In 1862 it was decided to make the Port of Hamburg (Germany) an open tidal port rather than a dock port of the kind very common at the time. Johannes Dalmann as Director of Hydraulic Engineering then made a start on extensive planning for restructuring the port area. In 1866 he constructed quays and sheds along both banks of the River Elbe. The first ship-to-rail transfer then took place at the siding on Kaiserkai in 1872. This laid the foundation for Hamburg?s emergence as the largest rail port in Europe.

Source: https://www.hafen-hamburg.de/en/experience/geschichte/

Castle Garden for immigration processing

Cattarina Cima’s birth record in Italy

Her name is found spelled in several different ways. This is Teresa (Tiscornia) Bornstein’s mother.

Learn more here.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EBWsMttXJNJrpYYg8J2JXzIABDXvqo__/

Citizens from the four separate towns of Whatcom, Sehome, Fairhaven, and Bellingham vote to merge into a new larger city.

September and October 1903 saw significant action with petitions presented by representatives to unite the towns, forming what would become the fourth largest city in Washington.

The consolidation officially created the city of Bellingham, which was named after the bay dubbed by Captain George Vancouver in 1792.

This photograph by Arnold Genthe shows Sacramento Street and approaching fire.

A Tiscornia family member is included in the count of 700 fatalities – due to smoke and dust inhalation that took over the city for several days after the actual earthquake.

Picture courtesy of Steinbrugge Collection of the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Center

He moves the family north to Seattle, Washington. They are included in the count of refugees fleeing the city.

There are over 225,000 refugees that fled San Francisco due to the earthquake. It is one of the largest evacuations in history.

More information on mass exodus due to the earthquake can be found here here.

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This was the meeting place of Myer Bornstein and Teresa Tiscornia, and functioned similar to a present day farmers market.

Myer was selling fish and Teresa was selling vegetables with her father.

Where does the photo come from?

Milton Charlie Bornstein was born February 27th, 1921.

Close friends first, then became family by marriage.

Ellen married Frank who is Teresa’s brother. Teresa is approximate age is 19-20 years old.

A small fish plant at the foot of Taylor Street in Bellingham, WA was acquired. Myer Bornstein was the front man for the operation. Charlie Houser was a silent partner. Charlie Bornstein handled paperwork.

The red arrow points to the location of Bornstein Seafoods.

The business that was at the corner of Central and Roeder Ave was Bellingham Fish Co., which was a storefront Myer Bornstein owned for selling seafood. It was technically separate from Bornstein Seafoods. It was kind of like a butcher shop, but for fish.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d96S8Th1f4lM2-5MZAurkE7Q2VBtK-OZ/

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This letter was written by Andy to his sister Judy Bornstein while he was in Puerto Rico on his way to Vietnam.

The first time Meyer and Teresa kids, aka the Bornstein siblings, rode on a train:

• Joanne – Unknown
• Janice – 1960’s at Christmas time. She was in her 30s with six kids
• Myrna – Does not recall riding a train
• Judy – Late 1990s. Took Amtrak train from California to attend Colin Bornstein and Gina Glenovich’s wedding in Bellingham.
• Jay – Unknown
• Andy – Unknown

Jay represents the Westcoast industry in Washington D.C. for the purpose of creating a national seafood policy. This is the precursor to establishing a 200-mile economic zone.

Kyle and Cassandra get married on Cinco de Mayo on the north end of Cypress island where they caught their first fish together.

Key siblings from left to right:

Taylor, Sydney, Major, Ashlyn