Sanchez, Flora & Severo (Albuquerque, NM), part 1
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Publication Date
7-20-1984
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Atrisco Oral History Project (MSS 565), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.
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Born in 1910. Family genealogy, and life in Atrisco. Her wedding in Santa Ana church. There were very few families in the early 20th century in Atrisco. The houses were built with terrón and and adobe. One of the first houses in Atrisco was Severo Sanchez' house. The MDs in Atrisco: Dr. Weiler and Dr. Calyton. The parteras: Jesusita Sánchez and Veneranda Jaramillo. People in Atrisco mostly worked as farmers. Her father, Petronilo Gabaldón, was a musician who played with a local band. Funeral practices, some members of her family were Penitentes. Penance and prayers practiced by the Penitentes. The Great Depression and the CC Camps. [Severo Sánchez intervenes to give details on how they distributed the government aid during the Great Depression]. The Armijo Yankees team in Armijo. The bootleggers in Atrisco and people who made corn whiskey and wine. Family power relations: the husband was the one who held the power in the family. Changes in society: respect was the golden rule in society, the marriage proposal tradition in Atrisco: the groom would write a request letter to the bride's father. Most of the people in Atrisco were Catholic and the custom of naming children after saints. The baptisms of children. Wedding customs and how women used to get married at young age usually before being 20. Severo Sánchez continues the conversation: The ditch cleaning and memories of his family beginnings in Atrisco. The mayordomos de acequia and ways they used to clean the acequia. Distribution of irrigation water to feed their crops as people in Atrisco used to live mostly on farming. The WPA Camps and the making of cotton mattresses. Los carros de caballos and making wine by stepping on ripe grapes. There were no 'cantinas' [bar-saloons] in Atrisco when he was a child. He was friend of Mr. Urbano Page who used to own a grocery store in Atrisco. Memories of his days working in a sawmill for $0.20 a day. His father owned large extensions of land in Atrisco where they raised sheep and employed a lot of people. He was a commissioner of la Merced de Atrsico elected by the heirs of the Merced. Las juntas de los comisionados de la Merced.