Ray Contreras my dad's first cousin
related to me by my Great-Grandmother Leonarda Apodaca Contreras.
Died while serving WWII.
This blogger is about my father Benjamin Lopez Apodaca. My attempt is to share and give information about his family and heritage His Lucero family came from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico to (Paso del Norte) present day, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (170years) came to southern New Mexico in 1840 to Mesilla Territory, New Mexico. His Apodaca family came from Mexico, to Salem, Fierro, and Pinos Altos, NM. Hisparents settled in Los Angeles, CA in 1950.
March 26, 2020
March 15, 2020
September 10, 2019
Group Photo
St. Genevieve Catholic Church
Las Cruces, New Mexico
I don't know if any of these men here are my relatives. I'm pretty sure Ralph Lucero is my relative. I have Apodaca's, and Lucero's in my lineage. I hope this photo will have family members that others can identify with. I have a family tree on ancestry.com My tree is under: Apodaca Family and my name its under is:RoseLuceroApodaca.
January 16, 2018
Baptism Records
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| Baptism of my Grandfather Benjamin Apodaca |
Baptism of Hesiquio Lucero
Great-Grandfather
August 11, 2017
Pino Altos Photos
My dad Ben (on left) Uncle Rueben and Uncle Abe
My dad(far left) his uncles. Felix Apodaca Contreras,
Manuel Morales, and Manuel Contreras
My dad use to tell me how his uncles would come down to visit
his family in Pinos Altos
Home where my dad was raised
My dad's home
(Present Day) Ice Cream Parlor
Picture taken in Silver City, New Mexico
Dad was on vacation with his brothers while visiting
Pinos Altos. They stopped in to have a cold beer.
Uncle Rueben, Diane, and Uncle Abe
Taken in 1996 Dad visiting Pinos Altos
Rueben, Sara, and my father Ben
Cousin Diane Apodaca, and my aunties, AnaLiese and Gloria
January 11, 2017
Memories of Fierro and Pinos Altos, New Mexico
Three young men from Fierro.
From left, Felix Contreras (my great-uncle), Felix Jaramillo, and Manuel Zuniga.
Taken in
Goldroad, AZ about 1940
Circa 1942
My Dads uncles visiting him, I remember
my dad would tell me how his Contreras uncles and
cousins would come to visit him and my grandparents
in Pinos Altos. My dad was always excited when they
came to visit the family.
My dad Ben is on to the left, his ulncle Felix Contreras,
his cousins Rosa's Contreras husband, Manuel Morales,
and cousin Raymond Contreras.
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