John Cruz

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John Cruz has German Roots.

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Descendant of Charles the Great, Charlemagne, Patricius Romanorum.

Biography

John is the son of Antonio Jose Cruz and Emmy (Leykamm) Cruz.

Birth

• Birth Certificate of Johnny G. Cruz on 28 Jan 1948 in Schwäbisch-Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.^[1]

Immigration from Germany

• On 4 Jan 1949, Johnny Cruz, age 11-months old; and whose U.S. citizenship was conveyed by the U.S. citizenship of his father; traveled along with his mother, Emma Cruz, age 21, and embarked from Frankfort, Germany by American Overseas Airlines - TWA - to New York, New York, USA.^[2]

Early Years

• On 19 Apr 1950, John G. Cruz, age 2, lived in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, with his father, Tony J. Cruz, age 21, who served in the US Army at Camp Carson; and with John's mother, Emma M. Cruz, age, 21.^[3]
• On 2 Dec 1955, Johnny Cruz, age 7, departed along with his mother, Emmy M. Cruz, age 27; on Flying Tiger Line, Inc., (Airline) from New York, New York, USA to Darmstadt, Germany. Johnny's name is mentioned on the Air Passenger Manifest that listed his mother, Emmy M. Cruz. Tony Cruz had been transfered to Germany in the US Army and the family was on the move.^[4]

High School

• John Cruz attended John F. Kennedy High in Fremont, California; Grad Class of 1966.^[5]

Marriage/Divorce

• John G. Cruz married Joy Zelene Goldberg on 16 Sep 1969 in Washoe, Nevada, USA.^[6]
• Johnny G. Cruz divorced Joy Cruz in 02 Dec 1975 at Cowlitz, Washington, USA.^[7]
• Johnny G. Cruz married Celia Kathryn Quammen on 19 Aug 1977 at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA.^[8][9]

Research Notes

• In 2020, I participated in a Y-DNA study conducted by Dr. A. Lee Martinez, and Miguel A. Torrez of the New Mexico Genealogical Society. Results of the study were later published in the The 2020 Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society, New Mexico Genealogist. My Y-DNA results from the study surprised me. The results suggested that Nicolás de Espinoza, born about 1673 in Santa María de los Lagos, Nueva Galicia (Jalisco, México), shared my Y-DNA. In addition, my own research on wikitree.com, suggested that I was also related to Espinosa in another way. Evidence from my ancestral paper trail suggests that Nicolás de Espinosa was also a 7th great-grandfather of mine.

• The Y-DNA study may be of interest to other genealogists who are researching their own patrilineal connections to this branch of the Cruz ancestral line, or to Nicolás de Espinoza and his ancestral line.

The published articles and conclusions of their research may be found at (https://www.nmgs.org/product-page/nmg-journal-2020-march) and include:

• Volume 59:1 March 2020 / The Hunt for Nicolás: Researching the origin of the Espinosa family of New Mexico, Part One By Miguel A. Tórrez

• Volume 59:2 Jun3 2020 / The Hunt for Nicolás: Tracing the Espinosa Family and associated patrilineal lines of New Mexico through the use of Big-Y DNA genetic matches of the Nicolás de Espinosa branch By Miguel A. Tórrez

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate of Johnny G. Cruz, Nr. 64/1948, Schwäbisch-Hall, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Schwabish Hall Court House Registrar, Personal copy in the files of John Cruz.
2. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24RY-4QM : 2 March 2021), Jonny Cruz, 1949; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; Roll: 3406; Sheet Number: 16; Enumeration District: 21-39(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/19825129:62308)
4. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 349(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60882&h=3487191&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61843)
5. ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Kennedy High School; Year: 1966(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1177873373:1265?tid=&pid=&queryId=a114ce3935e842d21486ae182e5f3b8e&_phsrc=GdN642&_phstart=successSource)
6. ↑ Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1100&h=8619115&tid=&pid=&queryId=0e84351a2287d5494733684884a94bb6&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GdN648&_phstart=successSource)
7. ↑ Cowlitz, Washington, USA(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61251&h=258190&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1100(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61251&h=258190&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1100)
8. ↑ Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1100&h=8619146&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=62116)
9. ↑ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2020.(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/313799882:62116)

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