Winter in Avalos

Do you have memories of wintertime in Avalos? Below you’ll find some Christmas photos shared by the Wildman Family, who lived in Avalos from 1946-1954 while their father, Horatio Wildman, Sr. was Superintendent of the Mill. During that time the Wildman’s lived in Casa #32. Included below are photos of my mom, Flossy Wilson, [...]

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Colony Photos from the Gutierrez Family

My thanks to Tito Gutierrez for sharing the photos below. If you happen to recognize any of the unknown people in the photos, please drop me a line and let me know who they are! Thank you!

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A Glimpse into an Avalos and Chihuahua Family History

My thanks to Humberto (Tito) Gutierrez for the following excerpt from his story, Odds and Ends, which provides a glimpse into the childhood of his mother, Carolina Olivares de Herrera.
“Carolina was married in Chihuahua City, Mexico, when she twenty-two years old. She wed Dr. Humberto Gutierrez Elias, a prominent doctor. In a strange twist of [...]

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My Family…the Morris and Wilson Sides

This video shot around 1941 by my grandparents, Renie and Catherine Wilson, shows children at play during a birthday party (including my mom Flossy Wilson and my aunt Catina Wilson) and a few members of the Morris and Wilson sides of my family.

Fred Wilhelmi, first cousin to my mother Flossy and my aunt Catina Wilson, [...]

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Friends at the Colony

Below are a two photos which include my mother Flossy Wilson Delgado and friends.
I’ve added the third photo with the hope that someone can help identify the people in the picture and where it was taken. My grandmother, Catherine Morris Wilson, is seated in the last photo.

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Images of growing up in the Colony

A couple of photos of my mom, Flossy Wilson, as a young girl and as a teenager living in the Colony. In the first, she’s standing outside her home Quinta #21 in the Ávalos Colony. In the second, she and Lolita Bradford look soaking wet but happily so, with the middle garden in the background.

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Kids in the Colony

These two young girls are Helen Wildman and my mother, Flossy Wilson, taken sometime in the late 1940’s at the ASARCO Avalos Colony. In the background is the entrance into the Colony where the gateman stood guard. The girls were standing in front of my grandparent’s home, Quinta #21. They are standing in front [...]

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Kids in the Colony – A Different View

A slightly different shot of kids in the colony which I originally posted on April 30, 2009. With the help of Coky Zangwill Bohanon, from left to right on the top row: Catina Wilson, Lilia Perez, Unknown, Charlie Alvarado, Andy Bradford. Bottom row, from left to right: Coky Zangwill, Flossy Wilson, Tiquis Avila, Unknown, Chayo [...]

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Kids in the Colony – Avalos, Chihuahua

With the help of Coky Zangwill Bohanon, from left to right on the top row: Catina Wilson, Lilia Perez, Unknown, Charlie Alvarado, Andy Bradford. Bottom row, from left to right: Coky Zangwill, Flossy Wilson, Tiquis Avila, Unknown, Chayo Avila and Lolita Bradford.

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