Paula Lopez Y Diaz (abt. 1929)

Born about 1929 in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, USA

Ancestors

Paula Lopez Y Diaz has Puerto Rican ancestry. Join: Puerto Rican Roots Project Discuss: puerto_rico

Biography

Paula Lopez Y Diaz was born in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico around 1929 to Agapita Diaz Y Lozada.^[1] Agapita died on 3 August 1937 and her children were sent to live with their grandmother, Michaela Lozada.^[2][3]

Census

1920 US Census - "Guadalupe Lopez", Age 18, is enumerated as head of household in a rural area of Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico with his wife Maria Lebron de Lopez, Age 45. Also present and listed as boarders are: Natalia Lopez Y Santana, Age 38, probably the mother of Lucia, Age 15; Margaro, Age 11; Juan, Age 7, Everegista, Age 4, and Marcelina. Age 8 months. Also present is Agapita Diaz, Age 20

1935 Puerto Rico Census - "Agapita Diaz Vda De Lopez", Age 18, is enumerated as head of household in a rural area of Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico with her children, surnamed Lopez Y Diaz: Leoncio, Age 10; Paula Age 6; Must, Age 2; Severiano, Age 1

1940 US Census - "Micaela Lozada Vda De López", Age 64, is enumerated as head of household in a rural area of Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico with her Lopez Y Lozada grandchildren by Agapita: Leoncio, Age 20; Natalia, Age 11 (Paula?); Narcisa (Musa?), Age 7; Severiano, Age 5

Research Notes

The 1935 PR Census has the surname "Lopez" for Agapita's children.^[4] The one birth record I can find for them, that of Leoncio, has just the surname "Diaz" and doesn't list a father.^[5] In 1920, two years before Leoncio's birth, Agapita's living in the household of Guadalupe Lopez and that's the name of the informant on her death certificate (which lists her as single).^[6][7] Guadalupe is married to someone else--if the census data is to be believed, someone more than twice his age--and he's the only one in that household of the right age to possibly be the father of her children.^[8] Suggestive, even if not enough for me to link him as the father of her children based on just this.

Sources

1. ↑ "Puerto Rico Census, Social and Population Schedules, 1935," Year: 1935; Census Place: Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: 43; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 70-7
2. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-8KQ8 : 16 April 2015), Agapita Díaz Lozada, 03 Aug 1937; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940,"Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: T627_4640; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 70-8
4. ↑ "Puerto Rico Census, Social and Population Schedules, 1935," Year: 1935; Census Place: Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: 43; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 70-7
5. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJV-4115 : 16 April 2015), Agapita Diaz in entry for Leoncio Diaz, 03 Feb 1922; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: T625_2060; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 839; Image: 293
7. ↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-8KQ8 : 16 April 2015), Agapita Díaz Lozada, 03 Aug 1937; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: T625_2060; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 839; Image: 293

• "United States Census, 1920," Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: T625_2060; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 839; Image: 293

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJV-4115 : 16 April 2015), Agapita Diaz in entry for Leoncio Diaz, 03 Feb 1922; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• "Puerto Rico Census, Social and Population Schedules, 1935," Year: 1935; Census Place: Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: 43; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 70-7

• "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJV-8KQ8 : 16 April 2015), Agapita Díaz Lozada, 03 Aug 1937; citing Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).

• "United States Census, 1940,"Montones, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico; Roll: T627_4640; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 70-8

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Citing Leoncio Lopez, Leoncio Diaz and Agapita Diaz; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; 2015; Provo, UT