Emilia Mestas was born about 1918 in Colorado, USA.[1]
Early Years
In 1920, Emilia Salazar, age 2, and her mother, Emilia Mestas, age 29; lived in Morley, Las Animas, Colorado, in the home of her widowed grandmother, Felepita Salazar, age 70; along with young Emilia's three uncles: Juan Salazar, age 27; a laborer for the railroad; Vicente Salazar, age 22, a laborer for the railroad; and Charles Salazar, age 16.[1]