Ángel Mojica Y Diaz (1892 - 1958)

Born 3 Oct 1892 in Humacao, Puerto Rico

Ancestors

Died 10 Jun 1958 at age 65 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA [uncertain]

Biography

Ángel Mojica Y Diaz has Puerto Rican ancestry.

Ángel Mojica Y Diaz was born on 3 October 1892 in Humacao, Puerto Rico to Juan Mojica Y Alverio and Hilaria ("Eladia" or "Eulalia") Diaz Y Vazquez. According to the 1910 Census he was attending public school at 12 years old, which suggests he finished at least a grade school education, a rarity in those days in that area of rural Puerto Rico.^[1][2] He served in World War I as a private in the US Army, 373D Infantry, 94th Division, starting 1 July 1918 to 8 January 1919.^[3] Soon after returning to Puerto Rico, on 29 June 1919 he married Carmen Foster Y Pérez in Juncos, Las Piedras.^[4] They resided in Juncos with her brother José where Angel was a retailer and his wife worked as a courier and José as a cigar roller.^[5] By 1927 he and his wife had moved back to the area he was born in, to Las Piedras, Puerto Rico where he supported his wife and two young children, Pedro and Francisca, as a carpenter.^[6][7] By 1940 they had moved to Puerta de Tierra, San Juan.^[8] Ángel died on 10 June 1958 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was buried in the Puerto Rican National Cemetery in Bayamón.^[9] Carmen died on 9 May 1987 in Carolina, Puerto Rico of a stroke, suffering from senility, with her last residence as Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She's buried in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery with her husband.^[10]

Census

1910 US Census - “Juan J Mojica Y Alverio", Age 40, is enumerated as head of household in Montones, Humacao, Puerto Rico with his wife, Hilaria Diaz Y Vazquez, Age 30, and their children: Juan, Age 20; Natividad, Age 18; Emilia, Age 14; Ángel, Age 12; Justa, Age 10 and a boarder, Olaya Gomez Y Hernandez, Age 7

1920 US Census - Ángel Mojica Y Diaz", Age 23, is enumerated as head of household in Juncos, Puerto Rico with his wife, Carmen Foster Y Pérez, Age 21, and her brother, José Fuster Y Pérez, Age 23, who worked as a cigar roller

1930 US Census - Ángel Mojica Y Diaz", Age 36, is enumerated as head of household in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico with his wife, Carmen Foster Y Pérez, Age 30, and their children: Pedro, Age 7; Francisca, Age 2; and a lodger, Francisco Negrón, Age 12

1940 US Census - Ángel Mojica Y Diaz", Age 45, is enumerated as head of household in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico with his wife, Carmen Foster Y Pérez, Age 43, and their children: Pedro, Age 17; Francisca, Age 12

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962: 27 June 1958: Ángel Mojica Serial Number: 668493
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VWKC-F11 : accessed 29 November 2016), Angeles Del R Mojica Y Díaz in household of Juan J Mojica Y Alverio, Montones, Humacao, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 840, sheet 3B, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1767; FHL microfilm 1,375,780.
3. ↑ U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962: 27 June 1958: Angel Mojica Serial Number: 668493
4. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJJ-J2LL : 16 April 2015), Ángel Mojica Y Diaz and Carmen Fusteo Y Pérez, 29 Jun 1919; citing Juncos, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X97B-CQW : accessed 29 November 2016), Angel Mojica Y Dias, Juncos, Juncos, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 857, sheet 15A, line , family 154, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2058; FHL microfilm 1,822,058.
6. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-C48S : 16 April 2015), Angel Mojica in entry for Francisca Mojica Fuster, 17 Sep 1927; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6ZM-YZ3 : accessed 29 November 2016), Angel Mújica Y Diaz, Las Piedras, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 3B, line 79, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2651; FHL microfilm 2,342,385.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFNF-NBM : accessed 29 November 2016), Ángel Mojica Díaz, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-18, sheet 3A, line 50, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4599.
9. ↑ U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962: 27 June 1958: Angel Mojica Serial Number: 668493.
10. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJM-156F : 16 April 2015), Angel Mojica in entry for Carmen Fuster Pérez, 09 May 1987; citing Carolina, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VWKC-F11 : accessed 29 November 2016), Angeles Del R Mojica Y Díaz in household of Juan J Mojica Y Alverio, Montones, Humacao, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 840, sheet 3B, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1767; FHL microfilm 1,375,780.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDG-3VMH : 11 June 2014), Angel Mujíca, 1917-1918; citing Las Piedras County, Puerto Rico, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,023,194.

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJJ-J2LL : 16 April 2015), Angel Mojica Y Diaz and Carmen Fusteo Y Pérez, 29 Jun 1919; citing Juncos, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X97B-CQW : accessed 29 November 2016), Angel Mojica Y Dias, Juncos, Juncos, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 857, sheet 15A, line , family 154, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2058; FHL microfilm 1,822,058.

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-C48S : 16 April 2015), Angel Mojica in entry for Francisca Mojica Fuster, 17 Sep 1927; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6ZM-YZ3 : accessed 29 November 2016), Angel Mújica Y Diaz, Las Piedras, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 3B, line 79, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2651; FHL microfilm 2,342,385.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFNF-NBM : accessed 29 November 2016), Ángel Mojica Díaz, Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-18, sheet 3A, line 50, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4599.

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJM-156F : 16 April 2015), Angel Mojica in entry for Carmen Fuster Pérez, 09 May 1987; citing Carolina, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006: Puerto Rico National Cemetery; Bayamon, PR: Section D Site 124

• U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962: 27 June 1958: Angel Mojica Serial Number: 668493

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. [1]