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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Agustín Bautista was born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, México; he is the youngest sibling in his family; in 1943, he joined the bracero program; as a bracero, he worked in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Texas on…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Marcelino Burciaga was born on September 24, 1938, in Canatlan, Durango, México; his father was a carpenter and a shoemaker; he is the youngest of three brothers; from 1961 to 1962, he worked as a bracero in…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Alfonso Ceja was born on September 23, 1934, in Villamar, Michoacán, México; his parents worked in agriculture, and he had six brothers and one sister; he helped his parents work the land; consequently, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Leonardo Chavira Carrillo was born in Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco, México, on December 19, 1929; his dad worked in the fields and as a mason; he had three brothers and two sisters; when he was about thirteen…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Catarino Jauregui Durán was born on March 22, 1934, in Nochistlán [de Mejía], Zacatecas, México; he had eight siblings, and his eldest brother was an undocumented worker for the railroads in San Francisco,…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Anselmo Gámez was born on April 21, 1928, in Villa Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, México; when he was three years old, his mother died; shortly thereafter, he and his family moved in with his grandmother; although…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José García Díaz was born on November 29, 1929, in Jamay, Jalisco, México; as a young boy, his family moved to Michoacán; he went on to finish his primary education in México, Distrito Federal; in 1954, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Eusebio Hernández was born on December 16, 1934, in Cuquío, Jalisco, México; growing up, most of his time was spent traveling between his hometown and Guadalajara during planting seasons; consequently, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Guillermo Cervantes Manzo was born in Villamar, Michoacán, México, on February 22, 1939; he was the eldest of his nine siblings; as a boy he often helped his father work the land, which left him little time for…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Bautista Rodríguez was born in 1924, in Tonaya, Jalisco, México; he had three brothers and two sisters, both of whom passed away; they were all born on a ranch and came from a family of agricultural…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Jesús Campos Ortiz was born in 1943, in Aquila, Michoacán, México; he was the fifth born of his six brothers and four sisters; by the time he was eight years old, he was working to help support his younger…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Francisco Casas Martínez was born April 10, 1929, on a large ranch named La Ermita de los Correas in Jerez, Zacatecas, México; he came from a family of agricultural workers and was the youngest of his six…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Herminio Estrada Tozcano was born on a ranch in Saloya, Jalisco, México; he was the second born, of his two sisters; his father died in the revolution when he was roughly three or four years old; he started…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Herminio Estrada Tozcano was born on a ranch in Saloya, Jalisco, México; he was the second born, of his two sisters; his father died in the revolution when he was roughly three or four years old; he started…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Roberto García Sánchez was born on May 13, 1933, in El Bueyero, Mexticacán, Jalisco, México; his mother’s name was Dominga Sánchez, and his father’s name was Cruz García; Robert had eight siblings, but two of…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Francisco Gutiérrez was born in Lluvia de Oro, Chihuahua, México; he had five brothers and six sisters, but his father also had eight children with another woman; his mother was twenty-three years old and a…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: María Guadalupe Gutiérrez was born in Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, México; she was formally educated through the third grade; her husband, Francisco Gutiérrez, was born in Lluvia de Oro, Chihuahua, México; he had…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Froylan Huerta González was born on July 14, 1941, in Huaniqueo de Morales, Michoacán, México; he had three sisters and two brothers; his parents were campesinos, but his father also owned a bar, which proved to…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aurelio Pereida Rodarte was born on January 13, 1925, in México; when he was only two years old, his mother passed away; his father was often gone and remarried four other times; consequently, Aurelio grew up…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Ponce López was born on July 15, 1933, on ranch in the municipality of Villanueva, Zacatecas, México; he had thirteen siblings, but two died when they were only a few months old and two others died as…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Serna Gallardo was born on July 31, 1928, in La Higuera, in the municipality of Huanusco, Zacatecas, México; his father’s name was Gumaro Serna, and his mother’s name was Adelaida Gallardo; both worked…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Clemente Velázquez Lucio was born on a ranch named El Molino, in San Diego de Alejandría, Jalisco, México, on November 23, 1931; his father’s name was Santos Velázquez, and his mother’s name was María Guadalupe…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Pedro Velázquez was born on May 4, 1939, on a small ranched named El Molino in San Diego de Alejandría, Jalisco, México; his parents worked in agriculture; he was never formally educated; consequently, he did…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Apolonio Venegas was born on April 10, 1930, in San Román, Jalisco, México; his father’s name was Santiago Venegas, and he worked in agriculture in addition to selling goods in town to earn money; his mother’s…

Fortino Covarrubias was born on a ranch by name of Santa María de Gracia in Teocaltiche, Jalisco, México; he was born into a family of agriculturalists and had nine brothers; his father worked in the United States for a time, and one of his older…