Pedro J. Sanoja's Blog – December 2011 Archive (1)

Digging into the Ellis Island passenger registry, I came across someone who bore my name, Pedro Sanoja, and visited the United States in 1919.

The Ellis Island passenger registry listed him as Pedro Sanoja, ethnicity:

Venezuela, Spanish-American, only two years old at the time of arrival, and coming from Veracruz, Mexico, in transit to Caracas, Venezuela.

The young Sanoja arrived with his parents, Juan and Matilde Sanoja (34 and 19 years old, respectively) on Oct…