NMGenWeb Queries

Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 7:23 AM. Subject: Old Popcorn Wagon. I have come into the posession of an old popcorn wagon which I bought from a guy in Glennwood Springs, CO. He told me that the manufacture date of the wagon was 1898, and that a man named Harper, who was from the Farmington area, pulled it with a horse to various festivals in the area for 40 to 50 years. When he died, his son kept it in a barn on his ranch for several years, then sold it to a restaurant owner in Farmington, who also used it at festivals and fairs. I have used it at several events here in Illinois this summer, but am interested in returning it to it's original condition. Would you have any links to old pictures of Farmington that might have the wagon picturedor any other insight as to it's origins? If so, please let me know. Thank you! Kim Tegg, Washburn, IL.

Submitter: Annie

Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:57 PM

Subject: Query

I am searching for any info on Victoriano Arguello and or Helena Rodriguez, they married at Mosquero Catholic church around 1908. I believe both of them were born in Taos or Penasco New Mexico in the early 1870's. We think Victoriano Arguello was the son of Mateo Arguello and Manuella ? de Arguello. Victoriano and Helena's children, Domitilia, Mateo, Pacomio, Nickolasa, Polonita. They lived in Albert New Mexico through the early 1900's Domitilia married Antonio Velarde or Velasques - from my memory the last place they lived at was Clayton, and I believe they had several daughters. Would like to contact anyone who is a descendent of Victoriano and Helena Arguello - on the Arguello or Rodriguez side of the family.

Any information on any of one or from anyone will be appreciated.

Anne annebronco03@msn.com

Submitter: Billie May rundog8@rap.midco.net
Date: 31 October 2005
Query: I am looking for information on Mattie or Margaret DRINKHOUSE born about 1885. Her daughters were Amelia, born in 1902, and Helena or Helen, born in 1906. All were born in New Mexico.
Amelia married LaTour Vaught, probably in New Mexico. I found them in the 1930 census:
Vaught, La Tour - 39, IA
            Amelia - 28, NM, AZ - NM
            Johnny - 14, nephew, KS
            Francis - 12, nephew, KS
            Harold - 11, nephew, KS
Drinkhouse, Maggie - 45, NM PA - ?
                  Helena - 24, NM AZ - NM

Submitter: Caroline Bratton cbee@nc.rr.com
Date: 21 August 2005
Query: I am trying to find information on my grandfather Asa Bertran HOOVER who left Leavenworth Prison in 1913 or 1914 and came to New Mexico. This is where the trail goes cold for my family.
Asa Bertran HOOVER
Born: September 13, 1881, Pocahontas County, WV.
Parents: George Cornelius HOOVER and Mary BEALE, Pocahontas Co, WV
Spouse: Lilia Beatrice HALL whom he left in Huntington WV in 1913 before entering prison.
I understand that out of prison he may have been paroled to a group call the Society of the Friendless, but I find no record of them outside of Kansas.

Submitter: Martha Jackson nattiejus@nctc.com
Date: 19 May 2005
Query: Sam SMITH born in 1857 in OH and Ida EAMES were married in Las Vegas, NM in 1892. They evidently met while he was there at the end of a run. He was an engineer on the AT&SF when a cinder popped into his eye, and later died after being taken to Topeka for major hospital work. I have a newspaper article on the death of Sam Smith that stated he was about 49 years old, one of the oldest engineers on the Santa Fe system. It also states that he married Miss Ida Eames in Las Vegas in 1892.
Sam's and Ida's children included George, William, Edwin, James, and Hattie. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, local lodges of the Masons and the Oddfellows. The newspaper had to be dated about June 15, 1906 when he died in Topeka.
He was the son of James Brady J.B. SMITH and Susan KNEASEL of Ethel, MO. They are my great-great grandparents, and were married 7 February 1856 Sam had two brothers, Sherman and George.
J.B. was a Civil War soldier. According to J.B.'s pension record, he was born in 1818 in Westmoreland County, PA. His wife states as part of his pension record that they lived in Sullivan County, MO when J.B. enlisted at St. Joseph. Among some pictures was one of two children, James Brady SMITH and Harriet Jane SMITH . I didn't know the relationship until I accidentally saw ink written on the back of the small picture. My Family Chart named Harriet Jane as daughter of Sam and Ida. If you could help in getting census info, I would deeply appreciate it, I have been working on this since shortly after my mother died in 1976, to no avail, until now. The family Bible provided a great deal of information, but I haven't been able to locate Sam Smith and Ida Eames Smith in the census.

Submitter: Lee Fischer LeeFisch@aol.com
Date: 15 May 2005
Query: I am trying to find any information on the death of my father, Robert L. BOWMAN, and grandfather, Doe possibly Earnest Walter BOWMAN. They both lived in New Mexico most of their lives. My father was hit by a train in the mid 1980s, I believe. He normally lived around Artesia. My mother's name was Helen L. BOWMAN. My grandfather trained race horses and spent his time around Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs. I believe he died in the 1970s. My parents divorced when I was quite young, and I have not had any contact for more than 20 years. I am trying to research my father's family, and can find nothing as far as where they are buried. I would appreciate any help you can give me.

Submitter: Mark K. Miera Mark.K.Miera@intel.com
Date: 28 April 2005
Query: I am unsure where the family originated. I know that Juan Ygnacio MIERA and María Nicolás GARCIA were the family that started the town of Miera with the Garcías in Bueyeros, near Clayton.
They came from Cañada de los Álamos near Santa Fé. I have been unable to find who Juan's father is, and I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Juan was born about 1823 and died in March 1893. He is buried in the Miera Church near Clayton. I believe he was born in Algodones, but can't find any records. He and his oldest son, Francisco, were the ones who found grazing lands in the old town of Miera. The next year they settled there, and shortly after, established a Post Office.

Submitter: Jim Finnerty jjjelm@carbonpower.net
Date: 25 April 2005
Query: My grandfather, Patrick R. FINNERTY/FINERTY, made an application for naturalization in Albuquerque in 1886. He did not follow up on the application and did not become a citizen at that time.
He arrived in the port of the city of New York on March 6, 1880. He was aboard SS City of Montreal. The next record I can find is his marriage on October 12, 1884 at Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque. I am hoping to find the petition for naturalization that he made in Albuquerque in 1886, and that it might shed some light on what he was doing from the time the ship docked in 1880 and when he got married in 1884.
Does anyone know if this application might be on file somewhere? If so, can you please direct me on how to obtain a copy? Thanks!

Submitter: Ralph and Joyce Opgenorth tamarac41@comcast.net
Date: 29 November 2004
Query: I am looking for any reference to people with OPGENORTH surname in New Mexico from 1890 to 2004.

Submitter: Jane Morissey janebug@verizon.net
Date: 25 November 2004
Query: I'd like to post a genealogy search on Michael BONDANZA who lived in Albuquerque in the 1940s and 1950s.

Submitter: Jane Morissey janebug@verizon.net
Date: 25 November 2004
Query: I'd like to post a genealogy search on an ancestor named VIVIANI who lived in New Mexico in the early part of the 20th century.

Submitter: Patsy Moore Huddleston pjhuddleston@tds.net
Date: 28 October 2004
Query: I am looking for information on Chief Joe DEERFOOT. He was born in New Mexico in 1895, and he died in Gallup, New Mexico in 1966. His wife was Ora DEERFOOT. I am trying to find out whether he had any siblings, and what tribe he was from.
He participated for years in the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremony with his famous trick horse, Bobby.
Chief DEERFOOT had a trading post and trailer park for years in Gallup, New Mexico. I lived there in 1959-1960. He and his wife took me to church with them, and I loved them dearly. I just never knew anything about them.
I thought he was an Apache. A book I read, Rt 66: Romance of the West, said he was Cherokee. His obituary says he was born in New Mexico.

Submitter: Rod Salaz RodSalaz@aol.com
Date: 10 August 2004
Query: I'm looking for information on my great-great grandparents, Diego b. 1837 and Esmela b. 1846 PACHECO, both born in New Mexico, and migrated to the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
They were enumerated in the Costilla County census of 1880 in Costilla Village with their four children: Lucas, 18; Antonio, 15; Dorotillo, 8; and Senaida my great grandmother, 8. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Submitter: Don Ontiveros donontiveros@sbcglobal.net
Date: 28 July 2004
Query: Do you have any information on one of the soldiers in the 1597 Juan de Oñate expedition to New Mexico?
His name was Juan de ONTIVEROS, a native of Durango, New Spain, and the son of Don Juan de ONTIVEROS. He is listed among Oñate's solders as having complete armor for himself and a horse. Did he live to become one of the original settlers of New Mexico? I would love to find out more about him. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Submitter: Dawn Thompson nativedawn@yahoo.com
Date: 5 June 2004
Query: I am looking for any information on a Ramon TRUJILLO. His wife was Juliana CELAYA, and they had a son, Juan Maria TRUJILLO, about 1820. Information I have says they are from New Mexico. Juan Maria was living in Southern California in 1849.

Submitter: John S. Watson jswatson03@yahoo.com
Date: 1 May 2004
Query: I am looking for more information on a cousin who died in New Mexico.
William M. EVANS, born August 8, 1892 in Arizona, and died October 1962 in New Mexico.
In 1930, he is listed in the U.S. Census in Bisbee, Cochise County, AZ. I believe he married Grace SCOTT, born about 1892, at age 23 in 1915 or 1916. His occupation is listed as a miner. Thank you for any information.

Submitter: Lynn Ham lynn_ham@hotmail.com
Date: 24 April 2004
Query: I'm searching for a marriage record for Elsie Marie JOHNSON ELY, a divorcee, to a Mr. GRAY after 1921.
Elsie "Marie" was born 19 October 1901 in Floyd County, Texas, and first married Uncas ELY in 1920, had a son, born December 1921. All I know is that she was the daughter of Newton Garrett JOHNSON and Maggie MAHN JOHNSON. According to some records, she lived somewhere in New Mexico. Unfortunately, I do not know where in New Mexico. Prior to that, she lived in Texas. Any clues or help would be greatly appreciated. Bless you for your time.

Submitter: Joe P. Martinez JoePMtz@aol.com
Date: 14 March 2004
Query: I am looking for the ancestors of José Pablo MARTINEZ, my grandfather. He was the Guadalupe County House Representative in the 1901 New Mexico Territorial Legislature, and when he died of a heart attack in 1904, he was the first County Commissioner, District 3, of the newly formed Quay County. He was born about 1850, but I don't know where, or the name of his parents. Any information would be appreciated.

Submitter: Lino Polito Torres linotorres@charter.net
Date: 16 February 2004
Query: My grandfather, Hipolito TORRES, born in 1861 in Socorro County, married Maria Librada Barreras Marquez, born in 1865. The family of seven are listed in the 1920 Federal Census as living in Luis Lopez, Socorro County, New Mexico.
Hipolito TORRES and Maria Librada Barreras are both listed in the Rio Abajo Surname List. Also listed is a daughter, Josefa, born in 1896 in Luis Lopez, and married in Luis Lopez in 1916 to Estanislado Chavez, born in 1900. I am interested in locating birth certificates, baptismal certificates, marriage documents, which will aid me in finding both paternal and maternal great grandparents. I would appreciate any help I can get. Please contact me at the e-mail address above. Thank you.

Submitter: Germel Segovia germelt@lanb.com
Date: 31 January 2004
Query: I am looking for descendants of Gabriel J. ROMERO who was born August 18, 1904, and died January 1, 1971. He may have been buried in Cíbola or Grants Memorial Park. Would someone be willing to look up an obituary for Mr. ROMERO and send it to me? Any information will be appreciated.
Thank you!

Submitter: Cynthia Arrollos AGUERRERO@SOCAL.RR.COM
Date: 31 January 2004
Query: I am looking for information on my deceased grandfather, Calletano ARROLLOS, born May 11, 1909 in Mexico. Family legend says he escaped the terrible Spanish flu epidemic and arrived in the Bayard/Hanover area as a teenager. He is in a miner's picture at Pinos Altos Museum Empire Zinc Company, 1937. He was married to Jeronima. He died in May 1943. He reportedly died of consumption.

Submitter: Elvia Booth elvia99@bellsouth.net
Date: 1 January 2004
Query: I am looking for the family of Ruben SEDILLO. He was born in 1923 in New Mexico, and he died in the early 1990s in California. His brother's name is Lorenzo SEDILLO, and he has two sisters named Vivian still living and Caroline. His father's name was Gregorio, and his mother's name was Benecia. I am doing this research for my sister. I would appreciate any help you can give.

Submitter: Betty Hoffman bhoffman@eastex.net
Date: 8 December 2003
Query: I am looking for information on Rufus or Rufoos SALINAS who married an Mescalero Apache Indian. I do not have any information on the county or city where this marriage occurred.
He was disowned by his parents. His grandparents were from Barcelona, Spain.
Ruffos/Rufus/Rafugo SALINAS was his son, born 12 April 1844 in Cameron County, TX near Brownsville in what was Mexico at the time. He died 23 January 1905 in Muldoon, Fayette County, TX. This information is from the Pin Oak Cemetery where he is buried in Fayette County, TX. He had a brother named George.
Ruffos married Delilah BOLTON/ BOLTIN 11 December 1865. She was born 18 January 1849; died 12 October 1889, and is buried in Pin Oak Cemetery.
Delilah BOLTON/ BOLTIN's parents were Michael Lee BOLTON/ BOLTIN and Sarah/Sally/Marie BOLTON/ BOLTIN.
Please e-mail me with any information you have. Thank you.

Submitter: Nana Jones soonergrannie@adelphia.net
Date: 7 July 2003
Query: I am looking for information on the marriage of Rocco James MADONE, born in 1928, to Rebalene GOODALE, born in 1929. Thanks for any help.

Submitter: Luane Alatorre AlatorreLM@aol.com
Date: 13 June 2003
Query: I am trying to find out more about my grandmother, who was from the Las Cruces area, according to what I've been told. I found my great grandfather in the 1910 census, but I'm not sure it that is the right person since the same names were often used throughout various families. I'm looking for a precinct number for the Belen area in order to find my maternal grandfather in 1920. His parents died when he was young, so he lived with other family members. I'm researching ZAMORA in the Las Cruces area, and JARAMILLO in the small town of Cubero.

Submitter: Sue Russell susanaz@robsoncom.net
Date: 11 May 2003
Query: I am looking for any information on George YOUNGBLOOD. He was the father of Vernon Akin YOUNGBLOOD who died in 1959, and is buried in Middle Animas Cemetery in Hidalgo County. George was probably married to Audrey ALLEN.

Submitter: Marilyn Shanahan shanahan@ameritech.net
Date: 2 April 2003
Query: I am looking for information on an uncle, Mike MORAN , who lived in New Mexico in 1890 and worked for the Mexican Central Railroad as a coal-passer and fireman. He was written up in the Wide World Magazine in October 1912 because of a bull fight he entered in Trauato, Mexico.
He married a woman named Juanita in New Mexico. I do not know his date of birth, but would estimate it to be about 1876, possibly in Indiana.
Mike MORAN's parents were Patrick and Mary MORAN from Ireland. Any information regarding this ancestor, his marriage, or of the Mexican Central Railroad in the early 1900s would be appreciated.

Submitter: Yvonne S. Perkins YvonneGengirl@aol.com
Date: 21 March 2003
Query: Need information on Andrew [Andy] BOYLE, b. 22 Nov. 1838, Dalry, County Ayr, Scotland. Fought in the Lincoln County Wars and at one point was listed as a Deputy Sheriff. He was a British soldier before coming to Texas ca. 1873. Did he marry or have a family and stay in New Mexico?

Submitter: Jeanette Martinez marjejo@onewest.net
Date: 16 March 2003
Query: I am trying to find: Mother: Maria Josefa QUINTANA, married 10 April 1823 to Juan Nepomuceno de Dios TRUJILLO. Daughter: Juana Maria TRUJILLO also spelled TRUXILLO, born February 19, 1824 in Abiquiu, Rio Arriba, New Mexico. Husband: Vicente MARTINEZ. Their children are: Susano De Jesus MARTINEZ and Antonia Maria MARTINEZ. I would appreciate any information you might have on these folks, or any suggestions on where to search for them. Thank you.

Submitter: Candy Vest Hill hillwill@ckt.net
Date: 2 March 2003
Query: I am looking for a Charles W. VEST, who lived in New Mexico in 1920. He married Guthrie L. GUINN around 1917, and that was supposed to be in New Mexico. I have contacted Quay County, and the only marriage record they could find was Guthrie VEST married to S. L. CALLISON who was her second husband.
I have my father's birth certificate that gives Charles VEST's age in 1920 as 52 years old. We cannot find where he came from, who his parents were, or where he went after he and Guthrie were separated. We believe the separation or divorce took place around 1920 shortly after my father, William Lloyd VEST, was born in Tucumcari. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Submitter: Alyse Kenny dkenny@visi.com
Date: 1 March 2003
Query: I am searching for the birth record for William Herman GOHLKE, born March 5, 1900 in New Mexico. I do not know the county. His mother, Rebecca Jane SANDERS was born in Iowa; his father, William Herman GOHLKE, was born in Germany. I appreciate any help that you can give me.

Submitter: Suzanne M. Gwyn BEERY Purplerulez@aol.com
Date: 18 February 2003
Query: I have limited information on the name of BEERY. I am looking for a Beatrice and Willa BEERY. I believe they are sisters. I thing they would have been born in the early 1900s. The only other thing I know about them is that they were born in New Mexico and also lived in Texas.

Submitter: Fernando de Brito fdebrito@austin.rr.com
Date: 17 December 2002
Query: My name is Fernando Diaz de Brito. My family and I came from Spain, but we live in Texas now. I am looking for information on my surname, DIAZ DE BRITO, and was surprised to find a reference to it on a Web site, http://www.hgrc-nm.org. It discusses María de Leyva Piña Diaz de Brito y Mendoza. Do you know how I can find more information on the history, coat of arms and details associated with this surname?
Thanks in advance.

Submitter: Martha bridgergates@earthlink.net
Date: 3 October 2002
Query: I'm searching for descendants of Lee Brown ATWOOD, who was President Pro-tem of the New Mexico Senate in 1934. At that time, he was from Lordsburg. I found him in the 1920 census in Albuquerque.
He was born 6 February 1894 in Michigan. I would also like to know when and where he died. My reason for contacting descendants is to try to get a picture of him we can copy and place on the wall of the Senate in Santa Fe. He's the only one missing.

Submitter: Deborah McDearmon McDearmon2@msn.com
Date: 11 Mar 2002
Query: My husband's grandfather was an orphan, and we think from New Mexico.
He was sent to Buckners Orphanage in Dallas, Texas, after the one he was in was burned down at the end of the 19th or the beginning of the 20th century somewhere in New Mexico. His name was Carol BARTON. We don't know anything about his family, and Buckner Home has no records about where the original orphanage was. Do you know of any records of BARTON's living in New Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1910s, or have any idea about any orphanages that burned down during that same time.
Any information or suggestions will be appreciated.

Submitter: wdsn51@swbell.net
Date: 4 Feb 2002
Query: I am searching for my great-great grandfather, William Russell GRAHAM, who did not return to his Arkansas home after serving in the US Army in the Mexican War. He may have been a casualty, but I recently received vague and unconfirmed information from a distant branch of the family that he survived the war, stayed in New Mexico, and married a local woman.
Our branch of the family had thought that he died before 1850, but we have no details of where or when. His wife/widow in Arkansas remarried before the 1850 census. Since she evidently never applied for a Widow's Pension, I tend to believe he did not die in the War, that he died of other causes, or that he abandoned his Arkansas family or she abandoned him.
Are there sources available in New Mexico which would list Army casualties of the various battles in New Mexico during the Mexican War? Information I've found on the Web is inconclusive. If he survived the war and married there, are there territorial marriage records in which his marriage would be recorded? He reportedly used his middle name, Russell or Russel, as his given name.

Submitter: Gloria Richhart richhart@kingmanaz.net
Date: 29 Jan 2002
Query: The diary of the Jesuits from Conejos San Luis Valley of Colorado was put in book form HGRC La Herencia, volume 10, issue 1, January 2002 years ago. The entry states that Father Ramon SALAZAR and Eliseo SALAZAR from New Mexico came to Conejos to attend the funeral of Francisco Esteban SALAZAR. I know Eliseo was the son of Pedro Ignacio SALAZAR and Andrea CORDOVA, but I can't determine who the parents of Ramon were. The family originated in Chamita, Rio Arriba, new Mexico.

Submitter: David Minton DLMinton51@aol.com
Date: 19 Jan 2002
Query: There is a grave in Lea County that is out on the bald prairie and is marked only with 4 short pieces of pipe sticking up on the 4 corners. I want to give the man a gravestone, but need some information on him. The man was called "Pink" CRAVEY, but his actual name may have been P.E. CRAVEY. Local history states that he died in Lea County of flu in 1918. I need the date of birth and the date of death. Any other information you can provide would be appreciated.

Submitter: Rebecca Herzig Dasis72@yahoo.com
Date: 15 Jan 2001
Query: Hello, I am looking for the person named Kathy that submitted this message on the Ancestory.com message boards for the surname SERVE'. This is the ONLY lead I have for my ancestors with the SERVE surname! I am eagerly searching for you! My name is Kathy. My mother gave me a marriage certificate and on it is the name of Joseph Serve who was married to Ascencion; later on she remarried Braulio Valencia in 1897 in Trinidad, Colorado. Here are a few more names: Maria Ascencion, Maria Salazar, Maria Luisa Sandoval, Jose and Juanita Salazar - these are names that appear on the marriage and baptism. If there is anyone with any more info on these people please reply. There is no location put on this message, but I believe that it could be of Taos origin.

Submitter: Benjamin Norris bnorris@runet.edu
Date: 29 Apr 2000
Query: I am looking for information on James Norris Barrett 1908?-?, son of James Barrett and Ann Hawkins Norris Barrett. I would like to make contact with anyone related to or knowing this family. Ann Hawkins Norris was my grandfather's sister.

Submitter: Ginny Ayers Spann VASPANN@aol.com
Date: 26 Apr 2000
Query: William Jefferson AYERS Seeking information on my great-grandfather, married to Minnie. He is believed to have been born abt. 1835 in AR to Daniel Ayers and Betsie Gross. According to Arkansas records he was in Carrizozo Springs, NM in 1916 when his father died. He had the following siblings: Sallie Ophelia m to Charles Scott; Thomas Daniel m. to Ida Ethlyn Looney; and, Nancy Elizabeth "Fanny" m. to Henry Blair. ANY Information you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Submitter: Melody Adams melodita@comcast.net
Date: 10 Apr 2000
Query: My grandfather was born approx. October 1862 in Naco, Arizona. His father was a John, Henry or James originally from Ireland. Mother was suppose to be Navajo. We contacted Arizona. They said to contact New Mexico. His name was Albert Alfred Adams. He also was supposed to have been an Arizona Ranger and in the Spanish American War in the Philippines. Later he came to State of Washington, where he died in 1947. He did lie about his age, so the year could be other than 1862.

Submitter: Dennis McCown grisilla@hotmail.com
Date: 29 Feb 2000
Query: Am looking for descendants of Tom and Adah Fennessey of Eddy and Alamogordo, NM. Also anyone with knowledge of this couple. Adah Fennessey's maiden name was Horgan. Also looking for Barber, Kemp, Perry, descendants in Eddy County.