Well, in this blog I will be talking about my maternal great grandfather. My great grandpa, believe it or not was named Pepin! Well not really he was named Jose Hernandez Colon; he might as well have been called Pepin, since that’s what everyone called him. He originated from Spain looking for new opportunities. He had no real profession, his source of income came from private businesses that he ran alongside his wife whom he met in Puerto Rico and who’s parents came from Spain as well, her name was Emilia Torado Perez. Pepin was an entrepreneur and came to Puerto Rico to start anew. He started a few businesses in Hatillo and began to live well. Emilia was not a business person pers se, she raised the kids, but was passed down quite a few lands and sold them for money, if things got hard.
In the end, my family was pretty much a success immigration wise, so if they could do it, why couldn’t anyone else? They came from Spain and through the same outlets everyone else had prevailed. The end showed me that if times are tough you can improve things with a change of scenery per say. The immigration however, was an odd won, and in all honesty was probably something of an escape, but I do not have the mediums to check this.
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