On January 1, 1892, teenager Annie Moore from County Cork, Ireland, became the first person admitted to the new immigration station on Ellis Island. On that opening day, she received a greeting from officials and a $10.00 gold piece. The First Immigrant Landed on Ellis Island. When 15-year-old Annie Moore arrived here from Ireland on this day in 1892, she was the first person to enter the United States through Ellis Island.
If I'm not wrong I remember that Annie Moore was the first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island and if my memory isn't rusty I believe that she's from County Dock/Cork (probably Cork), Ireland.
