Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: David Alfaro Sandoval was born on April 18, 1930, in Romito, Guanajuato, México; his parents worked in agriculture, and he had two sisters; he was formally educated through the sixth grade; when his father died,…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Patricio Padilla Rubio was born March 17, 1926, in
Cuchillo Parado, Chihuahua, México; he is the youngest of six brothers; when he was a child, his father was the foreman for a ranch in Presidio, Texas, and he…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Sebastián Saucedo was born in Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua, México, on May 25, 1922; he is the third of six children; as a child, he helped his father work in the fields; consequently, he was never formally…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Guadalupe Corral was born on September 25, 1943, in Delicias, Chihuahua, México; he was the youngest of five children, and his mother died when he was a baby; when he was three years old, his family moved…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: José Luis Gazca was born on October 22, 1935, in Romita, Guanajuato, México; his parents worked in agriculture; as the eldest son among his six siblings, he went to school for only a brief time, because he had…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Laurentina Ramos was born on August 24, 1922, in Rio Grande City, Texas; her parents were migrant workers, and she consequently went to school in Roma, Texas; in 1945, she married Benito Juárez; he owned a ranch…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aida Bareda Torres was born on July 31, 1934, and her sister, Tula Bareda Sánchez, was born on December 1, 1935; they were both born in Mission, Texas; their father worked as a local doctor, and coincidentally…
Luis Estrada E. was born in 1953; he was the third born of his seven siblings; the year after he was born, his father, Miguel, enlisted in the bracero program; while he was gone, the family stayed in Michoacán, México; years later, Luis married and…
Isaura Covarrubias was the third born of her fourteen siblings; she grew up with ten sisters and two brothers, because two of her siblings, twins, died when they were young; her father worked in agriculture, but it was not enough to support the…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aida Bareda Torres was born on July 31, 1934, and her sister, Tula Bareda Sánchez, was born on December 1, 1935; they were both born in Mission, Texas; their father worked as a local doctor, and coincidentally…
Bracero Travel Pass of Nepomuceno Gonzalez to Mexicali, Baja California good until December 29, 1952. Issued by the Coachella Valley Farmers Association
Letter for temporary visit to Mexico & readmittance to U.S., dated July 19, 1948 for Nepomuceno Gonzalez. Exited through Mexicali, B.C. and returned through Calexico, California.
Western Union receipts sending money to Mexico. The top image displays a receipt from Salvador Velasco Patino to Rosario De Velaso in Atlas, Guadalajara in 1956. The bottom image displays a receipt from Nepomuceno Gonzalez to Rosario De Velasco in…
Money order receipts sent by M. Gonzalez in 1948, 1949, and 1950. The top and bottom money orders are sent to Francisca Rodriguez (1949, 1950). The middle money order is sent to Rosario Ramirez (1948).
Money order receipts sent by M. Gonzalez between 1948-1950. The top and bottom money orders are sent to Francisca Rodriguez (1949, 1950). The middle money order is sent to Rosario Ramirez (1948).
