Roadblock hit - looking for ideas on where to search next
Basically been stuck at this point a while, and looking for either help or ideas for what to do next. Most of my research has been through FamilySearch. I will probably hit up Cyndi's list when it feels less daunting (I feel like I have too many empty spots to narrow down a search on Cyndi's list)
Things I would love to know:
- His parents
- Any records from his time in the Philippines
- If his parents/ancestors were Filipino or Spanish
- When he arrived in the US and how
- When and where he and Rosa got married (before 1920, apparently)
- Cause of death
- Service information besides what's below (I'm also a history nerd, so if someone just has info on the ship itself aside from like wikipedia, I will also accept that gratefully)
- ??? anything?
Known Data:
Alfonzo DOMINGUEZ
>b. 7 Jan 1897 - Imus, Philippines (source: wwii draft card)
d. 27 June 1945 - buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, San Diego, California (sources: veterans admin master index, findagrave, Calif death index, social security)
sex: male
race: Filipino (source: 1920, 1940 censuses)
1920 (source: 1920 census)
residence: USS Baltimore: Mare Island, California (Vallejo, California)
(however, for residence in US, he lists Washington DC, 902 K St SE. I don't know if this is because that was his last residence, or his training facility or what)
status: married
occupation: cook
1940 (source: 1940 census)
residence: San Diego, California
employer: private family
occupation: cook
>wife: Rosa Dominguez (nee Martin Chamiso)
race: white
b. Spain (1900)
age: 40
>son: Mariano Dominguez
race: listed as filipino here, later listed white at his own death *shrug emoji*
b. California (1933)
age: 6
1942 (source: wwii draft card)
residence: San Diego, California
employer: Naval Training Station
occupation: cook
1945
death: 27 June 1945... presumably in San Diego? unsure
I know Rosa arrives in the US via Hawaii 1907 via a ship from Spain, so it's possible they met in Hawaii and he enlisted, and they moved from there--but that's conjecture. I can't yet place him in Hawaii. I know she remarries after his death with new last name Paloma. I could not find either Rosa or Alfonzo on the 1930 census...nor 1910, but I can strongly assume in 1933 they were residing in San Diego because that's their son's place of birth.
Also someone, either Rosa or Alfonzo, may be related to a Henry (or a name similar to Henry) who was located in Hawaii, at least during the 1990s. I'll gladly take information on him as well, if it's found. Nebulously he's a nephew, possibly around their son's age.
Any help is very much appreciated. <3 If someone wants to direct me to a pay-for site, knowing it has info, that's also valid. I had a friend's mother rule out easy-to-find info on Ancestry, so I have yet to pay for that since it didn't yield results. I haven't yet broken and given Genealogybank my CC for the "free" trial, so I haven't been able to view the obit.