Journal

My name is Michael Kelly, my parents died when I was 12 ,my sister Bridget was 16, my brother Lawrence was 18 and my other brother was 19. My father had a heart attack on the trip to the United states and my mother committed suicide soon after. was a hard trip when we arrived an Eilis Island we made it through and I got a job as labour in the docks. While Lawrence and Bridget were carpenters and Thomas worked at the woodmill. We got a four bedroom house one for each of us we started out with little to eat but after a while we got used to the small amount of food. After a few years we got more money and were able to afford more food and better cloths. But after five years in America Lawrence died because he was he by a car on his way to work. He was 33. Eventually got over it. We rented his room for some extra money.