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My My AncestorAncestorJosefa Antunez

Cronology

• 1891:: Josefa Josefa is born in Zaragoza.is born in Zaragoza.• End of End of 1907:: Josefa’s mother dies. Josefa’s mother dies.• July of July of 1909:: josefa’s father re-marries. josefa’s father re-marries.• Beggining of Beggining of 1910:: Josefa and her sister Josefa and her sister

decide to travel to América.decide to travel to América.• June of June of 1910:: the ship arrives in América. the ship arrives in América.• Between Between 1910 and 1977:: Josefa builds up a Josefa builds up a

family and finally dies, at age 86.family and finally dies, at age 86.

1891• Josefa’s mother gives birth of Josefa’s mother gives birth of

her second child at age 26 in her second child at age 26 in Zaragoza, Spain., Spain.

• Her family is complete with her Her family is complete with her older sister, Ana, her mother, older sister, Ana, her mother, Juana, and father, Roberto.Juana, and father, Roberto.

• They live in the same house They live in the same house that Ana had grown up and had that Ana had grown up and had been left to her after her been left to her after her parents died.parents died.

1907• In august of that year Josefa’s In august of that year Josefa’s

mother Juana got hit in her mother Juana got hit in her chest by one of their horses chest by one of their horses and gets ill.and gets ill.

• Juana dies in December, after Juana dies in December, after a long struggle and leaves in a long struggle and leaves in charge of the house her charge of the house her oldest daughter Ana, wich is oldest daughter Ana, wich is 18.18.

1909• Josefa’s father re marries Josefa’s father re marries

with a woman who used to with a woman who used to be friends with her mother.be friends with her mother.

• Ana and Josefa start to feel Ana and Josefa start to feel out of place and don’t get out of place and don’t get along with their stepmother along with their stepmother because of the proximity because of the proximity she had had with Juana.she had had with Juana.

Beggining of 1910

• Ana and Josefa plan to leave Ana and Josefa plan to leave the country and start a new the country and start a new life abroad.life abroad.

• After months of planning and After months of planning and thinking they decide to travel thinking they decide to travel to América and live there.to América and live there.

June of 1910• After a long trip they get to America but After a long trip they get to America but

with memories they will not forget: first with memories they will not forget: first the experience of being alone in an the experience of being alone in an enormous ship with no one beside enormous ship with no one beside apart of each other, and second what apart of each other, and second what happened one night while they were on happened one night while they were on deck, they saw almost a quarter of the deck, they saw almost a quarter of the ship jumping off deck commiting suicide ship jumping off deck commiting suicide because of the Haley Comet, claiming because of the Haley Comet, claiming that they would be saved from the that they would be saved from the destruction of earth because the Comet destruction of earth because the Comet would crush earth destroying it.would crush earth destroying it.

From 1910 to 1977

• Josefa married with José Angulo, a brazilian she met a few years after she had got to América.

• Josefa and José had three children: two girls and a boy.

• The family lived in Lanús until she died 1979 as a result of an illness she had been suffering for a long time in her bowels.