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I am making this
page in the hopes that some day, at some time, we
will be able to connect with relatives from our
Nicaraguan families. If you have any information
or access to any information and can help, please
email me!
Selva
Hilario Selva was
first married to Sophia Carus Wilson. They had at
least 2 children together; Ernesto & Hilario.
Hilario later
married Petrona and had 4 more children; Carlos
Alberto, Adolfo, Edward, & Ninfa. Adolfo
Selva was born in Granada, Nicaragua in 1900.
In 1918, Adolfo
and his brother, Carlos "Alberto" were
passengers on the SS Newport, leaving from
Corinto, Nicaragua, and arriving in San
Francisco, CA. They list their brother, Ernesto,
living in Granada, as their nearest relative.
They were joining their friend, Jose A Urbina, at
737 Fillmore St., in San Francisco. A year later,
in 1919, their brother Edward made the same
journey. He lists his father, Hilario in Granada,
as his nearest relative and is planning on
joining Adolfo Selva, his brother, at 301
California St. in San Francisco.
World War I draft
cards filled out in 1918 for both Alberto and
Adolfo list their father as Hilario Selva living
in Granada. They were both staying at the City
Hotel at 181 Jessee St. in San Francisco at that
time. Alberto is listed as unemployed, but
Adolfo's employer is listed as Union Iron Works.
It is my
understanding that Adolfo made several trips back
and forth between San Francisco and Nicaragua
over the years. He fathered several children
before his marriage to Maria Dolores Salinas
around 1950. We would very much like to find
these relatives! I only know the name of one of
these children of Adolfo's. His name is Carlos
Alberto. It doesn't help that everyone in this
family used the same names over and over, does
it? There was also at least one daughter but I
don't know her name. At one point she sent a
shirt for one of Adolfo's children with Maria
Dolores Salinas, so I know there was contact
between Adolfo and some of these children in
Nicaragua.
San Francisco
census records in 1930 show Adolfo and his
mother, Petrona, living in the household of
Adolfo's sister, Ninfa, and her family. He and
his brother-in-law, Charles Jarboe, are listed as
painters.
In 1931, I found a
manifest for the SS Guatemala that documents
Petrona (Espinosa) Selva's return to San
Francisco from a trip to Nicaragua to visit with
her sister, Isabel Espinosa. According to this
document, she first arrived in San Francisco in
1923, which was right after the death of her
husband, Hilario. She remained in San Francisco
until her departure in January 1931. She returned
in August of that same year to her residence at
1371 32nd Ave. in San Francisco.
Around 1959,
Adolfo moved his wife and 5 children to San
Francisco to live permanently.
Selva
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Salinas
I don't know very
much about the Salinas line. Ernesto Salinas was
the son of Enrique Salinas and Engracia Belmonte.
Enrique is said to be half German. He married Ana
Maria Ordoņez. They had 5 children between the
years 1925-1943. Two of them died during
childhood.
Ana Maria Ordoņez
was the child of Juan Torres and Viviana
Ordoņez. Apparently they were not married and
the children took their mother's name. Juan is
said to have been from Spain.
Salinas
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