Photo Friday - 1938 Photo of "Tia Chon"

"A mis queridos hermanos,

y sobrinos en 

de cariño

               Ascensión

      38

     Puerto S[eguro]"

[English translation]

"To my dear siblings

and nephews in

with love

Ascension

           38

     Puerto S[eguro]"

I have posted several blog stories about "Tia Chon", Vincent's great aunt María Ascención García. She was the sister of his maternal grandfather, José García.  She was born 31 May 1913 in La Bouza, Salamanca, Spain and died 3 December 1994 in Madrid.  Tia Chon never married, and she spent many years as Vincent's nanny when he was growing up in New York City.

In this glamorous photo of Tia Chon she was about 25 years old.  Her parents, Sebastián García (6 May 1878 - 22 June 1962) and Maria Ribero (4 June 1873 - 21 January 1944), were from the small village of Puerto Seguro in Salamanca, near La Bouza, where Chon was born.

This photo was found among the family photos in my mother-in-law's cousin's house.  When we visited Spain last month he generously shared all the photos with us. We photographed some (lacking a scanner in Spain) and took some to scan at home.  The photos range from the late 1800s to modern times. 

Vincent and "Tia Chon" in New York City 1964

Other blog posts with photos of Tia Chon:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/03/photo-friday-bridge-in-new-york-city.html

and
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/03/easter-parade-1963-fifth-avenue-new.html

and also:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-hometown-historical-society.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Photo Friday - 1938 Photo of "Tia Chon" ", Nutfield Genealogy, posted May 31, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/05/photo-friday-1938-photo-of-tia-chon.html: accessed [access date]).