Andres Salle Casinas
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content: Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical
content: Andres Salle Casinas was born on March 11, 1902 in Duero, Bohol, Philippines. Historical records provide limited details about Casinas's early life; however, evidence of a sixth-grade level education exists. According to an Index to Alien Case File, Casinas arrived in San Francisco, California on February 15, 1924. Like many young Filipino men migrating to California, he found employment in the fields of Sacramento and San Joaquin, working sixty hours per week. The 1930 United States census documented a yearly income of $720.00. He shared lodging with twenty-one Filipino immigrant workers and their families. By 1940, Casinas had moved to Stockton, California and enlisted for the United States army on February 15, 1942.  At this time, he was unemployed, stood five feet three inches tall, and weighed one hundred and thirty-seven pounds. Casinas was a member of the fraternal organization Legionarios del Trabajo, specifically affiliated with Daguhoy Lodge Number 528. Andres Salle Casinas passed away on September 18, 1973, at the age of seveny-one, in Stockton, California.

Sources:

National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 293

The National Archives at San Francisco; San Bruno, California; Index to Alien Case Files At the National Archives At San Francisco, circa 1975 - 2020; NAID: 6827288; Record Group Title: Records of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 2003 - 2004; Record Group: 566

Year: 1940; Census Place: Tulare, San Joaquin, California; Roll: m-t0627-00327; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 39-100A

Place: San Joaquin; Date: 18 September 1973
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content: 1912-1980, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1515, Series 5
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content: Archival materials
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content: Contains material documenting the medical, educational, and housing aspects of Casinas's life while residing in Stockton, California in the 1930s. Among these materials are copies of the Philippine Observer and the Filipino Observer-Spokesmen newspapers dating from 1935 and 1936. The newspapers are printed in both English and Tagalog languages, and contain international and local news, as well as announcements relating to the Legionarios del Trabajo.  In addition, there is a small number of other materials relating to the organization. A Selective Service card documents Casinas's registration date, residential address, and physical features. Materials serve as a primary source for understanding the social, political, or cultural aspects of Filipino life in a new country and are arranged in chronological order.