Guadalupe "Lupe"Almaguer is the 2nd to the oldest child of Pedro and Josefa Almaguer. Lupe married Juana Cardenas in Sept. 12, 1942 and lived in San Isidro, Mexico. Through out the years they moved to San Carlos and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico before migrating to Texas, USA, in 1956. They built their home in Eagle Pass and would migrate North during the summer months to work in the field. They had 7 children - Jose Angel, Carlos, Olga Yolanda, Maria Elena, Rojelio, Dora Elia and Luis (me).

Lupe and Juana were married for 56 years until Lupe's death in 1998. In the early 1970's the family stopped going north and remained in Eagle Pass so that the youger children could stay in school. Lupe worked for Vickrey and Assoc. as a chainman with a survey crew until his retirement in 1987.


Jose Angel and Carlos at home in San Carlos, Coah. Mex.		Jose Angel Almaguer is the oldest child in the famly. This photo was taken while he was a student at the Francisco I. Madero Elementry School in Piedras Negras, Coah. Mexico.


Juana Almaguer and Dora Elia. Dora was born in Eagle Pass, Texas. The photo was taken while the family was in the Texas Panhandle. The family use to go their during the fall to pick cotton.		Not sure wher this photo was taken but it is Maria Elena, one of Tio Chevo's daughters, and Olga Yolanda.


Carlos, Olga and Maria Elena standing by the family trailer. This was the same trailer the family used from 1956 until 1971 when we stopped going north.		Lupe Almaguer at home in Kersey, Colorado. Photo taken in the mid 1960's.


Family Picture of Juana, Olga Yolanda, Lupe, Luis and Dora in Colorado.		Some one got the right idea about identifying the person in the picture except Olga is not in the picture. She was probably the one that took the picture.


Our family visiting the Luna family in Kersey, Colorado.		Rojelio with the family bike. This bike was originally bought for Jose Angel. It was passed down to to everyone in the family all the way down to Rojelio. It was eventually given to an uncle on my mom's side of the family. Rojelio is standing on King Arthur St. Eagle Pass, TX.


Lupe and Juana getting ready to go to town on a Saturday. You can see the hoes in the background. The were used to cut the weeds in the beat fields. The picture is probably from 1968.		Wedding were very big and getting invited to be a Padrino was a great honor. This Jose Angel, Juana, and Lupe.

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Fourth of July celebration in Greeley, Colo. in mid 1960's.		Lupe, Lupillo (mom's brother) and Jose Angel working the beat fields in Kersey, Colo. in the late 1960's.