Juana Maria Diaz Y Medina (1910)

Born 2 Mar 1910 in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico

Ancestors

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Biography

Juana Maria Diaz Y Medina was born around 1910 in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, to Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez and Rosa Medina Y Lopez de Diaz. ^[1] Juana was the sixth of 9 children born to her parents, who were married in 1895.^[2] Her siblings were Tomás, Villa, Luis,Juan, Engracia, Encarnacion, Bacilio and Santiago. Her father Santos, a farmer with his own spread, died when Juana was only 6 years old. ^[3] They must have lost the farm, because by the 1920 census, her three older brothers were working as farm hands to support their 5 young siblings. ^[4].

According to her sister-in-law, Higinia Rosario, Juana was married to Antonio and they had no children. Her niece, Rosa Maria Diaz, also recalls Aunt Juana was married with no children--and also remembers her aunt's kindness. Juan' Diaz's family didn't approve of his marriage to Higinia. The Rosarios were darker-skinned than the Diaz family, who liked to claim they could trace their lineage to Spain. Juana was the exception in the family who took pains to be kind to Juan's children and get to know them and Rosa has fond memories of playing in her home and being showered with love by her aunt.

Census

1920 US Census - "Juana Diaz Y Medina, Age 10, is enumerated in the household of her widowed mother, Rosa Medina in a rural area of Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Also in the household are her siblings: Tomas, Age 22; Luis, Age 18; Juan, Age 15; Engracia, Age 12; Encarnacion, Age 8; Bacilio, Age 6; and Santiago, Age 2.

1930 US Census - Juana Diaz Y Medina, Age 20, is enumerated in the household as a lodger of Corsino Mojica in Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Also in the household is her mother, Rosa Medina Y Lopez, Age and her brothers Basilio, Age 14; and Santiago, Age 9.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VWKC-HTN : 29 October 2015), Luis Diaz Y Medina in household of Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez, Montones, Humacao, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 839, sheet 22A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,780.
2. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-Z35Y : 16 April 2015), Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez and Rosalia Medina, 16 Apr 1895; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
3. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-Z6KM : 16 April 2015), Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez, 08 Jul 1916; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico
4. ↑ '"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X9WM-GHG : 14 December 2015), Juan Diaz Y Medina in household of Rosa Medina, Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; citing sheet 25A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,822,060.

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-Z35Y : 16 April 2015), Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez and Rosalia Medina, 16 Apr 1895; citing Las Piedras, 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-HTN : 29 October 2015), Luis Diaz Y Medina in household of Santos Diaz Y Rodriguez, Montones, Humacao, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 839, sheet 22A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,780.

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-Z6KM : 16 April 2015

• '"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X9WM-GHG : 14 December 2015), Juan Diaz Y Medina in household of Rosa Medina, Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; citing sheet 25A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,822,060.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V6C1-TMT : 25 November 2015), Juana Diaz Y Medina in entry for Corsino Mojica, 1930.

• Recollections of sister Higinia Rosario as taken down by her granddaughter Lisa Maria Clark in 1977.

• Recollections of niece Rosa Maria Diaz as told to her niece Lisa Maria Clark in 2016.