Quinta #5

I’m not sure when my great-grandparent’s, William and Felicitas Morris, and their daughters, Catherine and Julia, arrived at the Ávalos Colony but they were living in Quinta #5 as of 1930. The photo above was taken at the 1986 Ávalos Reunion and shows my Aunt Catina Wilson and my grandmother Catherine Morris Wilson, sitting on [...]

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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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Ávalos Smelter Dinner and a Photo Update

This photo of an Ávalos smelter dinner was generously provided by Eduardo Uranga, Jr. whose father, Eduardo Uranga Murga, worked as an engineer at the Ávalos smelter. The Uranga family lived in Ávalos from 1966-1982. Can you help identify the men in this undated photo? Also, an update to a photo posted in “The Plant” [...]

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Kids in the Colony

These wonderful photos are courtesy of my cousin Catherine Austin Thomas, who lived in the Colony from 1931-1948. Of this first photograph she says, “My back is toward the camera – Grace Austin is next to me. Sybil Bonnell is standing. She was L.B. and his wife’s niece whom they always cared for. I think [...]

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