Converse/Delany/Hamilton

Visa Recipients

  • CONVERSE, Barbara A
    Age 24 | Visa #1401
  • CONVERSE, George A
    Age 24
  • CONVERSE, John P A
    Age 30
  • CONVERSE, Sheila Mary Winifred née DELANY P A
    Age 29
  • DELANY, Frank Martin P A
    Age 38 | Visa #1402
  • DELANY, May A
    Age 60 | Visa #1403
  • HAMILTON, Hubert Adrian A
    Age 33 | Visa #1400
  • HAMILTON, Margaret Nora née DELANY A
    Age 31 | Visa #1404

About the Family

These visas were issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 12, 1940.

The families crossed into Portugal. The CONVERSE family sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Manhattan in July 1940. May DELANY, along with her son Frank, daughter Margaret, and son-in-law Hubert HAMILTON, traveled from Lisbon to New York on the Excambion in July 1940.

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Telegram from Sousa Mendes on behalf of CONVERSE, DELANY & HAMILTON

Telegram from Sousa Mendes on behalf of CONVERSE, DELANY & HAMILTON

1372-1407

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon