Family History ProjectPart 2

By: Taylor Arburua

IntroductionWhen I started this family history project, I had a little different story

in my head that I thought was right about how my family came over to the U.S. Interviewing three of my family members really showed me how wrong I was and told me all the right information and little stories I needed to know about my family.

For the interviews, I interviewed my grandma and grandpa on my dad’s side in person; and my grandma on my moms side through a phone interview. They were so happy to give me so much information about them and were happy I was interested in knowing their story on how they got where they are today.

Mary Concepcion (Seminario) Arburua

Mary was born on July 4, 1945 in Eugui, Navarra, Spain which is a small town in the Pyrenees Mountains. Mary is my grandma on my dads side; she has two younger siblings who were born in California. Mary was only 5 months old when she came over to the United States. Her mother,

father, and she were on the first boat that left Spain after World War II ended, because of this, it took a whole month for her to get over here

because of all the mines still out in the ocean. I asked her why she came over here and she immediately responded with, “Her milk source came here.” She then told me that they moved over here so here father could

work for his uncle.

Eugui, Navarra, Spain

The first place they came to was through Elis Island in New York. From there, they took a train cross country to their next destination in Knights Landing, CA. Knights Landing was a small farming community where her

father’s uncle had his ranch. After they lived there for a while, in 1947, they cam down and moved to Brea, CA. to find a healthier place to live for her

dad who became ill with TB. He passed away in Brea, CA. in 1949 and when her mother go remarried in 1952, they moved to Artesia, CA. Mary went to three different schools while in Artesia. Their names were Luther Burbank Elementary, Faye Ross Junior High, and Artesia High School. In 1972, she

met Francisco Arburua in Chino, CA; whom she married and moved to Norco, CA. In 1973, they moved to Chino, CA. when Louis Arburua (my dad) was

born. Chino, CA. is where they bought a dairy together and is still where she lives today.

Elis Island, New York

Knights Landing, California

Luther Burbank Elementary Artesia High School

Francisco Arburua

Francisco was born on March 8, 1937 in Echalar, Baztan, Spain. Echalar is close to Navarra, but higher up into the Pyrenees Mountains, on a

farm. In his family, there is 15 brothers and sisters, including him; he was the fourth youngest.

Echalar, Baztan, Spain

In 1960, Francisco moved to Bakersfield on a contract do sheepherding for three years. After the three years, he went back to Spain. After he went back to Spain, he decided to come back on another contract for sheepherding and his sister ended up sponsoring him and his brother so they can live permanently in the United States. When she sponsored them,

he moved to Corona, CA. to his sister’s dairy which was where Roosevelt High School is today. He moved there to help milk cows on her dairy. He then

met Mary Seminario in Chino, CA. at a communion dinner at The Centro Basco.

After they met, they moved to Norco, CA. and then bought their own dairy in Ontario, CA. in 1976. He now lives in Chino, CA. today.

Gloria Anita (Ramos) Carreon

Gloria was born on March 20, 1937 in San Bernardino, CA. Her mother, Enriquetta (Mendez) Ramos, was born in 1905 in Zamora,

Michoacan, Mexico. She moved over to Perris, CA. with her family when she was 16. They moved over here to have a better life. They then moved to San

Bernardino, CA. and got married at 18 years old.

Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico

Gloria’s father, Isable Ramos, was born in 1901 in Abasolo, Mexico. When he was 20, he moved to San Bernardino, CA. They had to move to

California, because their last name was affiliated with something bad during the war in Mexico, so her grandma changed her last name from Guere to

Guera and moved to be safe.

Abasolo, Mexico

Gloria live in San Bernardino until she graduated high school in 1956 and that same year she married Porfirio Carreon in October and together the

moved to Fontana, CA.