My grandfather, Higinio Agudo, was born in February 1900 and lived in Penagos, Santander, Spain.
In 1916 he left Spain on a ship with his sister Asunción, bound for the Port of New Orleans, USA. His sister gained entry to the United States, but Higinio was denied because of a mark on his eye.
My grandfather then went to the nearest island heavily influenced by Spaniards, the Pearl of the Caribbean: Cuba. He was a master baker in Cuba and built his own business.
He later met my grandmother, Ramona Perez, in the 1920s. They married and lived in Manaca, Cuba.
Together they had nine children, all born in Cuba: Bruno, José, Higinio, Ramón, María, Olga, Amalia, Mercedes and Nora.
