Two years after his father died in 1909, Walter Hayter left Purleigh, England, for the United States. He was 22 years old and felt a responsibility to help his mother and 12 brothers and sisters. Shortly after his arrival in America, he found work on a Michigan farm. In a matter of months, he was able to send for three of his sisters and one brother, all of whom became ill during their voyage and recuperated in Ellis Island's contagious disease hospital. Eventually, the entire Hayter family, except the oldest son, settled in America. —"Hayter Family
from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears,"
Ellis Island National Monument Online

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