1884 - the first Talpash in North America 

On 2 April 1884, a Talpash first stepped onto American soil.

When Theodosiy Talpash stepped off the ramp of the SS Rugia in New York and was herded through Ellis Island immigration, what was the world like?

·    he had come from Galicia, the largest province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after completing service in the army of Emperor Franz Joseph.

·    President Chester A. Arthur was into the last year, the third year of his term, after President Garfield had been assassinated in 1881.

·    slavery had been abolished only 19 years previously; the Indian Wars continued in the West.

·    in Canada, Prime Minister John A. MacDonald was preparing to send troops to put down the Riel Rebellion of 1885.

·    from 1840 to 1930, millions of Europeans flooded in to North America.

No wonder the United States and Canada prospered: millions of cheap labourers became the millions of new consumers who needed housing, and consumer goods of all kinds. Financed by the wealthy bankers, infrastructure - roads, railroads, whole cities - grew apace. The immigrants created wealth for their new countries.

125 years ago the first Talpash in North America joined the stampede to prosperity.

This Web Page is a work in progress, by Orest Talpash.

It is for historical interest only, primarily for members of the Talpash family. 

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