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Outside of of our Vine Street home. The street would regularly flood and we could float down the street on rafts our dad made. Recalls Tom Lianez.
An early document issued by the government of Aguascalientes, Mexico for Gabriela Puentes (Vargas) who is traveling to Laredo Texas. Of note: Gabriela was admitted in Laredo, Texas on September 25, 1918. She left Aguascalientes, Mexico on September 14, 1918.
Antonia Consuelo Vargas’ proof of baptism at Our Lady of Victory church on January 26, 1919 in Paris Texas. Her birth is noted here as the 14th, however other documents state the 13th. The latter is confirmed in her own… Continue Reading →
“Knowledge is one of the greatest things given to mankind. And one of the greatest things given to us by our American fathers was the freedom of voting. The youth of the Van Wert school district need your vote now… Continue Reading →
Louis Lianez in his reserve police uniform at the Van Wert Peony Festival parade. Circa 1963
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico document giving young Gabriela Puentes passage into the country in 1918. Context A year earlier the Immigration Act of 1917 was passed by Congress, the first major law to restrict immigration to the United… Continue Reading →
This is the 2nd of two documents that were either handwritten or typed by Antonia Lianez. It is a history of her mother and father how they met and their journey from Mexico to the United States. I have transcribed… Continue Reading →
When Mom and Dad passed, the only things I requested were her handwritten and typed history of the family beginning with Juan and Gabriela, my grandfather and grandmother on Mom’s side. I have recorded this version directly from her typed… Continue Reading →
Louis Lianez, Judy, Emanuel and David Lianez. Location thought to be in Ohio City, Ohio. Date circa 1950