By Andrew Gonzales

Geography 10

FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT

• My Great Grandmother Esther Cisneros was born on September 18 th,

1932 in Leon, Spain

• My Great Grandfather Rosalio Gabriel Felix Sr. was born on March 11th,

1930 in Guadalajara, Mexico

• My Grandfather Rosalio Gabriel Felix Jr. was born on December 4th, 1955

in Los Angeles, California

MY MOTHER’S SIDE

LEON, SPAIN

LEON, SPAIN

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

• My Great Grandmother emigrated from Leon, Spain in 1951 with some of

her family members to Guadalajara, Mexico where she met my Great

Grandfather.

• Both of my Great Grandparents left there families to immigrate into the

U.S., then settled in Los Angeles in 1954.

• They were apart of the 4th wave of immigrants to enter the U.S.

• Then my Grandfather was born a year later and my mother’s side of the

family still resides in the Los Angeles area to this day.

MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT

• My Great Grandmother Maria Teresa Amezcua was born on May 8 th, 1929

in Zamora Michoacán, Mexico

• My Great Grandfather Hector Gonzales was born on July 28 th , 1925 in

Los Angeles, California

• My Grandfather Edward Charles Gonzales Sr. was born on June 7 th, 1956

in Los Angeles, California

MY FATHER’S SIDE

ZAMORA MICHOACÁN, MEXICO

ZAMORA MICHOACÁN, MEXICO

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

• At a young age, my Great Grandmother emigrated from Zamora

Michoacán, Mexico with her family to Los Angeles in 1937

• My Great Grandfather was the first generation of his family to be born in

the U.S; his parents were orignally from Zacatecas, Mexico

• They were both apart of the 4th wave of immigrants to enter the U.S.

• My Grandfather was then born in the year 1956 in Los Angles, California.

He now lives in Oahu, Hawaii.

MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT

• I think it was very interesting to discover that my family can be traced

from Spain to Mexico, then from California to Hawaii.

• I also find it amazing that my family can be traced back 6 generations, or

over a hundred and 120 years.

WHAT DO I THINK?