George Ferris Record

A letter from M. Schwartz, MD stating that he does not believe George Ferris is 16 years old. It is attached to another record, from the United States Department of Labor, Immigration Service, sent to Lawrence, Massachusetts by acting commissioner Byron Hall on September 20, 1913. This states that George Kabalanx [likely a confusion with his father's name, Ablan Ferris Karam] was 16 years of age when he arrived in the United States to go to Lawrence to join his father. It indicates that he was literate and that his occupation was "shoemaker." A notation, handwritten in pencil at the bottom of this document, states that "the boy will be 17 his next birthday."

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Lawrence, Massachusetts