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SILLONIS, ELENA ABURRUSA 04/08/1920 08/13/1901 01 BOISE 029812 1920

Sister was Gertrudis Aburuza - This person was a cousin of Isabel Chopitea who was on the same ship (22 May 1917) and also went to Boise. We find a Gertrudis Aburruza widowed in Mountain Home in the 1920 census. This Gertrudis would presumably have the last name of her husband. We find a Gertrudis Aburruza married to Andres Jayo on January 21, 1917 in Boise. Which makes sense because the passenger manifest indicates that she is going to a "friend" Jayo in Boise. Very confusing because the marriage date to Jayo is five months before her arrival date. Can't find a death for Gertrudis Jayo. She must have gone back to Europe. There is a passenger manifest for her coming back to the US from Lekeitio, Bizkaia in 1941.

Gertrudis and Elena were sisters. Funeral information found for Elena "Helen" in The Basque Museum's collection gives her parents' names as Alexandro and "Mita" (Rita) Arrasate, the same as those of Gertrudis.

We have been unable to find a passenger manifest for Elena.

Sacramento: BAUTISMOS-Registros originales
Fecha: 1900-03-18
Nombre y Apellidos: Gertrudis, Aburruza, Arrasate
Padre: Alejandro, Aburruza, Mendizabal
Madre: Rita, Arrasate, Eguren
Localidad: Sestao-Sestao
Parroquia: Sestao / La Anunciación de Nuestra Señora
ID: 770513
Página/folio p. 279
Fechas del libro 1899-03-19 - 1900-08-15

Elena married Juan Agustin Silloniz Mendiola on 25 Jan 1919 in Boise, Idaho. Juan (son of Juan Martin Sillonis Lauzirica and Maria Josefa Mendiola Ugarteechea) was born on 12 Jun 1886 in Ispaster, Bizkaia*; died on 16 Jun 1976 in Boise, Idaho; was buried in Parma, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adelita Silloniz Aburruza was born on 22 Mar 1920 in Boise, Idaho; died on 22 Mar 1920 in Boise, Idaho.