Felix Antonio Nolasco US Declaration of Intention
Alex Gilchrist, Jr. Clerk at The U.S. Department of Labor1918-01-30
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
New York City, United States
Born under the warm Caribbean sun in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on June 15, 1894, was a young man named Felix Antonio Nolasco. His path would soon lead him far from his homeland.
Just a few months before embarking on a new life in the United States, Felix made a pivotal choice. On May 15, 1916, he exchanged vows with his beloved Cecilia in her native Puerto Rico, where Felix had been living. Together, they planned for a future across the sea. Felix was the first to make the journey, arriving in the United States on August 24, 1916. A few months later, on November 21, 1916, Cecilia followed, leaving Puerto Rico to join her husband in New York and begin their new American life side-by-side.
Drawn from the research of CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Research Associate Vivian Guerrero Aquino, this story is part of the Institute’s Ellis Island Project, which chronicles the arrival of Dominican immigrants and preserves their personal histories.
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- Title: Felix Antonio Nolasco US Declaration of Intention
- Creator: Alex Gilchrist, Jr. Clerk at The U.S. Department of Labor
- Date Created: 1918-01-30
- Location Created: New York, NY
- Provenance: The National Archives at Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA; NAI Title: Declarations of Intention For Citizenship, 1/19/1842 - 10/29/1959; NAI Number: 4713410; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: 21
- Subject Keywords: CUNY DSI, Dominican Studies Institute, Felix Antonio Nolasco, Immigration, Immigration stories, Dominican Immigrants, Ellis Island, US Department of Labor, Historical Documents
- Contributor: Vivian Guerrero Aquino, CUNY DSI
- Medium: Digitized Microfilm
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