When my Mexican-born Nieto and Robledo ancestors immigrated from San Luis Potosi in the 1910s, little did they know that their first home, a Long Beach, California address (123 E. 4th St.) would one day be part of a hip and trendy urban redevelopment spot. According to Google Maps, my ancestors’ former Long Beach home […]
Jose Robledo (1875 – ca 1936). This is the only known photo of my great-grandfather. I know very little about my great-grandfather Jose “Joe” Robledo. He died before my Dad was even born, and only one of his children is still alive, so that has created some major brickwalls in my research. Family lore claims
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June 22, 1946: My grandparents, Elsie and Mike Flanagan, on their wedding day…4 weeks after the night they first met. Blame it on The War. Blame it on them both having a hard lonely childhood. Blame it on….love. My grandparents, Michael John Flanagan and Elsie Charlotte Hayes — my second parents — were married 66
My grandparents (on the left), in Little John’s, the bar they owned in Pico Rivera, California, 1970s. Grandpa lived for St. Paddy’s Day every year. And I still miss my Grandpa and Grandma every day. For my entire life, I have associated St. Paddy’s Day with my grandfather, Michael John Flanagan. The surname “Flanagan” ought to
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