please read background info below then, if you think you have information about the families mentioned above, please email me
( cousins Tommy and Frieda Vialpando live in Santa Fe, NM )
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Edward Duran
Mestaz (1878 - 1957) grandpa's father was Jose Vialpando...grandpa was born & raised around Chama, New Mexico...his family raised sheep...grandpa left home when he was 19 and took the name Mestaz ( his grandmothers name)...he met grandma in Bisbee, AZ sometime in 1907 and they married sometime around 1915 ? ... first few kids were "out of wedlock"... apparently the traveling ministers didn't visit their area of the country very often ! ... |
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Clementina Cordero
Mestaz ( ? ) grandma's maiden name is Cordero...she was born in Baja California near Santa Rosalio...# of siblings ? ...one sister was Rosario |
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Samuel Cordero Mestaz ( 1912 - 1999 )dad was born in Douglas, AZ...he lived at 656 6th Street ( his sister Elizabeth lived in Douglas with husband Chona...children are Eddie,Junior,Renee,Dickie)...dad is the 3rd child of Edward & Clementina...dad left Douglas in 1929...he traveled via train ( not as a paying passenger ) to Redlands, CA where he lived with his aunt, Rosario Borbon... |
Do you have relevant information about the Mestaz, Duran, Cordero or Vialpando families that should be mentioned here ? Whether it's something good or something not so good, if it's factual, it should be recorded. But please, relate facts only, not gossip. Email me if you can contribute something useful.
