Found among my Grandpa Debs' belongings was this small blue notebook pictured below.
I like how Grandpa Debs wrote "Genealogy" at the top of the notebook. From the pages in the notebook, it appears that he must have been asking for family history information during his trip to Mexico.
Debs' parents moved to Brazil before he was born. All of his siblings were born there except for his oldest sister, Carlota. At some point Carlota must have returned to Mexico. She married a man there named Braulio Guerreiro and she and Braulio raised their family in Mexico. During this trip in 1955, Debs and his wife, Willis, visited Carlota and her family. They were living in Mexico City at the time.
Here are the pages Grandpa Debs wrote on in this little blue notebook during his trip to Mexico in 1955. I've included transcriptions as well.
Transcription:
Omelino Villatoro
Francisco Villatoro
______________
Sra. ? viuda de
Villatoro
? de ?
?? No. 7
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chiapas
______________
Matus
Catalina Matus
Romeo Villatoro Vera
Raymundo tambien (also)
Dr. Olvera #34 - Dept 4
Col. de los Doctores
Mexico D.F.
Transcription:
? Elena
Catalina Matus
Guerrero Norte No. 107
Arriaga, Chiapas
_____________
Ixtepec Oaxaca
Nicanor Matus nasao en
Espinal y sus papas
vivian en Juchitan
no ? si si naci?
_____________
Noeh Villatoro
8a Pom? y 2a Av. ? No. 14
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chiapas
Transcription:
Raymunda Villatoro
Hijos (children):
Esther Matus Villatoro
Catalina Matus Villatoro
Francisco Matus Villatoro
Chana Matus Villatoro
Hermanos de (siblings of) Raymunda:
- Francisca Vasques Villatoro
- Camilo Vasques Villatoro
- Raymunda Vasques Villatoro
- Felicita Vasques Villatoro
- Elpidia Vasques Villatoro
- Zenon Vasques Villatoro
Transcription:
Hermanos
6. Nicanor Matus
- Esciquio Matus
- Romula Matus
- Maria Matus
- Felicitas Matus
- Caliseto Matus
Vivian en Espinal (They lived in Espinal)
Abl
Transcription:
20 anos
Mario Arriola
Mario Arriola M
Fernando Montes
de Oca 27
Colonia Condera
Sona 11 Mexico D.F.
hijo de tia Catalina
_______________
22 anos
Maria Elena Arriola Matus
_______________
21
Geronimo Arriola Matus
_______________
Transcription:
Hijos de tio (children of uncle)
Francisco Matus Villatoro
- Romen Matus Vera
- Esther Matus Vera
- Noeh Matus Vera
- Raymundo Matus Vera
_______________
Hijas de Primas (Children of Cousins)
1) Romen tiene (Romen has):
- Francisco Matus Padilla
- Roberto Matus Padilla
2) de Esther:
- Freddy Esquincar Matus
3) de Noeh:
- Fernando Matus Farrera
- ? Matus Farrera
Transcription:
Juanita Guzman
Tia Juanita Guzman
2° gran (I think this means second degree great)
253 N. West Lake Av.
Los Angeles 26, Calif.
Isabel Villatoro
Arriaga Chiapas Mex.
There is so much wonderful information in this small blue notebook. It lists the siblings of my 2nd great-grandparents and other valuable information.
I'm currently researching Juanita Guzman, who my Grandpa Debs wrote about on the last page. I don't know where she fits into our family tree yet. But, I have found some interesting and helpful information already, thanks to my Grandpa having written down her address in the United States. I have a sweet card that she sent to my Grandpa Debs. I'll share that in a future post.
I am so grateful that my Grandpa Debs asked for family history information during his trip to Mexico.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jana
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