Dolores Velarde and Linda Velarde
Recorded
August 10, 2008
01:01:42
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Id:
MBX004190
Description
Linda interviews her mother Dolores about how she met her husband and at age 16 traveled to Mexico to find him again.Subject Log / Time Code
Remembers seeing a Mexican man at a store, and telling her mother about him.
Age 16 she traveled alone to Mexico to see him. The immigration police stopped her, but she lied to them, saying that her parents know about her travels.
Wedding was civil ceremony.
Had three children in her parents apartment, 6 children in 6 years.
She describes her husband as more handsome than Elvis.
Participants
- Dolores Velarde
- Linda Velarde
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Appearance
- birth of first child
- economic beliefs and practices
- Elvis
- family naming and nicknames
- first impression of America
- Jose Carmen Veldarde
- Loredo
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- mexico
- personal experiences
- Railroad
- road trip
- social beliefs and practices
- Tampico