1890, immigrants arriving in New York were processed through Castle Garden in the Battery of Manhattan. 

Castle Garden

Christine Roepke immigrated in 1871 to New York, through Castle Garden.

Eleanor Schakel immigrated in 1891, likely after the Immigration act of 1891 was passed. That act moved oversight for immigration from the states to the Federal Government. At that time, it was decided that Castle Garden was not sufficient to receive new immigrants, so work began on a new facility at Ellis Island. From 1891 until the completion and opening of Ellis Island in 1892, immigrants were processed at the Barge Office in the Battery. 

William Harmening came in 1840 through the Port of Baltimore. Caroline Kuhlmann, who became his wife, came through Baltimore in 1843. In the 1840's, arriving immigrants were processed informally at the dock when they disembarked. 

Immigrants to Baltimore after 1868 were processed at the B&O Railroad Immigration Pier in Locust Point. 

Waiting area at Locust Point 


Albert and Amelia Beckman came through the Port of Baltimore in 1872 and processed through Locust Point. 

So, none of the immigrants on the Rosemeyer branch came through Ellis Island - it wasn't in operation when they came. 










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