Rooby

Visa Recipients

  • ROOBY, Florence
    Age 9
  • ROOBY, George A
    Age 49 | Visa #2458
  • ROOBY, Sophie A
    Age 45 | Visa #2457

About the Family

The ROOBY family, US citizens, received their visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 20, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal and sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Manhattan in July 1940.

  • Artifact
2437-73

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon