Armenian Immigrants: Boston, 1891-1901; New York, 1880-1897

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List of ships 7,355 entry Every Name Index plus 1,743 entry Reverse Index.

Armenian immigrants first began to come to America in the 1880s, and by the turn of the century more than ten thousand had arrived, settling mostly in Worcester, Massachusetts and subsequently in California. While most Federal ship arrival lists for the turn of the century have already been indexed, the Boston 1891-1901 and New York 1880-1897 passenger lists have never been indexed. To remedy this Linda Avakian has compiled a comprehensive listing of all of the more than 7,300 Armenian immigrants who came through the ports of Boston and New York during those time periods.

The information on each immigrant includes the ship, the ports of departure and arrival, date of arrival, age, sex, marital status, nationality, last residence, destination in America, and the reference to the original ship's list. By listing the immigrants in their original order of arrival Ms Avakian has retained the groupings of family and friends, adding valuable data for descendants.

Here is the first major work on this little-researched immigrant group.