This is the only known picture of both grandfathers together. Juan Vargas facing camera, Genaro Lianez with back to camera. Antonia Lianez always said (unconfirmed) that the person bent over with back to camera was her mother Gabriella Vargas. Wren,… Continue Reading →
Antonia Consuelo Vargas Lianez. Age 19 circa 1938. Location: Somewhere in Texas
The man at the rear of the truck with the dark coat is Juan Vargas loading beats in Wren, Ohio circa 1940
The small house in the background is the first home for the family in Ohio that was not in a migrant camp. The woman in the picture is Mary Faust who rented to us when no one else would. David… Continue Reading →
Antonia, John, Judy, Emmanuel and David Lianez @ the Chicago Field Museum circa 1953
The newspaper clipping reads in part “These men first signed up for civil defense police work and, after the regular police examination, were admitted to the city reserve unit organized by Chief Kennedy.
Juan (John) D. Vargas was born in Durango Mexico on March 22 1882. He married Gabriela Fuentes in 1920 when she was 21 years old. He was 38. He passed on August 26 1949 and is interred in Woodland Union… Continue Reading →
Genaro Abjandro Lianez was born in 1896 in Mexico. He married Vincentia Orozco and had three children, Louis, Juana and Celsa. Vincentia returned to Mexico and Genaro remarried. Genaro passed in 1947 and is interred in Woodland Union Cemetery in… Continue Reading →
Louis had two sisters. Pictured on the left is Juana B Morno Lianez (Barrientos) and Celsa M Lianez (Gonzales). His mother Vincentia Lianez (Orozco) is seated center, his father Genaro Lianez (right) are pictured with Juana. Louis wrote on the… Continue Reading →