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.