The Goehrings
(Carmen's
maternal grandparents) |
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The Goehrings
were of good German stock. Violet and Wally
spent their lives in Kansas and Missouri. This
photo is from the late 1920s. |
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The Petersens
(Bill's maternal grandparents) |
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Emily Petersen was
a sort of Spanish Corsican Puerto-Rican Hawaiian
blend
while Bill was Danish. They met in San Francisco
and then moved to Vallejo. |
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Valentina Sosa
(Carmen's paternal
grandmother) |
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Valentina Sosa was
Mexican, and lived in Mora and Alburquerque, NM
most of her life. |
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The Frasers
(Bill's paternal grandparents |
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Ted Fraser's nickname
was "Scotty"... that tells you from which
auld-world country he and Christina came.
They arrived in the Bay Area by way of Canada and
Southern California. |
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The Lucero's
(Carmen's other grandparents) |
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The Lucero's, at their
home on the Isleta Pueblo near Alburquerque. Janet
was Hopi, Ed was Isleta. |
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The Irizzaris
(Bill's other maternal grandparents) |
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Amelia and Frank Irizzarri.
He was Spanish or Basque or both. She's that
Spanish Corsican Puerto-Rican Hawaiian blend mentioned
earlier. The photo is in San Francisco, ca 1926. |
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