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

Passport Photo and Journey

This is the earliest photo I currently have of the Barrios Family. From left to right, Emma, Rosa Josephina (my grandmother), Dr. Sixto Barrios and Ines Monterosa Barrios. The photo is possibly a passport photo for their journey to San Franciso in 1927. The styles and photo certainly date from that era.

According to Passenger Lists, Sixto, Emma and Rosa travelled on the ship Albert Vogler, as First Class Passengers. They arrived on Sept. 9th, 1927, which was a little over 3 months before Rosa's marriage to Jorge Villalba on Jan. 19th, 1928. Ines is not listed as being on the ship, so at this time I am assuming that she stayed in El Salvador. I will try to post the passenger list, as well as a picture of the ship and its route in other entries.