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On the day Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892, an Irish girl named Annie Moore became the very first person processed through what became the world-famous immigration center.

Irish servant to Emily Dickinson’s family

Carson Dobbins Boren and Mary Ann Kays Boren were among the first Anglo-Americans to settle in King County, Washington (U.S.)

Alice was working as a nurse to provide healthcare on the Navajo Reservation when she met Lurton Knee, the owner of the Sleeping Rainbow Ranch at Pleasant Creek. She married Lurt in 1958, and became a partner in the business.

Ardra Tarbell worked at Acadia National Park for 39 years.

Jannetje Vrelandt Drummond (c1740-1790) was a Loyalist during the U.S. Revolutionary War.