RE: [ranchos] Immigration stories

[jose munoz <jmunoz2781@...>]

Kitty 
How fascinating. I went to Mountain View High
1960-1961... new school Chester F. Awalt last 3
{1961-1964} years. I recall Stevens Creek Dam quite
well. My older brother and I loved the recreational
facilities {fishing},and Barbque pit area.
Permanente Creek...well it was my turf. Poison oak and
all... I would venture that Creek from one sector ro
another...on to Layola Corner and Mc Kelvey Park.

 I've enjoyed the stories immensely(sp).  Real people,
time, suffering, sacrifice, and family.

Thanks for sharing.

Jose Munoz
Yuba City, CA

--- Kitty Cortez <kcortez@...> wrote:

> Jose,  
> My father also immigrated in 1920 at the age of
> 7years old.  He along with
> his brother (age 6) arrived with their mother
> Concepcion Tato Chiono.  They
> settled in Santa Clara, California 
> Jul 1914, Concepcion Tato b. Banamichi, Sonora,
> Mexico, married Pietro
> Chiono b. Italy, who was in charge of the silver
> mine in  Banamichi.  In
> 1917 Concepcion Tato lost her daughter Ma. Antonia
> CHIONO when she fell out
> of a high chair.  Her husband Pietro CHIONO (my
> grandfather) died Dec 1918
> and her father Candelario TATO died Nov 1919 both
> from the 1918 flu
> epidemic.  Concepcion Tato knew that she was not
> well, so with a very heavy
> heart she immigrated to the United States in 1923
> with her two sons, my
> father and his brother.  She was a brave woman and
> wanted a better life for
> her sons.  They settled in Santa Clara, California
> where they were
> befriended by Henry Warburton and his wife Matilda
> Warburton.  Concepcion
> knew that she was ill and asked that the Warburton's
> take care of her two
> sons when she died.   We all thought Concepcion died
> of diabetes
> complications, since quite a few of the family has
> diabetes.  After years of
> trying to read the doctor's handwriting on her death
> certificate, I finally
> realized that a pharmacist probably is the only 
> person who could read a
> doctor's handwriting.  The pharmacist also speaks
> and reads Spanish, so this
> coming trip to Salt Lake City, Rich and I plan on
> working on death records.
> Conception died of "Acute Adhesive Peritonitis" or
> inflammation of the
> abdominal lining.  Probably left over from the flu
> epidemic.  
> My father Domingo CHIONO was raised by the Warburton
> family, went to Saint
> Clara' elementary school and Santa Clara High
> School.  (Not too far from
> your high school  Jose Munoz)  The Warburton's
> business was making Tamales
> and Enchiladas.  They started the business in 1904
> in Santa Clara  These
> were the large 12 oz size 'California Style'
> tamales.  The enchiladas were
> made with flour tortillas,  quite different from
> Rich's side of the family
> from Jalisco.   Joseph, this is why we have made so
> many "Tamales Making
> Trips" lately.  Utah, Santa Cruz Mtns. etc.  We are
> trying to spread the
> family recipe around to our cousins.  
> The 1930 Census for Santa Clara shows my father and
> uncle as 'charges' for
> the Henry J. Warburton and Matilda.   Dad met my
> mother Aileen Kelso in high
> school and married in 1940.  My brother, sister and
> I also attended Saint
> Clara's elementary school in Santa Clara, but then
> moved to Mountain View
> were we attend Mt. View High School.   (Now we are
> really getting closer
> Jose)   We also spent a lot of time at Stevens Creek
> Dam,  also called
> Permanente Creek.  We collected great big wash tubs
> of pollywogs and brought
> them home.  Took us years of trying to figure out
> how come we came out with
> only one BIG frog instead of many little frogs.  
> It has been a very interesting trip learning the
> little differences from
> Rich's Jalisco, Zacatecas side of the family and my
> Sonora side of the
> family.  When we go to small Mexican Restaurants we
> try to determine what
> State of Mexico the owners came from.  Here in
> Rocklin we have a restaurant
> Jalisco Grill so of course we were not surprised
> that the owners came from
> Jalisco,  but when we were in Arizona last year we
> tried a Mexican
> restaurant and when those thin large 24" tortillas
> came out I immediately
> asked where the cooks came from and sure enough,
> they were from Sonora.  
> It wasn't until the 1980s when my brother (at the
> time a policeman for
> Concord, California) was on duty and passed a
> mailbox with the name of
> Domenic Chiono.  Too much of a coincidence to have
> the exact name as our
> father.  Sure enough this Domenic is a first cousin
> to my Dad.  All this
> time, Dad was raised as an orphan with no relatives
> and just 50 miles away
> his father's sister lived and raised a large family.
>  What a celebration it
> was for Dad to have family.  We still keep in touch
> with this Italian side
> of the family. 
> Rich and I have made 3 month long trips to
> Banamichi, Sonora.  During these
> trips, we would follow my father thru the mines and
> ghost town, Bavicanora,
> where he was raised.   
> Now we communicate with Banamichi families with
> e-mail.  How times have
> changed.
>  
> Rich and Kitty Cortez
> Rocklin, CA
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> Rich raised in Redwood City, Ca
> Kitty raised in Santa Clara and Mt. View, CA
> married and lived in Fremont, CA 25 years
> and now live in Rocklin, CA 40 miles NE of
> Sacramento.
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> From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> jose munoz
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:16 PM
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ranchos] Immigration stories
> 
> 
> Great Story Alicia,
> I wish to share the following with the Group... My
> father Elpidio Tristan Munoz{Mar 04, 1906,
> immigrated
> in 1920 at age 14 ... he was a mojado {wet
> back}...never was naturalized nor did he desired to
> be. My grandfather and Grandmother entered the U.S.
> {March 1920},... sought Eleudoro {John} Tristan (May
> 04,1892 - July 18,1985}, my Grandmother's brother}
> in
> Texas. My father was a die hard when it came to
> Mexican citizenship,SLP, up to his death in Feb 26,
> 1968.
> 
> Immigration Alien registration numbers for my
> Grandmother, 2 Aunts and 2 Uncles.
> 
> Alien Report: GUADALUPE MUNOZ  No. 3929605          
>  
>         United States Department of Justice
> Alien Report: EVARISTA T. MUNOZ   No. 3983409       
>  
>            Immigration and Naturalization Service
> Alien Report: JOSEPH A. MUNOZ      No. 3929606      
>  
>             Alien Registration Division
> Alien Report: FRANCES M. TORRES  No. 3929604        
>  
>           Washington, D.C.
> Alien Report: JOSE T. MUNOZ JR.     No. 3929603
> 
>   Sample of information of Grandmother's Alien
> Report.
> 
> Copia by my grandmother EVARISTA T. MUNOZ.  Numero
> de
> los dedos  #3983409.
> 
> 01.}  en Novienre del 1955 en Vernon, Texas cuando
> se
> bajo del carro asi a la tienda de comida.
> 02.}  nombre cuando tomo los dedos. EVARISTA T.
> MUNOZ,
> Rte 1 Box-16A, Georgetown, Texas.
> 03.}  el mismo nombre
> 04.}  lo mismo
> 05.}  P.O. Box 326, Georgetown, Texas
> 06.}  Naci el 26 de Octubre de 1886 en San Luis
> Potosi, Mexico
> 07.}  San Luis Potosi, Mexico
> 08.}  altura 5 ft. 1 in. Peza 125 lbs.
> 09.}  Laredo, Texas
> 
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