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Another Immigrant.

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 * = I am an immigrant ||
 * My name is || Susanne Williams ||
 * I am: || German ||
 * I last lived in: || Wasserlisch ||
 * I arrived on || February 15, 1905 ||
 * When I arrived, I was || 20 years old ||
 * I am a || Female ||
 * I am also || Single ||
 * The ship that I traveled on was || Finland ||
 * The port in which I departed was || Antwerp ||
 * My manifest line number: || 0024 ||

Describe in-depth the reason for leaving.
 * The Germans were killing the people in the Namibian Nation. It just so happens that the man I had been engaged to, had been with the Germans killing the people. One person mistook him for a Nambians and killed him accidentaly; that is why I am now single. Now, you see, everytime I went somewhere in Germany, I would see little things that had reminded me of him and I just couldn't take it any longer. I had become very depressed. I needed to escape, thus I left.

Were you meeting someone in America?
 * Actually, yes. If there wasn't a close friend that lived there, I probably wouldn't have went to America. I actually don't know where I would have gone. But, my friend did live there, so I stayed with her.

What do you hope to do in America?
 * I hope to start anew and lead an enriched life. Hopefully I can get a job and move out of my friends appartment. Maybe I'll even make a chocolate factory. Yum.

What did you feel the morning of your departure, why?
 * The morning I left, a mix of emotions ran through me. I was depressed but I was also excited. I didn't know if I would ever see my family again, and that is that made me upset. Also, I was very excited to know that if I got past the tough interrogators, I would get to go to America and live a leading life and get a new job.

Your thoughts and emotions about the entire Ellis Island Process:
 * At first all I really thought was that this was outrageous that they had to go through all of that to let someone into the country. But I figured that if that is what it was going to take to get me into America, I would stick it out; it was worth it. I was a little afraid during the interrogation process and when they searched us because I had no idea what was going on.

What did you see, hear and smell in the Immigration Building?
 * I saw a bunch of other people. There were alot of men and women getting questioned and getting searched.