Oral Interview/by Angel R. Baldenegro

This is a oral interview that was recorded and given to Angel R. Baldenegro. It's a recollections of Bisbee.

I obtained this document from: The Arizona Historical Society, Tucson Arizona.

 

 

In Memory of My Mother, Dolores Baldenegro

 

 

February 8, 1921-November 18, 2010

 

Dolores was born on February 2, 1921 in Bisbee, Arizona; a small mining town. She was the child of Angel and Lucia Baldenegro. She resided in Bisbee until 1940. She married Alex V. Garcia, from Bisbee, together they had 6 children. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles, CA. Her husband died from an industrial related accident in 1948. Widowed at 27 years old.



Two years later she met my father Benjamin L. Apodaca, and they had 8 children together. She had 25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. They were married 35 years later. They were together for 50 years. Mother would often talk about her memories growing up in Bisbee. She recalls the depression time, how food was very scarce, but they never went hungry. She would tell stories of the La Llorona, a Hispanic legend. My Mother loved being with her family, gardening, her dogs and cats, listening to her Ranchero Mexican music. We would enjoy the hot summer days out in the backyard with her.  Mother would make us fresh squeeze lemonade, and serve us watermelon. She was a very good cook, never did we go without a meal.


She lived life simple and she wasn't the type of woman that had a lot of material things. All that matter to her was her family. She enjoyed her children and grandchildren visiting her. She lived in Southern California. She died in her home in Downey, California, at the age of 89. Was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Covina, California.

Tombstone Cemetery

Tombstone Cemetery,

Tombstone, Arizona, USA

 

Uncle Angel Baldenegro: PFC USMC WWII

Flamethrower operator against the Japanese in the Pacific

Tombstone Deputy Marshall. Very active in

Helldorado making Orante, the Mexican badman famous.

Bisbee Birth Records

My Mother, Dolores

There was no birth certificate recorded

 

Angel's birth record 1

He was born Pablo here, but his name was changed to Angel

Angel's Birth record part 2

 

Sacred Heart & St. Patrick

 

History of Sacred Heart Church

 

 1920-1965 Diocesan Priest established and administered Sacred Heart.

 1966-1969 Diocesan Priest attended Sacred Heart from St. Patrick’s, Bisbee

 

Sacred Heart(present day)

No longer used as a church

 

St. Patrick Catholic Church

Family Buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Bisbee

  

 My Grandmother Lucia R. Baldenegro 

 

 

 

My Grandfather, Angel E. Baldenegro

Just a slab, no grave marker

 

Uncle Gregorio Sr.

The Baldenegro's Home (Angel & Lucia)

 

Dubacher Canyon

 

 

The house pushed back, in the center of this picture is where the Baldenegro's lived. My Mother Dolores, Angel, Mary, Bertha, and her niece Socorro. My grandparents Angel and Lucia Baldenegro lived there for a very long time. Present day, this canyon road no longer exist.