Ciriaco V. Gurrola
18 Jun 1885 - 15 Jun 1965
bornZacatecas, Mexico
diedArizona, USA
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BiographyFarm laborer.Came to Tempe in 1921.
During the Mexican Revolution, when local rebels began seizing the family's stored food, took his family by train to El Paso, Texas, and gradually went westward, to Morenci, to Solomonville, and finally to Tempe in 1921. They lived in a tent about a mile east of Tempe.
He owned land in SW4 sec 13, c1929-1959.
BIO-Arredondo
Josie Arredondo ms., 1978, THM
HPS-101
Solliday, Journey to Rio Salado, p. 89
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
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