Asturian-American Migration Forum

My name is Bridgette Menendez.
My husband's great grandfather Jose Menendez moved
from Spain to the US with his wife Etelvina Galan Lopez in about 1914 and settled in St. Louis , MO.
We're interested in his family and his wifes ()family in Spain. They are said to have lived in Oviedo in the Ellis Island Passenger
Documents.

You might try contacting the spanish society in South St. Louis. There is a link to their site somewhere on the forum.

On a side note, my Great-Grandfather was coming to the U.S. to see a friend called Jose Menendez who was staying in Clarksburg WV at the time it may be a longshot. That this Menendez may be the same person. My family lived in Fairmont City IL, just on the other side of the river from St. Louis.

Hope this helps,

Eric

Keep in mind that at the time Oviedo was used as the name of Asturias as well as the name of the city in Asturias, so your family may have lived at some distance from today's Oviedo.

The story was that my father in law tells is that they were from Madrid but
the Ellis Island Files and some research Kathi Menendez Law has done puts
them in Oviedo. so I don't know, it's really confusing.

Thanks Eric, I'll try that.

The Spanish Society of St Louis is discussed here:
www.asturianus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7328
Their URL is: www.spanishsociety.bravehost.com

Here's a tip: It's often easier to search for things on Google because they better search algorithm than that of our forum software. You can even specify which website you want to search when you fill in the search field, like this: -------------------------------

Discutimos la Sociedad Española de St. Louis aquí: www.asturianus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7328
Su URL es: www.spanishsociety.bravehost.com

Os daré un consejo práctico: A menudo es más fácil buscar para cosas en Google porque su algoritmo de búsqueda es mejor que lo de nuestro software del foro. Incluso puedes especificar cuál página web quieres buscar cuando completas el campo de búsqueda, como esto: