Actually not. I was hoping you would straighten me out. You certainly have helped us a lot. Thank you.
First of all, to live in the Canal Zone at the time the Canal Zone was a territory of the United States, one had to be an employee of the Canal Zone. No one else could live there.
In the Canal Zone, if one parent was an American citizen, the baby was automatically an American citizen.
If both parents were not American citizens, but the baby was born in the Canal Zone, the baby could not take on American citizenship. All I can say is that is how the law for the Canal Zone was set up.
In the Canal Zone, the head of household was required to live in the town site nearest one’s job. When Shoshana was born, her folks were living in Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. That was a town site for non U.S. citizen laborers who worked at the locks (Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks). These folks were Panamanians. Most of these Panamanians were of West Indian decent. Hence, this leads me to believe her parents were not Americans because of where they lived. She more than likely was born at Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone, because that was the nearest hospital.
I hope I cleared it up a little bit.