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#52Ancestors: My Great Grandfather Jose Robledo (1875-1937), Still a Brick Wall

February 25, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: My Great Grandfather Jose Robledo (1875-1937), Still a Brick Wall

Jose “Joe” died before my father was born, so Dad never knew him and knows very little at all about Jose. We do not know his birth place or his parents’ names. Unlike his wife Maria, I have not been able to find any record of him on any of the Mexico parish or civil registers, except for his marriage record.

People Referenced: Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937)
Applicable Surnames: Robledo
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Hispanic, Mexico

Maria (Nieto) Robledo And The US-Mexico Laredo Foot Bridge

June 20, 2012 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Maria (Nieto) Robledo And The US-Mexico Laredo Foot Bridge

About the Laredo, Texas, footbridge, where my great-grandmother immigrated into the U.S. from her Mexican homeland in 1915, with her baby boy in her harms, in search of a new life.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo, Refugio Raphael (b. 1915)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Hispanic, immigration, Mexico, Texas

Anniversaries: Maria Aurelia Compean Born 154 Years Ago Today

January 1, 2012 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Anniversaries: Maria Aurelia Compean Born 154 Years Ago Today

Maria Aurelia Compean (1858-1963) One-hundred fifty-four years ago today, on January 1, 1858, my great-great-grandmother Maria Aurelia Compean was reputedly born (I don’t yet have an actual birth record for her).  Maria, who went by her middle name Aurelia, is better known to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as “Little Grandma”. Biographical Snapshot Maria Aurelia Compean was […]

People Referenced: Compean Sanches, Maria Aurelia (1858-1963)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: births, church records, Hispanic, Mexico

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