Cruz Portillo (1900 - 1974)

Born 16 Jan 1900 in Santa Rosa, Mexico

Ancestors

Husband of Mae (Mihesuah) Portillo — married 14 Dec 1921 (to about 1950) in Comanche, Oklahoma, United States

Husband of Nellie Mae (Keller) Hopkins — married 1951 in Oklahoma, United States

Died 11 May 1974 at age 74 in Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States

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Jack was Comanche.

Biography

Cruz was born in 1900. He passed away in 1974.

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=62308&h=56111664&tid=&pid=&queryId=be853b531ee94a64a26314c64bfc2996&usePUB=true&_phsrc=QSJ232&_phstart=successSource&_gl=1*3jb1k2*_ga*Nzk0NzYxODA3LjE2NDY4MTUxNzY.*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY1NDQ0MDIxOS4yNi4xLjE2NTQ0NDA1MTkuMA..

1950 census at Duncan, Stephens, OK Cruz, wife May, and their daughter Gloria.

• Coahuila, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1930 (in Spanish)

BIRTH, MARRIAGE & DEATHView Image NAME: Anacleto Portillo MOTHER: Ursula Quiroga FATHER: Ignacio Portillo BIRTH: date - city, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), México (Mexico) CIVIL: date

Coahuila, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1930 (in Spanish) BIRTH, MARRIAGE & DEATHView Image NAME: Cruz Portillo MOTHER: Ursula Riojas FATHER: Ignacio Portillo BIRTH: date - city, Coahuila (Coahuila de Zaragoza), México (Mexico) CIVIL: date

http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/explore

Student file of Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, who entered the school on February 6, 1904 and ultimately departed on February 1, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a progress/conduct card, a student information card, letters, financial transactions, photographs, and news clippings from various publications, including the Sherman Bulletin of the Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California. The file also notes that some documents have gone missing over the years, necessitating the copying of the file for public access.

Thorpe became famous internationally as an athlete while at Carlisle, and went on to have careers in both professional baseball and football. He competed in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm and won gold in the Decathlon and Pentathlon. Thorpe was considered by many to be "The World's Greatest Athlete" and is one of the most famous graduates of the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: In the file the student is identified as both James Thorpe and Jim Thorpe.

Magnolia Petroleum signed an oil lease with Jack and Mae Portillo 4-1927.

Birth: Jan. 18, 1900 Death: May 11, 1974

Burial: Deyo Mission Cemetery Lawton Comanche County Oklahoma, USA

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Created by: Cokeman2 Record added: Jan 29, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 47292069

Comanche Indian. WW2, enlisted Army, at El Paso, TX. Stated he was divorced with dependants. Enlisted 1-12-1946. Stated he was born 1918 in Texas.

1930 census, works as Farm Laborer. Speaks Spanish. Father born in Oklahoma, and mother born in Mexico. Rock Creek, Stephens Co OK Cruz Portillo Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1901 Birthplace: Mexico Race: Mexican (Latino) Home in 1930: Rock Creek, Stephens, Oklahoma View Map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Mae Portillo Father's Birthplace: Oklahoma Mother's Birthplace: Mexico Occupation:

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View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Cruz Portillo 29 Mae Portillo 26 Mary Portillo 7 Eva Portillo

1920 census: Hulen, Cotton Co OK. Cruz 19, born Mexico, Indian race.

Worked in concrete business.

Attended the Carlisle Indian School at Carlisle, PA sometime between 1910 and 1920. Jim Thorpe was also there. Cruz greatly admired Jim Thorpe.

Cruz could speak 5 languages, played the fiddle, had a good singing voice, sang songs in English and Comanche. He was an artist, painting native scenes and western scenes. He was an expert horseman and took his step son on a cattle drive.

He knew about hidden tresures, or old guns, buried at Boguillas del Carmen, Mexico. Hidden in caves. Items hidden by the confederate army at the end of the War. He would tell stories about the Commanche indians who wouold raid farms in Mexico and bring back children and women and would adopt them into the tribe.