Manuel Martin (abt 1880 - 1971) My husband's great-grandfather
Probably photographed in the village of Villar de Ciervo, Salamanca, Spain
Josefa Rivero (1884-1937) Manuel's wife
Orofila Gonzalez - Josefa's Mother
(I have no dates for her, even though I have her parents and grandparent's names,
she was born in Villar de Ciervo)
Jose Garcia (1908-1994) Sargent in the Guardia Civil
my husband's grandfather, born in Bouza, Salamanca, Spain
Maria Josefa Garcia (my mother-in-law) in a school uniform
She was born in Orbaiceta, Navarra, Spain during the Spanish Civil War
Maria Josefa Garcia - as a young woman in Madrid
Maria Josefa Garcia- in her Iberia Airlines uniform in New York City
where she moved to after marriage in Madrid
(probably a photo from an ID badge)
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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Treasure trove it is. Boy are you lucky in many aspects. It was thoughtful of her to let you take them to scan. I'm thinking they might have been in a pocket or shirt, and when the laundry was being put in, she found it, put it next to the washer, then it slipped in back. All was forgotten about until earlier this month. Glad they didn't move. Lucky, lucky you.
ReplyDeletesimply wonderful -- I just finished scanning in the only remaining old snaps of my family (woods/pierce/forsythe).. gonna make a photo book with them for my mom and aunts. Congrats on your find!
ReplyDeleteWhat a find! And your mother-in-law is GORGEOUS. I love the airline photo. So glamorous.
ReplyDeleteWow! What an unexpected gift! Those are some great pictures.
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible find! and so fortunate that you got to bring them home and scan them. Had your husband ever seen photos of his great grandparents and gg grandmother?? Talk about being in the right place at the right time! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comments, everyone! Yes, I'm afraid these could have been lost, or even thrown away after finding behind the washer. They were tiny postage stamp sized photos, and I scanned them at a high resolution. My mother-in-law was able to identify everyone for me, too, because only one was labeled.
ReplyDeleteI bet everyone was so excited....I found a cousin in Germany and email her some pictures. The elderly mother was able to identify everyone and she said she had not seen those pictures in 60 years, hers were destroyed in the war.
ReplyDeleteFamily gold!
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Wow, is that a cool find! Heather, you were so lucky to be able to get them identified! And that they weren't all damp and moldy!!
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ReplyDeletemy grandfather served with Jose Garcia in the Guardia Civil , he was the command of Villar de Ciervo.
don't know how many years were comrades by Jose Garcia after was destined for another site
It is very nice to meet you, Javier! How interesting that your grandfather knew Jose Garcia. He died in 1994, and had lived in Madrid for many years. What was the name of your grandfather?
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ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was called Manuel Morocho Garcia. He was born in Sancti Spiritus, near Villar de Ciervo.He was born in 1914.
ReplyDeleteBut my other grandfather, Felipe Vicente was born in the same village as José GarcÃa, Bouza. AND would be approximately the same age, I am sure that both knew.
This is a people that currently has 75 residents (in 1910 277 residents)
Javier, I was in Bouza about five years ago, and it is very small indeed. Jose's wife was born in Villar de Ciervo. Her name was Consuelo Martin, daughter of Manuel Martin and Josefa Rivero. Jose was the son of Sebastian Garcia and Maria Ribero (from over the border in Portugal).
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