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Hi,
my relatives in Texas gave me this information about a branch of my family.
Uwenseslada Cantu would be my great great great gandmother. I was wondering if anyone might know anything about any of these family members:
Uwenseslada Arismendi was a twin to Longino and she was also given away as a
baby. She was raised by uncle Policarpio and his wife Josefa. Luis Arismendi
and wife Uwenseslada Cantu gave Uwenseslada(Mama Bence) away. The mother was
extremely ill after the birth of the twins. To keep from picking a baby both
were covered up with a towel and Uncle Policarpio and wife Josefa picked up
the twin baby girl. All were born in Brownsville and are buried in a private
cemetary owned by the Galvez family in Rio Hondo.
Little is known about Uwenseslada Arismendi except that her parents were
Luis Arismendi and Uwenseslada Cantu. They bore 4 daughters, Adelina, Severa
(who had blue eyes), Pancha, and Uwenseslada(Bence), her twin Longhino,
Jose(who also had blue eyes) and many other sons who names are not known.
This family was born and grew up in the Brownsville area.
This is what I know about my grandmother from Texas. She is the daughter of Uwenseslada Arismendi:
Celia Tijerina was born in brownsville, Texas in 1920. The family moved to
the Grandparent's Galvez ranch outside of Rio Hondo. There she grew up with
her two brothers and two sisters. She attended the rural school of Las
Yescas until the ninth grade when she was pulled out of school to work.
Grandfather Antonio Galvez divided up his land and gave the Tijerina's some
acres. This ranch was called "San Vicente" and it is just east of Rio Hondo,
Texas. The family is also across the highway from where San Vicente used to
be. Many family ancestors are buried there.
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