Brief story: My half great-great uncle went to San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, Jan 8, 1892, presumably to help build the Nicaragua Canal, which never materialized. I have his emergency passport application dated March 29, 1902, in which he said he would return to the US in 3 years. I assume he went to work on the Panama Canal. I have nothing after that on him and he was not buried in Ogdensburg, NY with his mother and siblings.
There is a ton of info on the web, too much for me to wade through right now. Has anyone researched this and found out what would have happened to Americans who died while building the Panama Canal, or Americans temporarily residing in Nicaragua?
After five years of looking for him, I finally found out today where he was then because Ancestry.com just released US Passport Applications this morning. So you can imagine how happy I am to have broken this brick wall, but now have another.
His name was Emery Leveille but he changed it to Emery Lowery. B. 8/1861 NY
2007-11-23
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