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Ellen Whittington 1884 - 1970

Ellen Whittington of Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky was born on August 15, 1884, and died at age 86 years old in October 1970.
Ellen Whittington
Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky 40475
August 15, 1884
October 1970
Female
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  • 08/15
    1884

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    August 15, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1970

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    October 1970
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    Ellen Whittington lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1884, in the year that Ellen Whittington was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1892, at the age of just 8 years old, Ellen was alive when on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.
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