Esther Gonzales (abt. 1907 - 1955)

Born about 1907 in Colorado, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Sep 1955 at about age 48 in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA

Biography

Esther was born in 1907. She was the daughter of Felix Gonzales and Maria Teodosia Cruz. She passed away in 1955.

Birth

• Esther Gonzales was born about 1907 in Colorado, USA.^[1][2]

Early Years

• In 1910, Esther Gonzales, age 6, lived on West Fifth Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, with her father, Philix Gonzales, age 47, and with her mother, Densa Gonzales, age 39.^[1]
• In 1920, Esther Gonzales, age 16, lived in Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, with her mother, Teodosia Gonzales, age 51 and widowed.^[3]
• In 1930, Esther Gonzales, age 26, a public school teacher; lived at 115 E. Eighth Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, with her mother, T. C. Gonzales age 60 and widowed; and with her grandmother, S. S. Cruz, age 93 and widowed, along with a Esther's cousin, Urban Cordova, age 15.^[4]
• In 1940, Esther Gonzales, age 36, lived at 355 East Sixth Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, with her mother, Teodosia Gonzales, age 71; along with Ester's cousin, Urban Cordova, a truck driver.^[5]

Death

• Esther Gonzales died 27 Sep 1955 (aged 47–48) from pneumonia in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, and she was interred at South Saint Mary Cemetery, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Year: 1910; Census Place: Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: T624_120; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 0084; FHL microfilm: 1374133(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7884&h=134889930&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525)
2. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=33034566&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884)
3. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: T625_165; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 88(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6061&h=72022007&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7884)
4. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2339978(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=6224&h=101816425&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6061)
5. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado; Roll: m-t0627-00464; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 28-9(https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=40549144&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=6224)
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2020), memorial page for Esther Gonzales (1907–27 Sep 1955), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82700833, citing South Saint Mary Cemetery, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA ; Maintained by RWicks (contributor 46792405) .(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82700833)
7. ↑ Huerfano County, Colorado, St. Mary's South Cemetery; Gonzales, Esther died 09/27/1955 buried 10/01/1955, residence Colo. State Hospital, notes: 48 years, died at Colorado State Hospital, Pueblo, cousin: Urban J. Cordova, pneumonia St. Mary's Death Records, no marker.(http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/cemg.htm)