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FAMILY HISTORY PROJECTPART 2
Geography-10
Amanda Madaus
MY MOTHERS SIDE
My grandma’s grandfather Jesus Rego was born in Spain
in 1900. He was one of six brothers and no sisters. The
country of Spain had a dictator at that time. The dictator
was named Francisco Franco. When Jesus was 16 Years old
his father did not want him to live under this dictator. He
sent 4 brothers to the US and 2 to Argentina, South
America so that they didn’t have to fight in the WW1 war
and live under the dictatorship.
FRANCO FRANCISCO( D I C TAT O R )
BROTHERS OF JESUS
This is Jesus and one of his brothers. Jesus is on the left.
Jesus Rego came to Ohio
1916 working in the coal
mines. He worked in
underground coal mining.
Back then mining was done
by hand with the help of
animals such as mules,
ponies, goats, oxen, and
even dogs to haul the coal.
He came by ship.
In 1920, Jesus Rego
visited Puerto Rico
and there he met my
grandma’s
grandmother
Dominga Cruz. She
was born in 1898 in
Yauco Puerto Rico.
Jesus &
Dominga
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico is an island and
unincorporated territory of the United
States, located in the northeastern
Caribbean, east of the Dominican
Republic and west of both the United
States Virgin Islands and the British
Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port").
Because of its location, Puerto Rico
has a tropical climate and also
experiences the Atlantic hurricane
season.
Puerto Rican Flag
Whi le Je sus Rego was in Puer to R ico , he worked in the sugar cane fi e lds and Dominga was l ea rn ing
to be a seamst ress .
This is the house in Yauco, Puerto Rico where Dominga grew up in.
FOOD OF PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican’s cuisine is of the Spanish and Mexican culture
The main Staple of people of Puerto Rican descent is rice and beans.
They eat rice and beans with every meal. My grandmothers specialty is
pork.
The use lots of seasonings and ingredients such as coriander, papaya,
cacao, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee
They use a lot of green peppers, sweet Chile peppers, onions, garlic,
cilantro, potatoes, olives stuffed with pimientos, or capers in their stews.
Meat pies are common of many Puerto Rican dinners. Salt pork and ham
are often used for the filling and are cooked in a caldero. This medley of
meats and spices is covered with a pastry top and baked.
FOODS CONTINUED
Puerto Rico produces a wide variety of vegetables. A favorite is the chayote,
a pear-shaped vegetable called christophone in English . Its flavor is often
compared to a summer squash. Breadfruit is also popular with main dishes.
The flavor is close to a sweet potato. Tostones -fried green breadfruit slices-
accompany most meat, fish, or poultry dishes served on the island.
Tostones may also be made with plantains. Plantains seems to be the most
popular side dish served on the island. Plantains are a variety of banana that
cannot be eaten raw. They are much coarser in texture that ordinary bananas
and are harvested while green, then baked, fried, or boiled.
Plantains were something I remember my grandma cooking that was a
tradition brought back from her parents in Puerto Rico.
FOOD CONTINUED
Coconut is probably the most common dessert ingredient
Papayas and mangoes are popular for jellies and preservatives.
They like strong, black, aromatic Puerto Rican coffee, which is produced on
the island. It is still one of the island's exports.
The island does not produce wine, so it is proper to order a cold beer before
even looking at the menu. The most popular brand on Puerto Rico is Medalla.
Rum is the national drink, and you can buy it in almost any shade. Puerto
Rico is the world's leading rum producer; 80% of the rum consumed in the
United States hails from the island.
In Puerto Rico, as in
most of Latin American
countries, Catholicism
was the main religion.
Later on my family
became protestant
because of the U.S
culture.
RELIGION
When Dominga
turned 22, (1920)
she got married
to Jesus. They
had one
daughter
Minerva Cruz-
Rego in 1921 in
Puerto Rico.
JESUS REGO & DOMINGA’S FAMILY
ARRIVAL TO THE UNITED STATES
Dominga and Jesus
left Puerto Rico in
1922 and moved to
Manhattan New York.
They came by ship to
New York to find work
and start a new life in
the United States.
This is them arriving In the United States from Spain on a boat.
Minerva stayed in
Puerto Rico with
Dominga’s mother
(Romona Cruz). Minerva
turned 18 (1939) and
moved to New York to
live with her parents.
Minerva got married
when she was 20 (1941)
to Adrian Alvarez.
IN NEW YORK
In New York Jesus worked for a bank until he was
retired and Dominga continued to be a
seamstress in a factory until she retired. In May
1938 Minerva and Adrian had their first daughter
Marie Alvarez.
Dominga also loved dancing and
was a flapper in New York
The 1920s was the Jazz Age and
one of the most popular past-times
for flappers was dancing. Dances
such as the Charleston, Black
Bottom, and the Shimmy. were
considered "wild" by older
generations. For the Younger
Generation, the dances fit their fast-
paced life-style.
WHILE IN NEW YORK
My family then suffered from The Great
Depression. It was a severe worldwide
economic depression in the decade
preceding World War II. The timing of the
Great Depression varied across nations,
but in most countries it started in 1930 and
lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s.
It was the longest, most widespread, and
deepest depression of the 20th century.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
This is Wall Street, in NYC where a crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange after the crash. 1929.
The Great Depression
MOVING WEST
Two years later, 1940 they had their second
daughter Camille Alvarez. The third daughter
Minerva was born in 1944. The last child they had
was their son Adrian junior Alvarez was born in
1947. They continued to live in Manhattan New York
City until 1959 when they moved to Pasadena
California. There started to develop gangs in New
York City, and Adrian Alvarez didn’t want that
environment around his children.
(From left to right) Minerva Cruz-Rego, Minerva Alvarez, Renee Hull & Me, Camille Alvarez, Laura Alvarez (Camille's daughter)
Great Grandma Grandma
Marie
Mom & Me
Marie and Camille went to Pasadena high school. Marie graduated from Pasadena high school in 1956 at Rose Bowl Stadium Right after graduating high school, Marie’s first job was at the Los Angeles police department.
In 1960 Marie got married to James Lee Hull. In 1961 they a daughter named Lisa Marie Hull. Feb of 1967 they had another daughter Renee Leanne Hull. (my mother) Everyone moved to San Dimas. They both graduated from San Dimas High..
Where I came inRenee Leanne Hull
married Jeffery David
Madaus in 1987. They
moved to Fountain Valley
where they had their son
Jeremy David Madaus in
1988. They moved to
Nevada in 1991 where I
was born in March 1993.
My Great Grandmother Minerva & my father Jeffery at my mom and dads wedding
MARIE, ME, AND MINERVA
MY MOM AND I WITH MY GRANDMOTHER MARIE
ALL I KNOW FROM MY DADS SIDE
My dads moms side of the family came from Wales-England.
They all came to the United States by the Mayflower.
They moved to Idaho where they owned acres of wheat farm.
They had a huge house where workers could live while working
on the farm.
There was a huge bell that rang when it was time for the family
and the workers to eat. They all ate together at the family dinner
table.
They grew and ate all their own food.