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Nishimuta Family History
Louisa Immigrates from Spain |
| Eloisa
Adoracion was born February 28,
1889 in the village of Lucar, Spain, north of Andalusia, in the Province
of Almeria near the Mediterranean Coast. On March 3 she was baptized - her
baptismal certificate is signed by the
pastor of Sosmontre, and it identifies her father as Casiano Lorenzo Egea,
a laborer, and her mother as Rafaela Encinas Castillo. Her parents and
grandparents are identified as members of the village and parish.
According to a letter accompanying the certificate from
Spain, Louisa entered the convent of the Sisters of the Presentation of
Mary in Baza, and professed temporal vows on November 21, 1907, at the age
of 18. She left the convent three years later.
The oral family history says that Louisa was brought to
the United States by Mrs. Hamilton of Omaha to work as a domestic maid,
and to tutor Mrs. Hamilton's daughter in Spanish. The record from Ellis
Island shows Patrocinio Lorenzo, from Seron, Spain, a female, age 24,
entering the United States at New York on October 27, 1913. She sailed
from Boulogne and Pas-de-Calais, France, on the Nieuw Amsterdam. |
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Nieuw Amsterdam of the Holland-America Line
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On the same ship arrival are listed two Hamilton families
from Omaha, Nebraska:
 | Frank G. (male/married, age 51) |
| Louise (female/married, age 36) |
| Erilosa (female, single, age 5)
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| Charles W. (male/married, age 54) |
| Maud (female/married, age 55) |
| Raphael (male, single, age 21) |
| Marion (female, single, age 16) |
The manifest shows Louisa's occupation as Maid, Height
5'2", in the Service of Mrs F. Hamilton. |
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