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I AM THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF ADOLFO RAMIREZ WHO WAS BORN NOVEMBER 19, 1913. I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN OUR FAMILY HISTORY FOR MANY YEAR. MY GRAND FATHER WAS A PENECOSTAL MINISTER AND WAS BORN IN SAN ANTONIO TEXAS AND WAS THE THIRD OLDEST OF 9, HIS WIFE AURORA RAMIREZ (RODRIGUES) WAS BORN IN MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1915. TOGETHER THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN, ADOLPH RAMIREZ JR., ROSALVA RAMIREZ (ROSE LINEK), AND GILBERT RAMIREZ, THEY HAD 11 GRAND CHILDREN AND 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ADOLFO DIED IN 1996 AND AURORA DIED IN 1999. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THERE PARENTS, ALL I KNOW IS THAT ADOLFO'S FATHERS NAME WAS TOBIAS RAMIREZ AND HIS MOTHERS NAME WAS ULYSIS. AURORA'S FATHERS NAME WAS ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ AND HER MOTHERS NAME WAS JULIA RODRIGUEZ (AVALOS). MY GRANDPARENTS TOLD ME MANY STORIES BEFORE THEY DIED. MY GRANDFATHERS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 9 YRS OLD AND HE WAS RAISED BY HIS OLDEST SISTER CAROLINA. MY GRANDMOTHERS MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS 12 YRS OLD AND SHE WENT TO LIVE WITH HER SISTER CELIA WHO WAS 13 YRS OLDER THEN SHE WAS, HER FATHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS 2 YRS OLD OF INFLUENZA IN 1918. SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 4 CHILDREN THAT WERE BORN IN MEXICO. WHEN HER PARENTS WENT BACK TO MEXICO TO SELL SOME LAND HER SHE ENDED UP BEING BORN THERE AND WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN DUE TO HER PARENTS NOT BEING CITIZENS OF THE US. HER OLDER SIBLINGS WERE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN IN TEXAS. I DO KNOW THAT HER GRAND FATHER WAS A BOOTLEGGER, AND THAT EVERY SUNDAY SHE COULD NOT VISIT HER GRANDPARENTS DUE TO SERVICE MEN COMING TO DRINK THERE.
MY GRANDFATHER ADOLFO WAS A PENECOSTAL MINISTER AND TRAVELED OPENING MANY LATIN AMERICAN CHURCHES IN THE U.S. HE STARTED THE FIRST SPANISH SPEAKING PENECOSTAL CHURCH IN CLEVELAND, OH, AND THE LATING AMERICAN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN SAGINAW MICHIGAN ALONG WITH MANY OTHER CHURCHES AND MISSIONS IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA. MY RESEARCH CONTINUES AS THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO KNOW.
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