Patricia Ruiz Steele

Silvan Leaves Patricia Ruiz Steele

One in four Californians is foreign born. The term, Hawaiian Spaniards, alludes to those Spanish immigrants who braved the unknown to leave their homeland for the sugar cane fields of Hawaii and eventually settle in California. SILVÁN LEAVES: Out on a Limb is the second in the Spanish Pearls Series, a biographical history following the immigration story of the Silván family's trek from Spain, their 1911 sailing to Hawaii's sugar plantations and continuing on to California where most of their descendants have remained. This book documents their history and biographical chapters with photos, documents and family information.