Family News
Family News
A page to share news of interest with other family members, both near and far. Births, deaths, reunions, military service, retirement...anything you believe would be of interest. If your family appears in my database, feel free to e-mail information you would like to share and I'll be happy to post it.
The Family of Eusebio and Lucia Rodriguez meets for reunion in San AntonioThree hundred and eighty descendents of Eusebio and Lucia Rodriguez, well-known farming family in Raymondville (1930s to 1970) convened in San Antonio, Texas, July 17 and 18, 2009.
Representatives from all of the twelve families were in present. The children, who were all born at Santa Margarita TX east of Raymondville, were Angelita Rodriguez Longoria (Raymondville), Julian Rodriguez (Botesville), Guadalupe Rodriguez (Botesville), Guadalupe Rodriguez Jimenez (Corpus Christi), Wenceslao S. Rodriguez (Raymondville). Eloisa Rodriguez Villarreal (Othello, Washington), Eluterio Rodriguez (Lancaster), Enrique Rodriguez (Raymondville), Anita Rodriguez Martinez (Batesville), Juanita Rodriguez (Raymondville), Camilo Rodriguez (Uvalde), Adela Rodriguez Luna (Uvalde), and Eusebio Rodriguez, Jr. (Lafe, Arkansas).
At the last family reunion held in 1981,only one of the twelve children was deceased (Eluterio). At this reunion Mrs. Anita Rodriguez Martinez is the sole survivor. She was the guest of honor. The widows of three of the siblings were also honored. They are: Mrs. Helina Lopez Rodriguez (Raymondville), Mrs. Juanita Martinez Rodriguez (Lafe, Ark.) and Mrs. Esther Zamorano Rodriguez (Uvalde).
A necrology ceremony was held to pay honor and respect to the 53 family members who had died. Grandchildren and greatgrandchildren formed a band of angels, who then proceeded to present a white rose and an American flag, if a veteran. Jerry McGowen and Christina Rodriguez Caldera of Raymondville, Mr. Enrique and Joe Rodriguez from Lancaster, TX, and Joey Martinez from San Antonio provided spiritual music.
The Raymondville veterans honored were Wenceslao S. Rodriguez (WWII-European theatre under Patton)
Eluterio Rodriguez (WWII-European theatre under Eisenhower), Enrique Rodriguez (WWIIPacific theatre under McArthur), Felix Longoria (WWII), Manuel Longoria (Korean) and Kenneth B. Unterbrink (Army-Germany)
from Copperas Cove, TX.
Following the invocation given by Joe Longoria (Stafford, TX), a banquet was held. A representative from each family then shared their memories and practical jokes their parents played as well as the struggles experienced by farming families in the 40's to the 70s. The reason families left Raymondville was due to hard times caused by heavy rains and/or droughts when the crops were ready to be harvested and the recession. Many settled in the farming communities of Batesville and Uvalde. Other families migrated to the state of Washington or Arkansas.Source: Raymondville Chronicle and Willacy County News, Raymondville, Texas, Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Page 13
Catherine Martinez is trying to contact Roy Lozano Martinez, whose last known
address was in Stafford, Texas. If you can help Catherine, please e-mail me and I
will forward the message to her.
A law enforcement memorial will be held Monday, May 2, 2005, in Austin, TX for Francisco Cisneros, who was shot and killed in 1931 by a boot legger in Raymondville.
Contact Ruby Casteel at brcasteel@floresville.net for more information.
We would love to see long lost cousins, so please join us!
E-mail antrs@aol.com for more information.
The Cisneros Family Reunion is being planned for October 21 & 22, 2005 at South Padre Island.
Make your reservations at the Island Inn by phone at 956 761-7677 and mention the Cisneros family reunion for a discount rate. The Island Inn website is http://www.islandinnpadre.com.
