The Pickpocket BNG Part One

Baby Name Games
1

[name]Dice[/name]: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/ten.htm

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and (roll the dice) younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
1or 2: Doctor or Nurse
3 or 4: Explorer
5 or 6:Teacher
7 or 8: Detective or Journalist
9 or 10: Business owner (what kind)

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
1 or 2: [name]England[/name]
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]
5 or 6: Germany
7 or 8: [name]Italy[/name]
9 or 10: Your choice

What is your name? (your choice)
What are you like? (your choice)
[name]How[/name] old are you? (#even=12 #odd=11)

What are your parents names? (first, middle and last name must have origins in the country your family came from)

What is your uncle’s name? (Must be a formal name with a nickname that everyone calls him)

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings:

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from (what?) and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? ( Can come from this: Vintage Boy Names | Nameberry or this: Nicknames for Boys | Nameberry)

What is he like? (your choice)

You, (best friend) and (sibling closest in age) make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
1 or 2: There is a fire in your tenement while you are out. It kills your entire family besides your oldest sibling and your uncle.
3 or 4: There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.
5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.
7 or 8: There is an accident in the factory where your (father or mother) works. It either kills them or leaves them crippled.
9 or 10: You choose what happens.

Because of (tragic event) your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for (remaining adult) to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of (how old?) you leave your family behind and join (best friend) on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs. Part 2 up soon…

2

It is 1870. You are a little English immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 8 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become an explorer.

What is your name? [name]Lucille[/name] [name]Amabel[/name] [name]Stone[/name] [name]Lula[/name]
What are you like? http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/63356/63356,1280498739,1/stock-photo-studio-fashion-portrait-of-charming-little-girl-58133635.jpg . Quiet, shy and imaginative.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11.

What are your parents names? [name]Asa[/name] [name]Gideon[/name] and [name]Elisabeth[/name] [name]Patience[/name] [name]Stone[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Theodore[/name] [name]James[/name] Uncle [name]Tad[/name]

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names?

[name]Clarice[/name] - 10

[name]Benjamin[/name] [name]Benji[/name]- 8

[name]Reuben[/name] - 7
[name]Russell[/name] - 7

[name]Edmond[/name] - 6

[name]August[/name] - 5

[name]Celia[/name] - 2

[name]Madeline[/name] - 1

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from a drunken man, and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name?

[name]Silas[/name] Ezekial - 11

You, [name]Silas[/name] and [name]Clarice[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens?
7 or 8: There is an accident in the factory where your mother works. It leaves her deaf and weak.

Because of the accident your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your father to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of eleven, you leave your family behind and join [name]Silas[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

3

It is 1870. You are a little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and nine younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a Teacher.

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?

5 or 6:Teacher

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?

7 or 8: [name]Italy[/name]

What is your name? [name]Maria[/name] [name]Victoire[/name] Polizzi
What are you like? quiet, but brave.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 12

What are your parents names? [name]Paolo[/name] [name]Pietro[/name] and [name]Lucia[/name] [name]Concetta[/name] Polizzi

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Luciano[/name] [name]Sergio[/name] Polizzi “[name]Lucio[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names?
Siblings:
[name]Alberta[/name] [name]Lois[/name], 9
[name]Hubert[/name] [name]Ollie[/name], 5, & [name]Sara[/name] [name]Rachel[/name], 5 (Twins)
[name]Christina[/name] [name]Sue[/name], 8
[name]Ada[/name] [name]Marie[/name], 10 & [name]Mark[/name] [name]Levi[/name], 10 (Twins)
[name]Ellen[/name] [name]Rose[/name], 4
[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Rosa[/name], 7
[name]Ida[/name] [name]Florence[/name], 2

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from the police and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Tobias[/name] [name]James[/name]

What is he like? Friendly, but sometimes nervous.

You, [name]Tobias[/name] and [name]Ada[/name] [name]Marie[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?

3 or 4: There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.

Because of the cholera your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]Paolo[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 12 you leave your family behind and join [name]Tobias[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs. Part 2 up soon…

4

It is 1870. You are a young immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 7 younger siblings in a dirty, cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (CAREER).

What do you want to be when you grow up?
5 or 6:Teacher

Your family are immigrants from another country.
9 or 10: Your choice — Denmark

What is your name? [name]Kiersten[/name] Bixby
What are you like? Loud, charming, and a proper genius.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Kristoffer[/name] [name]William[/name] Bixby & [name]Mathilde[/name] Agnete Bixby

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Sebastian[/name] Bixby ([name]Bastian[/name])

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names?
Siblings: [name]Gideon[/name] [name]Randolph[/name] Bixby (1), [name]Jordan[/name] [name]Casper[/name] Bixby (2) , [name]Cornelia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] Bixby (2), Geneveive [name]Annabelle[/name] Bixby (2), [name]Kathrine[/name] [name]Mathilde[/name] Bixby (3), [name]Diana[/name] [name]Mary[/name] Bixby (4), & [name]Archer[/name] [name]Jonathan[/name] Bixby (9)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from being run over by an apple vendor and you’ve been pals ever since.

What is his name? [name]Phineas[/name] McMurray

What is he like? Daring, sneaky, and funny.

You, Phin and [name]Archer[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens?
1 or 2: There is a fire in your tenement while you are out. It kills your entire family besides your oldest sibling and your uncle.

Because of the fire your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]Bastian[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 14 you leave your family behind and join [name]Phineas[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs.

Family -
[name]Kristoffer[/name] & [name]Mathilde[/name] Bixby, plus [name]Mathilde[/name]'s brother, [name]Bastian[/name] Bixby
[name]Kiersten[/name] Bixby
[name]Archer[/name] Bixby
[name]Diana[/name] Bixby
[name]Kathrine[/name] Bixby
[name]Gen[/name] Bixby
[name]Cornelia[/name] Bixby
[name]Jordan[/name] Bixby
[name]Gideon[/name] Bixby

Can’t wait for Part 2! :slight_smile:

5

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 6 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a doctor.

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
1or 2: [name]Doctor[/name] or Nurse

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
1 or 2: [name]England[/name]

What is your name? [name]Juliet[/name] [name]Emmaline[/name] [name]Archer[/name]
What are you like? Smart, strong-willed, and independent; I have wavy auburn hair and hazel eyes.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Archer[/name] & [name]Ambrose[/name] [name]James[/name] [name]Archer[/name]
What is your uncle’s name? [name]Robert[/name] “[name]Rob[/name]” [name]Charles[/name] [name]Archer[/name]

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Genders: girl, girl, boy, girl, boy, boy
Siblings: [name]Mary[/name] [name]Alice[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (9), [name]Clara[/name] [name]Florence[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (7), [name]Henry[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (5), [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Grace[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (2), [name]Albert[/name] [name]Edward[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (2), & [name]John[/name] [name]George[/name] [name]Archer[/name] (2)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from an older boy harassing you and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Bryon[/name] [name]Jacob[/name] [name]Smith[/name]

What is he like? Tall and lean, with dark brown hair and green eyes, he does not appear to be sick. He is always smiling and looks on the bright side of things. You wouldn’t know he was sickly until you saw the dark circles under his eyes.

You, [name]Bryon[/name], and [name]Mary[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
1 or 2: There is a fire in your tenement while you are out. It kills your entire family besides your oldest sibling and your uncle.

Because of the fire at the tenement your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for Uncle [name]Rob[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 12 you leave your family behind and join [name]Byron[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

6

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 5 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
1or 2: [name]Doctor[/name] or Nurse

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
7 or 8: [name]Italy[/name]

What is your name? [name]Clara[/name] [name]Grace[/name] DeMartino
What are you like? I have long, thick brown hair and green eyes.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 12

What are your parents names? [name]Giovanni[/name] [name]Nico[/name] and [name]Carlotta[/name] [name]Bianca[/name] DeMartino

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Salvatore[/name] “[name]Sal[/name]” [name]Renz[/name] DeMartino

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings: [name]Ida[/name] [name]Florence[/name]-9, [name]Arthur[/name] [name]James[/name]-8, [name]George[/name] [name]Clarence[/name]-6, [name]Mabel[/name] [name]Alice[/name]-2, [name]Bessie[/name] [name]Ella[/name]-1

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from loose dogs chasing you and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Sully[/name] [name]Jed[/name] [name]Moe[/name].

What is he like? [name]Bright[/name] red hair, green eyes.

You, [name]Sully[/name] and [name]Ida[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.

Because of your father and Uncle [name]Sal[/name]'s death, your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your mother to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 13 you leave your family behind and join [name]Sully[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

7

It is 1870. You are a little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 5 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a teacher.

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
5 or 6: Teacher

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from?
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Nettie[/name] [name]Amanda[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name]
What are you like? Tall, with long red hair and green eyes.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 12

What are your parents names? Muireann [name]Caoimhe[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] & [name]Fearghus[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Robert[/name] [name]Sheehan[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] “[name]Robby[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings: [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] (8), [name]Cornelius[/name] [name]Jake[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] (7), [name]Myrtle[/name] [name]Louise[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] (4), [name]August[/name] [name]Homer[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] & [name]Francis[/name] [name]Edgar[/name] O’[name]Callaghan[/name] (2)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from being beaten by the police and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Misha[/name]

What is he like? Short, with dark brown hair and hazel eyes.

You, [name]Misha[/name] and [name]Harriet[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.

Because of the brawl your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your mom to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrant’s wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 14 you leave your family behind and join [name]Misha[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs. Part 2 up soon…

8

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 3 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
8: Journalist

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?

9 or 10: [name]Africa[/name] and [name]France[/name] (mother-African father-French

What is your name? [name]Zuri[/name] [name]Ines[/name]
What are you like? Funny, chatterbox (talkative) loves to jump and run around, pretty, slightly immature

[name]How[/name] old are you? #odd=11

What are your parents names? [name]Kamali[/name] [name]Afia[/name] and [name]Remi[/name] [name]Marceau[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Maxence[/name] [name]Gustavo[/name] ([name]Max[/name])

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings: [name]Minnie[/name] (3), [name]Bessie[/name] (4) [name]Louis[/name] (5)
[name]Minnie[/name]: Three Years Old Adorable African American Stock Photo 87156823 | Shutterstock
[name]Bessie[/name]: Closeup Adorable Four Year Old African Stock Photo 35907244 | Shutterstock
[name]Louis[/name]: Little African American Boy Playing Air Stock Photo 106413530 | Shutterstock

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from THE POLICE AFTER YOU STOLL AN [name]APPLE[/name] and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? ( Can come from this: 172 Vintage Boy Names | Nameberry or this: Nicknames for Boys | Nameberry)
His name is: [name]Gus[/name] ([name]August[/name])
What is he like? Kind, funny, athletic and a good lier!
Close Portrait Angry Boy Shouting Isolated Stock Photo 95707042 | Shutterstock

You, [name]GUS[/name] and [name]LOUIS[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?

5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.

Because of THE MURDER your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]KAMALI[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 11 you leave your family behind and join [name]GUS[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs. Part 2 up soon…

9

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and six younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
Detective

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
[name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Molly[/name] [name]Anna[/name] [name]Madigan[/name]
What are you like? http://blog.eogn.com/.a/6a00d8341c767353ef017742c71b2e970d-320wi
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Conall[/name] [name]Nolan[/name] & [name]Vivian[/name] [name]Maria[/name] [name]Madigan[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Henry[/name] [name]James[/name] O’Hare “[name]Hank[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names?
Siblings: [name]William[/name] [name]James[/name] & [name]Henry[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] - 8
[name]Alice[/name] [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Nellie[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] & [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Robert[/name] -3
[name]Daisy[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] - 2

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from from a runaway carriage horse and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Julian[/name] [name]Walt[/name] [name]Johnson[/name]

You, [name]Julian[/name], [name]William[/name] and [name]Henry[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
7 or 8: There is an accident in the factory where your mother works. It either kills them or leaves them crippled.

Because of your mother’s accident your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your father and uncle to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of eleven you leave your family behind and join [name]Julian[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

10

It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and seven younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a Journalist.

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Aoife[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name]
What are you like? Quiet, optimistic and responsible
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names?
[name]Patrick[/name] [name]Tomas[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name] and Noleen [name]Mairead[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? (Must be a formal name with a nickname that everyone calls him)
[name]William[/name] [name]Coilin[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name] “[name]Will[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings:
Boy: [name]Walter[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 10
Girl: [name]Kathleen[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 9
Girl: [name]Eileen[/name] [name]Rosamond[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 9
Girl: [name]Maudie[/name] [name]Adelaide[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 7
Boy: [name]James[/name] [name]William[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 5
Girl: [name]Bridget[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 5
Girl: [name]Una[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 2

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from a scary man and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name?
[name]Charlie[/name] Sebasitan

What is he like? Brave, smart and fun

You, [name]Charlie[/name] and [name]Walter[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
1 or 2: There is a fire in your tenement while you are out. It kills your entire family besides your oldest sibling and your uncle.

Because of the fire your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for Uncle [name]Will[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of eleven you leave your family behind and join [name]Charlie[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

[name]William[/name] [name]Coilin[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], 42
[name]Patrick[/name] [name]Tomas[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], 39
Noleen [name]Mairead[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], 36
[name]Aoife[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 11
[name]Walter[/name] [name]Patrick[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 10
[name]Kathleen[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 9
[name]Eileen[/name] [name]Rosamond[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 9
[name]Maudie[/name] [name]Adelaide[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 7
[name]James[/name] [name]William[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 5
[name]Bridget[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 5
[name]Una[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] O’[name]Sullivan[/name], age 2

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It is 1870. You are a little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 5 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up?
7 or 8: Detective or Journalist

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from?
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Erin[/name] [name]Darcy[/name] Kirkpatrick
What are you like? Beautiful Girl Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Child, Serious, Close-up - iStock Very quiet and kind
[name]How[/name] old are you? 12

What are your parents names? [name]Caine[/name] [name]Findlay[/name] and [name]Maura[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name] Kirkpatrick

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Morrigan[/name] [name]Neal[/name] Kirkpatrick, but everyone calls him [name]Moe[/name]

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names?
Siblings: [name]Carrie[/name] [name]Mae[/name] [10]
[name]John[/name] [name]Henry[/name] [6]
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [5]
[name]Walter[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] [3]
[name]Frank[/name] [name]Andrew[/name] [2]

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from hunger when he bought me a piece of bread and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Beck[/name]

What is he like? Young Boy Portrait Nature On The Background Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Focus On Foreground, One Person, Real People - iStock
Kind and generous, but also really social and funny

You, [name]Jasper[/name] and [name]Carrie[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens?
5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.

Because of the pub brawl your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your mom to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 13 you leave your family behind and join [name]Jasper[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and eight younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a explorer.

Your family are immigrants from [name]England[/name].

What is your name? [name]Alice[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name]
What are you like? Quiet, kind, shy and responsible.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Eugenie[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name] and [name]Tobiah[/name] [name]Harvey[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name].

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Charles[/name] [name]Lincoln[/name] [name]Sparrow[/name] “[name]Chuck[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? Siblings:
[name]Bessie[/name] [name]Lucille[/name] and [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Eve[/name]- 4
[name]Emerson[/name] [name]Hugo[/name] - 10
[name]Olive[/name] [name]Virginia[/name] - 6
[name]Nancy[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] - 2
[name]August[/name] [name]Henry[/name] - 9
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Seth[/name] and [name]Lenora[/name] [name]Jane[/name] - 7

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from a flash flood and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name?
[name]Jasper[/name] [name]Malachi[/name]

What is he like? Modest, brave and compassionate.

You, [name]Jasper[/name] and [name]Emerson[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…
What happens? There is a fire in your tenement while you are out. It kills your entire family besides your oldest sibling and your uncle.

Because of the fire your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]Chuck[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 16 you leave your family behind and join [name]Jasper[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like.
[name]Tobiah[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Chuck[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Bessie[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]August[/name], [name]Nancy[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Lenora[/name] and [name]Adelaide[/name].

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and four younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
7 or 8: Detective or Journalist

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Molly[/name] [name]Clarice[/name] Hannigan
What are you like? Relatively kind, terrified of fire, physically adept
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11 years old

What are your parents names? [name]Aileen[/name] and [name]Ciaran[/name] Hannigan

What is your uncle’s name? [name]William[/name] [name]Conor[/name] Hannigan “[name]Will[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings: [name]Anna[/name] [name]Rose[/name] (2 years old), [name]Grace[/name] [name]Isabelle[/name] (3 years old), [name]Claude[/name] [name]Julius[/name] and [name]Lillian[/name] [name]Pearl[/name](four years old)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from being run over when you fell onto the road and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Silas[/name] [name]Maxwell[/name] Addario

What is he like? Quite testy and slightly guarded, also scared of fire

You, [name]Silas[/name] and the twins make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
3 or 4: There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.

Because of epidemic your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your father to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of fourteen you leave your family behind and join [name]Silas[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 7 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a nurse.

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
1or 2: [name]Doctor[/name] or Nurse

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
1 or 2: [name]England[/name]

What is your name? [name]Harriet[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Alden[/name]
What are you like? A smart young woman with a desire to move up in the world. [name]Light[/name] blonde hair with deep green eyes.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Mary[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] & [name]William[/name] [name]John[/name] [name]Alden[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Bertram[/name] [name]David[/name] [name]Alden[/name] “[name]Bert[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings:

[name]William[/name] [name]Joseph[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 6 “[name]Will[/name]” has fair blonde hair and big blue eyes. He loves to play sports!
[name]George[/name] [name]Edward[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 4 [name]George[/name] has light brown hair with small blue eyes and wears glasses. He is very intelligent!
[name]Clarence[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 3 [name]Clarence[/name] has dark blonde hair with large deep green eyes and is the spitting image of his father
[name]David[/name] [name]Arthur[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 2 “[name]Dave[/name]” is the runt of the triplets and has dark brown hair with grey eyes and a contagious smile!
[name]Lillian[/name] [name]Maude[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 2 “[name]Lily[/name]” is extremely tall for being 2 and has dark blonde hair with grey eyes and is the spitting image of her mother
[name]Michael[/name] [name]Herman[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 2 “[name]Mikey[/name]” has fair blonde hair and has pale blue eyes. He looks a lot like his eldest sister!
[name]Mamie[/name] [name]Esther[/name] [name]Alden[/name] - 1 [name]Mamie[/name] also has fair blonde hair but with deep green eyes.

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from robbers and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Archibald[/name] [name]Jude[/name] [name]Stuart[/name]
What is he like? He is mean to everyone who is not his friend but is the most loyal person you will ever meet. He is short, with strawberry blonde hair and dark blue eyes.

You, [name]Archie[/name] and [name]Will[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?

3 or 4: There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.
R.I.P. [name]Mamie[/name] [name]Esther[/name] [name]Alden[/name] (1 year old) & [name]Mary[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Alden[/name] (mother).

Because of (tragic event) your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]William[/name] to feed and clothe you and your sibling(s) on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 14 you leave your family behind and join [name]Archie[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs. Part 2 up soon…

[name]William[/name] [name]John[/name] [name]Alden[/name] with: [name]Harriet[/name] (14), [name]Will[/name] (9), [name]George[/name] (7), [name]Clarence[/name] (6), [name]David[/name] (5), [name]Michael[/name] (5), and [name]Lillian[/name] (5)

[name]Harriet[/name]: has become a sly and smart pick-pocket. She is slowly becoming a criminal…

[name]Will[/name]: [name]Will[/name] has taken over for [name]Harriet[/name] as the oldest child. He has to cook for his entire family while his father is at work and walk all of the kids to school. He leaves school early to pick-pocket and comes back to pick up his siblings. He no longer has time for sports

[name]George[/name]: [name]George[/name] is still an innocent little kid. He plays sports with his friends and doesn’t have many cares in the world.

[name]Clarence[/name]: [name]Clarence[/name] is constantly worrying about [name]Harriet[/name] and where she is. He is upset all the time and has gotten a job as a paper boy. His father does not think he should have to work at the age of 6, so he does it behind his back, and slips the money into his father’s wallet.

[name]David[/name]: [name]David[/name] just started school and is having a terrible time coping with the loss of his mother - worse than anyone else in the family. They were two peas in a pod and inseparable. He often gets made fun of at school for crying.

[name]Michael[/name]: [name]Michael[/name] is “tougher” and looks out for [name]David[/name] at school. He has become a “bully” and is turning into a mean-spirited person.

[name]Lily[/name]: [name]Lily[/name] is a kind-hearted girl. She is friends with everyone and always tries to help everyone out. She is having a hard time coping with the loss of [name]Mamie[/name], her favorite sister.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 2 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
9 or 10: Business owner: Run a tea shop

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? [name]Eliza[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name]
What are you like? [name]Brown[/name] hair, green eyes. Very funny and bright.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Molly[/name] [name]Maureen[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name] & [name]Patrick[/name] [name]Niall[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Malachy[/name] [name]Rhys[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name] “[name]Mac[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings: [name]Francis[/name] “[name]Frankie[/name]” [name]Jack[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name] (6) and [name]Kathleen[/name] “[name]Kate[/name]” [name]Emma[/name] [name]Finnegan[/name] (3)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from (what?) and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Frederick[/name] “[name]Freddie[/name]” [name]Oliver[/name] [name]McQueen[/name]

What is he like? Dark auburn hair, blue eyes, tons of freckles. Skinny and sly.

You, [name]Freddie[/name] and [name]Frankie[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?

3 or 4: There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling, [name]Kate[/name].

Because of your mother and sister’s death your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your Da to feed and clothe you and your sibling on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 11 you leave your family behind and join [name]Freddie[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 3 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (career…roll below).

What do you want to be when you grow up (roll)?
5 or 6:Teacher

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
7 or 8: [name]Italy[/name]

What is your name? [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Adriana[/name] Caputo
What are you like? http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/257323/109748432/stock-photo-closeup-portrait-of-pretty-little-girl-109748432.jpg
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Carlotta[/name] [name]Emiliana[/name] Caputo & [name]Giorgio[/name] [name]Felice[/name] Caputo

What is your uncle’s name? (Must be a formal name with a nickname that everyone calls him) [name]Giovanni[/name] [name]Marco[/name] Caputo “[name]Joe[/name]”

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are they’re names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings:
Boy- [name]Lorenzo[/name] [name]Amos[/name] Caputo (8)
Girl- [name]Serena[/name] [name]Rosa[/name] Caputo (7)
Boy- [name]Milo[/name] [name]Loren[/name] Caputo (3)

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from nearly getting run over by a horse and cart, and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Edwin[/name] ‘[name]Eddie[/name]’ [name]Tobias[/name] [name]Turner[/name] (13)

What is he like? http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/546928/99994364/stock-photo-extra-extra-vintage-newsboy-holds-out-his-paper-for-sale-99994364.jpg

You, [name]Eddie[/name] and [name]Lorenzo[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
5 or 6: Your father and uncle are murdered in a pub brawl.

Because of the murder of your father and uncle, your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]Carlotta[/name] to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 11 you leave your family behind and join [name]Eddie[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 2 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a Detective.

Your family are immigrants from [name]England[/name].

What is your name? Annabeth [name]Louise[/name] Downer.
What are you like? Solemn, responsible, analytical.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11.

What are your parents names? [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Frances[/name] Downer and [name]Stanley[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] Downer.

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Edward[/name] “[name]Eddie[/name]” [name]Thornton[/name] Downer

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names?
Siblings: [name]Claud[/name] [name]Monroe[/name] Downer, 8, and [name]Mary[/name] [name]Viola[/name] Downer, 3.

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from an elf blitz attack and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Hank[/name] [name]Sully[/name] [name]Simon[/name].

What is he like? [name]Street[/name]-clever, outgoing, protective.

You, [name]Hank[/name] and [name]Claud[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

There is an accident in the factory where your father works. It leaves him crippled.

Because of the accident your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for your father to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 11 you leave your family behind and join [name]Hank[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 7 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become an [name]Explorer[/name]

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from (roll)?
[name]Italy[/name]

What is your name? [name]Antonia[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] [name]Annie[/name]
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? [name]Matteo[/name] [name]Luca[/name] & [name]Amadea[/name] [name]Emilia[/name]

What is your uncle’s name? [name]Alessandro[/name] [name]Paolo[/name] [name]Les[/name]

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly.
Siblings:

9 - [name]Eli[/name] [name]John[/name]
6 - [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Mary[/name]
5 - [name]Celia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name] / [name]Jasper[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
4 - [name]Sara[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] / [name]Leo[/name] [name]James[/name]
1 - [name]Isaac[/name] [name]George[/name]

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from being run over by a horse and you’ve been pals ever since.

[name]Tristan[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]

You, [name]Tristan[/name] and [name]Eli[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.

Because of the cholera your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for Dad and Uncle [name]Les[/name] to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 11 you leave your family behind and join [name]Tristan[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

Uncle [name]Les[/name]

Mom: [name]Amadea[/name] & Dad: [name]Matteo[/name]
[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Celia[/name] & [name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Sara[/name] & [name]Leo[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and (5) younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a (Teacher).

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from? 3 or 4: [name]Ireland[/name]

What is your name? ([name]Saoirse[/name] [name]Mairead[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name])
What are you like? (Tall and gangly with black curly hair and blue eyes, very quiet but doggedly determined and stubborn)
[name]How[/name] old are you? (12)

What are your parents names? ([name]Duff[/name] [name]Ronan[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name] and [name]Niamh[/name] [name]Roisin[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name])
What is your uncle’s name? ([name]Finnegan[/name] [name]Brady[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name] “[name]Finn[/name]”)

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names?
[name]Patrick[/name] [name]William[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name], 6 years old
[name]Aoife[/name] [name]Eileen[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name] and [name]Maudie[/name] [name]Una[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name], 4 year old twins
[name]Coilin[/name] [name]Edmond[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name], 3 years old
[name]Tomas[/name] [name]James[/name] O’[name]Connor[/name], 1 year old

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from (a group of older boys) and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name?
[name]Paddy[/name] [name]Rafe[/name] [name]Martin[/name]

What is he like? (Quiet, cunning, and gregarious)

You, ([name]Paddy[/name]) and ([name]Patrick[/name]) make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens?
7 or 8: There is an accident in the factory where your (father) works. It kills him.

Because of (the accident) your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for (your mother, [name]Niamh[/name]) to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of (15) you leave your family behind and join ([name]Paddy[/name]) on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

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It is 1870. You little immigrant girl living with your parents, uncle, and 10 younger siblings in a dirty cramped tenement on the Lower [name]East[/name] Side of Manhattan. Life is miserable and frightening in the slums with so much death and disease running rampant. But you try your best to keep out of trouble hoping one day to leave the slum and become a Detective.

Your family are immigrants from another country. Where are they from:
7 or 8: [name]Italy[/name]

What is your name? [name]Giuliana[/name] [name]Isabel[/name] Bianchetto
What are you like? [name]Bright[/name], friendly, imaginative. Enjoys playing games with siblings. Slim, but eats a lot. [name]Long[/name] brown hair, bright blue eyes. Smiles a lot.
[name]How[/name] old are you? 11

What are your parents names? (first, middle and last name must have origins in the country your family came from)
[name]Violetta[/name] [name]Cosima[/name] Bianchetto and [name]Francesco[/name] [name]Luca[/name] Bianchetto

What is your uncle’s name? (Must be a formal name with a nickname that everyone calls him)
Massimiliano - Uncle Massi

Because the adults work so much, your siblings are your best friends. They encourage you and entertain you and you love them dearly. What are their names? (for each one roll for gender, even=girl and odd=boy. Then roll for ages, children with the same number are multiples. Names come from :Popular Names in the United States 1880-1889 - Behind the Name. Describe them too, if you like.)
Siblings:
G/G: [name]Annetta[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name] [[name]Annie[/name]] and [name]Giuliana[/name] [name]Isabel[/name] [Giules] - 11
[name]Annie[/name] - leader, best friends with [name]Guiliana[/name], talk about everything together.
B/B: [name]Lorenzo[/name] [name]Gus[/name] and [name]Manuel[/name] [name]Jack[/name] - 10
[name]Lorenzo[/name] - loves to get dirty, pull pranks, muck around.
[name]Manuel[/name] - very smart, good at all subjects in school. Ladies love him already.
G/B: [name]Albina[/name] [name]Ruth[/name] [[name]Albie[/name]] and [name]Alfonso[/name] [name]Timothy[/name] [[name]Alfie[/name]] - 8
[name]Albie[/name] - loves sports and running, little bit bossy over her siblings, especially [name]Etta[/name] and [name]Alfie[/name].
[name]Alfie[/name] - loves throwing sticks, collecting different things off the street
G: [name]Rosetta[/name] [name]Anne[/name] [[name]Etta[/name]] - 5
[name]Etta[/name] - quiet, shy. Likes to play alone, loves to try and be the “big sister” and look after [name]Vali[/name]. Does not like being bossed around.
B: [name]Angelo[/name] [name]Philip[/name] - 4
[name]Angelo[/name] - won’t listen to anybody. Very naughty, but in a cheeky and cute way. Always tests the limits, always has energy. Follows [name]Lorenzo[/name] around all day.
B/B/G: [name]Junius[/name] [name]Mathew[/name], [name]Orlando[/name] [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Valeria[/name] [name]Phoebe[/name] [[name]Vali[/name]] - 2
[name]Junius[/name] - never leaves [name]Orlando[/name]'s side, together for everything. Not very confident, quite shy, but not to his brother
[name]Orlando[/name] - has crazy ideas already, likes to run around. Very protective over [name]Junius[/name].
[name]Vali[/name] - loves getting into [name]Violetta[/name]'s makeup and running around in her shoes. Loves dressing up.

You also have a best friend from the Five Points District. He is a slick little pickpocket who, as far as you know, has been an orphan his whole life. You met him after he saved you from falling into a gutter after your [name]Angelo[/name]'s ball went across the road, and you’ve been pals ever since. What is his name? [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Theo[/name], but you call him [name]Theo[/name].
What is he like? Brave, courageous. Always up for an adventure, which is good for you. Very active, but if you want to sit down and read, he’ll do that too.

You, [name]Theo[/name] and [name]Annie[/name] make the best of life in the slums by doing tricks in the streets for pennies and exploring the streets of New [name]York[/name] in your spare time. You are happy to have such a large, loving family and the freedom to do as you please. But then, tragedy strikes…

What happens (roll)?
There is a cholera epidemic. It kills your mother and your youngest sibling.

Because of the death of your mother and youngest sister, [name]Vali[/name], your life is turned upside down. It is now impossible for [name]Francesco[/name] to feed and clothe you and your siblings on an immigrants wages. You decide it would be best if you, as the oldest, try to make your own way in the world. So at the age of 13 you leave your family behind and join [name]Theo[/name] on the streets of New [name]York[/name] as a pickpocket.

List your childhood family here, if you like. You can include ages, descriptions and photographs.

[name]Annie[/name], [name]Lorenzo[/name], [name]Manuel[/name], [name]Albie[/name], [name]Alfie[/name], [name]Etta[/name], [name]Angelo[/name], [name]Lorenzo[/name], [name]Junius[/name], [name]Orlando[/name] and [name]Vali[/name].