Inherited Photos from 1915 – Tucson Arizona

Above. Click to enlarge. I don’t know who many people are in the photos that I inherited from Grandfather Joaquín Sanchez. He placed these photos on the backside of the World War photo album. For reference, above and below is a list of Grandfather’s father, mother and brother’s and sister’s from the 1900 Census Tucson Arizona, Pima County (and other notes Ancestry.com).

Father Salvador Sanchez. Born 1853, Altar, Sonora (Birth record Tomás). Immigration 1880. Age 45. Occupation Cattle Herder. Married 1880 (Died 1926)
Mother Amelia (Emilia) Gastello. Born 1864. Age 36. 11 Children. Born Hermosillo, Sonora. (Died 1923). Ancestry.com mistakes her name in the 1900 census as Anicilia.
Guadalupe Sanchez. Older brother signed Victor Sanchez birth certificate (1889).
Tomás Sanchez. Born Dec. 1881. Age 18. Born Arizona. Day Laborer 1900 (Died 1909 Accident)
Guadalupe (Lupita). Daughter. Born 1883. Age 16. Born Arizona
Jose Sanchez. Born Dec. 1888. Age 11. Born Arizona. (1910 Copper Mining)
Victor Sanchez. Born Nov. 3rd, 1889. Age 9. Born San Xavier Arizona (1910 Copper Mining. Later Railroad.)
Josepha Sanchez. Daughter. Born 1893. Age 7. Born Arizona. Josefa Sanchez Preciado was married briefly and died in 1912, but not before having a child (Child born 1912: Josefa Bonillas)
Joaquín Sanchez. WWI registry birthdate Dec. 12th, 1896. Age 4. Born San Xavier, Arizona (1910 Census Age 14) (1920 Machinist Railroad)
Emelia (Amelia) Sanchez. Daughter. Born Feb. 1898. Age 2. Born Arizona. Amelia Sanchez Peyron. Died 1995
Salvador Sanchez. Born 1900 Age 6 months. Born Arizona. (1920 Machinist Railroad).

From this list we see in the 1900 census the surname spelled Sanches. In the following 1910-1920 census the surname is spelled Sanchez. On official documents the maternal last name of my great grandmother Amelia (Emilia) evolved from Gastello, to Gastelo to Gastelum between the 1880’s and 1920’s. And the children adopted her last name as their middle name (e.g, Salvador G. Sanchez etc.)

By the 1910 Census, only José, Victor, Joaquín, Emilia and Salvador remain at home. In the history section you’ll see another Guadalupe Sanchez (Victor’s older brother) signing Victor’s birth certificate on Nov. 3rd, 1889. He is not listed in the 1900 census.

Above. Click to enlarge. Left Middle. I found one blurry photo of great grandfather Salvador Sanchez. Right. Around 2005, the son of my Dad’s uncle sent me photocopies of a potential family tree with photos, including one of Salvador. The picture appears to show
my bis-abuelo as a thin, aged cowboy, with a scruffy beard. I found no pictures of my great grandmother Emilia.

Above. Year unknown. Note on back reads “Senor Victor Sanchez, Dedico este humilde retrato a mi querido hermano en prueba de amor que le tiene su hermano. Jouquin G. Sanchez”. Roughly translates as “Mr. Victor Sanchez, I dedicate this humble portrait to my dear brother as a token of the love his brother has for him.” Victor was about 5 years older than Joaquin.

Above. Salvador, Joaquíns younger brother appears to be driving a 1919–1922 Model T. These early cars had wooden-rim and spokes to support the tires. Steel disc wheels came later. I wonder if Salvador is driving my Grandfather’s car. By 1920 both were were working for Southern Pacific Rail Road as machinists. Judging from review of census data, the younger Joaquin and Salvador chose life in the city of Tucson.

Above. Pima County records say Joaquin (Age 27) married Matilde de Machado (Age 25) in 1922. I never knew my abuela or saw of her. I think this is her because they are holding hands. She was ill in the mid 60’s before she passed in 1969. I always heard she was widowed in Ajo, Arizona and my grandfather married her and welcomed her Machado children. “de Machado” means she was married to a man with the last name Machado. Somewhat of mystery is if that he was born Dec. 12, 1896 (from draft record), he would have been 25 years old on July 22, 1922. There are other unexplained differences in the ages in the records I reviewed.

Above. I inherited an album that does not contain marked photos of Joaquin and/or Matilde. These are two other pictures that resemble Matilde de Machado, perhaps younger. The blurry photo of them holding hands was separate from this album. My uncertainty of what my Grandmother looked like drives me to publish photos of my parents.

Above. Click photo to enlarge. The second photo I recognize from other photos with his name: Victor Sanchez (Born 1889), Joaquin’s older brother.

Above. Click to enlarge. In 1915 grandfather must have been 18 years old when he took the photo on left. Notice the similarity between the photo of a “SGS” (Salvador Gastello Sanchez) on right and the younger boy in the left photo.

Upper Left. Click to enlarge. 1930 Census. Joaquin Age 33 and Matilde 32. The ages of the Machado Children are Armida 16, Laura 13, Alphonso 11. That means in 1922 when they married they were 8, 5 and 3 years old. My Dad Ernesto was not quite 3 in 1930. Bottom Left. 1940 Census. My Grandfather is 41 and Alfonso is 19. My Dad is 13 and his sister Fedelia (Delia) is 8 years old.

Above. Click to enlarge. Victor G. Sanchez, Joaquin’s older brother, and Grandfather Joaquin appear to have been very close.

Above. Click photo to enlarge. Upper left. Salvador G. Sanchez is very difficult to recognize but this is him on 10th Avenue Tucson. Barrio Libre. In the next photos he is definately wearing a standard U.S. Army uniform. Did he enlist? The photo could have been taken at Fort Huachaca. At the bottom, Salvador appears a little older. I’m really glad my grandfather bought one of those kodak portable camera’s, costing about in today’s dollars about 5 bucks.

Grandfather Joaquín carefully marked each image of Salvador with his initials (unseen here).

Above. Click photo to enlarge. Victor Sanchez is clowning around. He’s wearing Salvador’s army helmet in the first photo. In the second photo, Victor appears to improvise a pose. Nice.

Above. Click photo to enlarge. This young man at left appears in quite a few photos. The upper photos are from some type of event in 1926. The upper right photo shows the same young man with Joaquin and friends.

Above. Click photos to enlarge. Left image. Same young man as above. My Grandfather undoubtedly took the picture. We’re still looking at the 1920’s given the style of car. Right image. I always thought the photo at right was of an older Joaquin. I forgot where I got the name Carlos. But he appears to be an important person in Joaquin’s life. Could “Carlos” be the oldest Machado “Alfonso” (22) in 1930? (Jouquin 34). He was 5′ 7″, 140 pounds and dark complexion.

Above. I believe this is also Alfonso (Machado) Sanchez and the year on his plates are 1921.

Above. Click to enlarge. Left and Middle. I believe the young girl at left (age 10?) is the same adolescent in the middle photo (age 15?). Could this be Laura Machado who was 10 years old in 1924? The boy at right is also a mystery. Initials MBL. Around the mission of San Xavier were small settlements where first cousins, nephews, nieces and extended family lived within a few blocks of one another.

I added this picture because the young woman on the far right resembles the girl at the side of Laura Machado (possibly) above.

Click to enlarge. This group of men were obviously compadres of Joaquín. The first two photos of Joaquin show facial features remind of my Dad.

Above. Left. I’m impressed by grandfathers skill at taking opportunistic photos that capture his life. I’m beginnng to see Salvador in every other picture! You decide. Right. Another picture of the Model T this time with Grandfather Joaquin.

Above. Click to enlarge. Of particular interest is left photo which captures my grandfather laughing. The year was 1926. These were people in my grandfather’s life, perhaps an event involving the railroad.. In 1920 the population of Tucson is listed as around 20,000. By 1930, the population grew to 32,000 people, as Tucson became more diverse.

Above Click to enlarge. The photo at left is Amelia Sanchez compiled in a family tree by a distant cousin. The photo at right is a photo I found in the album I inherited. So now we know from Ancestry.com that she married Pedro Peyron in 1919 and had at least two children: Dora Peyron 10-03-1920 and Angelina Peyron in 1922.

Birth	16 Feb 1898 San Xavier, Pima, Arizona, USA
Death	15 Feb 1995 Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA

Above. Sending personalized postcards in the 1920’s was as popular as facebook today. Left. Amelia Sanchez sent this postcard to her “beloved brother “Grandfather Joaquin. At first I thought one of these men could be her husband Pedro. But it’s not. I stumbled across a photo of Amelia’s husband on Ancestry.com (below)

Her husband’s father migrated from France to Tucson Az. and married a native Arizonan. Pete Peyron has a distinct appearance.

Above. Click to enlarge. I added these photos to show my grandfather’s life. The first shows a picture labeled church. The man is obviously the Father. I don’t know the significance of of the photo but is likely in the San Xavier settlement. The second photo appears to be mixture of mostly women, perhaps Mexican American, Papago, and Anglo.

Above. Click to Enlarge. Welcome to some of the photos that I know only were important for my Grandfather. Upper row middle. There is a note from the two girls “To our esteemed friend. Sara Romero and Carmen Orabuena.” There are several broken photos and a postcard from the Orabuena family thanking grandfather. I think the adobe house is their home.

This young women sent an invitation to both my grandfather and grandmother for a special event.

I cannot make out her name. But she’s inviting them to an “obra” se llamó “El Ladron” at the theatre..