Laredo Border Crossing 1943

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Above is the documentation from a 1943 Laredo border crossing of Sixto Barrios & his granddaughters, Yolanda and Miriam, as he escorted the girls to their mother in San Francisco. It comes courtesy of Ancestry.com's new on-line collection of Mexico/US border crossings.

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My best transcription:

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TOP IMAGE (front of record):

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Top Line: MANIFEST Port of Laredo May 28, 1943

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Family Name: Barrios

Given Name: Sixto

Accompanied by: grand daughters
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Yolanda and Miriam Villalba, both admitted Immigrant ?(c)

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? No: None

Place and Date of birth: 1-2-1874

?: Act of 1924

(next blocks empty)

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Place of birth: San Salvador, El Salvador

Age: 69 yrs

Sex: M

Married (letter M circled)

Occupation: Lawyer

?: Y

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Language: Spanish

?: Latin America

Nationality: El Salvador

Last place of residence: San Salvador, El Salvador

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Name of relative from where applicant came: Wife, Inez Monterosa Barrios, San Salvador, El Salvador

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Every been to USA before: Yes [something unreadable]

Passage paid by: Self

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Name of Relative or destination: Daughter, Rosa Barrios de Villalba, 684 Guerrero St, San Francisco, CA

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Amount of money on person: $500.00

Ever been [unreadable] and deported or [barred] from admission: No

Purpose and duration of trip: Pleasure -- 6 months

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[Unreadable] Tax Status: A

Height: 5 ft. [unreadable] in.

Complexion: Dark

Hair: Black

Eyes: Br

Defining Marks: ----

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[unclear, something about immigration visa]: 982/5-A of 5/1943 re: adm. with Gratis Visa. ml.

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[unreadable]: adm. 3(2)

Arrived by: Laredo Bridge

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handwritten number on bottom of form: 35011

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BOTTOM IMAGE (back of form):

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Typed on side of image: Checked out at Laredo, Texas July 24, 1943 by J.J. Burke, Jr. 7/26/43 [unreadable]

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Boxes at top of form empty. Under MEDICAL CERTIFICATE is handwritten "Fingerprints and Registry forms lifted"

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Stamp at bottom right of top half:

Inspected and Passed

JAMES L. CRAWFORD

[title unreadable]

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On bottom half, is REMARKS AND ENDORSEMENTS is handwritten:

Has diplomatic PP #19, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations in San Salvador, El Salvador, 4-6-43 (as Justice of the Supreme Court)

dated 4-17-43

Sec. 3(2) Diplomatic Visa #12, [Unreadable] Ligation, El Salvador, El Salvador

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Signature of Applicant: Sixto Barrios