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The Espinor Family of California

Updated August 19, 2006

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The Espinor family name is very unique as it does not officially
exsist in Latin America the reason being is that our true family last name was Espino our roots derive from Mexico,Spain,France
possibly even Portugal and Italy. Legend has it that when my
great grandparents Cipriano and Frances Espino arrived to the
United States of America my great grandfather did not know how
to write so his fancy signature at the end of Espino was mistaken
by the immigration officers as an "R" and thus became Espinor which Cipriano took a likeing to and kept it.Cipriano andFrances
settled into the United Sates around the turn of the century.
They had three children Alfred,Samuel, Lilian and Rose.

My grandfather was Alfred Alfonso Espinor the eldest son of the
family he left his parents at the age of sixteen to see the
world he was first married to Hermilia Garza of Houston, Texas
he had four children from his first marriage named Richard,
Ralph, Alfonso and Gertrude he later divorced and met my
grandmother Rita Valdez Espinor of El Paso,Texas at the time
that they courted my grandfather got involved in the Mexican
Revolution of 1910 fighting against Pancho Villa to protect
his mother Frances family hacienda located in the Northern Part
of Mexico my grandfather had a close call when Pancho Villa
was planning on capturing my granfather upon returning from
the U.S. into Mexico fortunately his mother Frances heard
the rumuors from the townspeople and was able to stop him
from walking into a hanging party. Afterwards my grandfather
married my grandmother Rita and they moved from El Paso,Tx
and settled in San Francisco,Ca. in 1929 My father upon his
first trip in 1925 fell in love with the city by the bay and
that his how the Espinor Clan ended up in California.
The had one child from his second marriage my father Alfred
Valdez Espinor. Later in 1941 shortly after Pearl Harbor my
grandfather joined the U.S. Navy as a seaman and traveled
from California to New York and Florida he served aboard the
Destroyer Escort ship the U.S.S Elderidge over the Atlantic
European Theatre during World War II. After being honorably
discharged after the war he returned home to his family in
San Francisco, Ca. My grandfather followed his trade as a
mechanic and worked with the Southern Pacific Rail Road he
was also very poltically active and with the help of his
friend formed the United Latin American Assoc. in the 1950's
educating and uniting the Latino community which there
charter was recognized by the State of California. My
father Alfred V Espinor Sr. followed his fathers trade
as a RailRoad Mechanic and Alfonso my uncle also served
in World War II in the Pacific theatre and later back
home worked for a time as a bus driver and railroad.
My father Alfred V Espinor Sr. met my mother Clara M
Gutierrez of Mexico City in 1965 and the later married
in 1966 I was born in 1967 as Alfred V. Espinor Jr.
I was raised in San Francisco,Ca. In 1986 I married
Jaqueline M. Cabanas and we have one daughter Cynthia
M. Espinor we divorced in 1993. I relocated from the
Bay Area in 2000 and reside in Stockton,CA. I currently
work in the Mortgage Lending field as well as hold a
Real Estate License my profession has been in sales for
over twenty years I am also active in my neighborhood
community and the Latino Community and politically active.

 
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