When did someone arrive in the USA?
1923
Who was it?
Josephine Stout
Was her grandma legal?
unknown
What about her great-grandma?
no
How many kids was her great-grandma raising?
seven
Was she their mother?
no
Where was she?
dead
How?
she was killed
Who helped move her issue forward?
A Catholic charity
What did they do?
referred her case to Chicago Irish Immigrant Support(CIIS)
Where they able to find anything?
yes
What?
her birth certificate
What did that allow her to do?
to receive her Irish passport
How long did it ultimately take for that to happen?
90 years
Where was she born?
in County Limerick
Was she wealthy?
no
When will she become legal in the USA?
a few more months
She she consider herself from her homeland?
no
What started the investigation?
when she tried to claim state aid
How did she come to the USA?
on an immigrant ship