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History
In the 1800's Refugio
Flores married Clara Pacheco.
They had 4 sons. Atanosio, Lino, Arnulfo and Jose.
Lino Flores married Antonia Martinez
and they lived in
Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico (Map
and information) in the late 1800's.
They had six children:
Mauro, Petra (Betty), Juana,
Mary, Pauline and Ignacio.
All six of the Flores children were born on a small homestead or ranch
called "The Calzada" that was owned by Germans.
(Pictures of "La Calzada")
Lino was the overseer of the homestead.
Mexican bandits raided the Flores home and robbed them of all their
posessions.
The bandits demanded the gold that they had stored away.
Lino would not tell them where it was hidden so they killed him.
Lino's father (Refugio) told the bandits where the gold was
hidden because he said
"No amount of gold is worth a mans life!"
After being robbed they had nothing so Lino's brother took
Antonia
and her children to Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA and he returned to Mexico.
They worked every job they could find - washing, ironing, sewing and
housekeeping
to make a living. One year to the day Lino's brother came
back to visit
and make sure they were getting along O.K.
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Antonia Martinez - Flores
Ignacio Flores was born February 1, 1911
Entered the USA September 16, 1918 at Laredo,
Texas District 14, Port 03 and then on to Muskogee, OK.
Later he moved to IL where he met Magdalena Fanara on a blind date
Madeline & Ignacio
(a.k.a. Millie and Sonny) were Married July 11, 1935
They lived in Blue Island,
IL and later bought a house in East Hazel Crest, IL
and had 7 children. Robert,
Richard, Arthur, Arlene, Carol, Russel and Virginia.
Ignacio died January 28,
1982 at the age of 71 from a heart attack.
He was also a borderline diabetic
Magdalena
was born September 4, 1914 in the U.S.
Died October 29, 2003 at the age of 89.
Madeline developed throat cancer at age 83.( she never smoked)
She was treated but the cancer came back at age 88.
She was also being treated for hypertension and ventricular
heart failure which is a result of prolonged hypertension.
Magdalena's mother was Josephine
Mamana born
in1888 in Palermo Sicily and died January 21, 1975
at age 87.
Josephine married Guisippe
(Joseph) Cumbo
(Madeline's father) in 1913.
Joseph Cumbo was born in 1890 and died in a car accident in
1922 at the age of 32. Madeline was only 8 years old.
Josephine and Joseph had two other daughters.
Antionette was born December 6,
1918 and died January 12, 1994
from stomach cancer. Rose born in
1917.
In 1927 Josephine married Frank Fanara.
Born in Palermo Sicily
August 4, 1884 and died December 5, 1980 at the age of 96.
Although Madeline's last name was Cumbo she took the name Fanara as
a young girl.
Josephine and Frank had three other daughters.
Isabelle born in 1921, Grace born in 1923 and Josephine born in 1933.
To View The Flores Family History and
Photos, Map and Information of Mexico