Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameAurora Delphina Silva
Birth29 Mar 1883, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA70
Birth29 Mar 1886, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA43
Death20 Sep 1967, Burlingame, San Mateo Co., CA52,43
BurialColma, San Mateo Co., CA
Misc. Notes
California Death index doesn’t list any spouse’s initials for Aurora.
Walter and Aurora are buried together overlooking the Colma Bart Station. His name was inscribed on the stone but her name was not added at the time of her death.

Arrora has a card on file in the Naturalization index at NARA. She evidently applied for repatriation:
Petition 767-R Date: March 16, 1955
Under Nationality: (Sec 324 (c) of Immig & Nat’l Act)
Took the oath: April 5, 1955.

Aurora lost her citizenship and become an English citizen when she married Walter Hollingum. She requested repatriation in Apr of 1955 and at the age of 71, took the oath of allegiance. I noticed how shaky her signature was and wondered what caused her to choose repatiration. Maybe she just wanted to die an American, more likely, it was fear during the McCarthy Hearings. The information in my file (Penny's database), her birth marriage and personal information, has been completed using this form.

Further information: Aurora was married once before she married Walter. Her name on the repatriation form is: Hollingum (nee Silva) (formerly Robinson)
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From the Death Certificate index at Rootsweb.
HOLLINGUM , AURORA D, 03/29/1886, Mother’s maiden name FULTON , Sex: F, b. CALIFORNIA, d. SAN MATEO Co, 09/20/1967, 546-80-3784 81 yrs
Spouses
Birth22 Jan 1870, Gravesend, Kent, England51,91
BirthMar 1870, Gravesend, Kent, England
Death31 Mar 1949, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA52,43
BurialColma, San Mateo Co., CA
OccupationWalter indicated, in 1917, he was a Chief Steward on his Declaration of Intention for citizenship in the US
OccupationIn the Census of 1920 Walter was the proprietor of a Delicatessen.
FatherJames (Ann’s) Hollingum (~1840-1880)
MotherAnn Honey (~1839-1898)
Marriage2 Oct 1915, San Diego , , CA
Birth4 Aug 1872, Colusa, Colusa Co., CA
Death19 Dec 1906, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Last Modified 25 Oct 2001Created 6 May 2021 using Reunion for Macintosh