A Birthday Party

Here’s a birthday video from my grandparent’s video library which features my mom Flossy Wilson, my aunt Catina Wilson, and cousins Fred Wilhelmi and Bill Lewis (looking dashing in his little suit and learning to bow). UPDATE My thanks to my Aunt Catina for pointing out that this video was taken at my great-grandparent’s home [...]

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The Bradford Family

My thanks to Lolita Bradford for these photos which include her father, brother, Lolita and friends. Here’s a lovely write-up about the Bradford family written by Margarita Bradford.

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Halloween in Ávalos

Today, Catina Wilson, Flossy Wilson and Lolita Bradford had lunch in El Paso, Texas. My Aunt Catina sent an e-mail with some wonderful photos given to her by Lolita Bradford. Thank you for sharing them! Here are a couple of photos from Halloween long ago. Do you have Halloween stories from Ávalos?

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A Few Wilson Family Photos

My thanks to my Aunt Catina Wilson for these photos which include my aunt, my mom Flossy Wilson, my grandmother Catherine (Katie) Morris Wilson and Kenneth. A couple of these were taken outside Quinta #21 where my grandparents lived.

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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, from [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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