Ramon J. "Ray" Estrada
1890
bornTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyBusiness owner.Janitor at the Tempe Normal School, c1910-1913.
Salesman for Hyder Brothers, 1914.
Clerk for Jesus A. Valenzuela, 1916.
With his brother Pedro, he owned several businesses on Mill Avenue, including the Estrada
Brothers Grocery[1921], a barber shop, a restaurant, and a pool hall. By 1917, the Estrada brothers bought 40 acres south of Tempe and started a cotton farm, but lost land and investments in the Cotton Crash of 1920.
He was a Trustee of Liga Protectora Latina Lodge No. 1 in Tempe in 1915.
Lived on 1st Street in East Tempe in 1910; lived at 927 Van Ness Avenue, c1913.; lived at 607 Mill Ave in 1921.
BIO-Estrada
Federal census (Tempe), 1900, 1910
TDN, 26 Apr 1971
Ralph Estrada obit, TDN, 5 Oct 1979
Pete Estrada obit, TDN, 11 Jul 1980
Tempe CD, 1913-1921
Solliday, Journey to Rio Salado, p. 95
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