MENDIOLA FAMILY REUNION Presenter Karen Mendiola Tanguma 2014
Jan 29, 2016
MENDIOLAFAMILY REUNION
Presenter
Karen Mendiola Tanguma
2014
OUR FAMILY
Honor
Love
Cherish
Our
Rich
Heritage
GRAND PA
CANDY• Hardworking• Disciplined and Strong• Business Owner• Great Business Sense• Farmer, Rancher• Texas Cowboy• Didn’t like city slicker• Carried a gun• Lots of Hats
GRAND PA ALFRED
ANICETOMENDIOLA
Great Grand Father
DEMETRIOMENDIOLA
Great GreatGrand Father
GRAND MA
• Seamstress & Chef• Midwife and Teacher• Mother, Wife, Friend• Sensitive and smart• Hardworking• Gardener, Roses• Peacemaker• Forgiving• High moral standards• Religious
CLARA GUERRERO
AND PARENTS
Felipe Guerrero&
Gertrude Herrera
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
HANGING OUT IS
A FAMILY TRADITION
HANGING OUT
Frank, Betty, Friend, Lydia, Charlie
HANGING OUT
THE MENDIOLA CLAN
GRAND CHILDRENGREAT GRAND CHILDREN
HANGING OUT
HANGING OUT
THE RED BARN
CHILDREN
HORSING AROUND IS
A FAMILY TRADITION
HORSING AROUND
HORSING AROUND
HORSING AROUND
HORSING AROUND
SANTA IS
A FAMILY TRADITION
CHRISTMAS
G
ag gifts
S
anta on a horse
G
randmother’s bag of gifts
SANTA
RICH CULTURAL HISTORY
Holiday Traditions
Family Activities• Picking cactus • Hunting• Going to Mendiola’s Ballroom
HISTORY
1853- The heirs of Juan Mendiola transferred their interest
in the Rincon to Captain Richard King
15,449.4 acres located in Nueces County
Original Spanish land Grant of Don Hernando Mendiola
(1736)
THE OLD COUNTRY
THE BEGINNING
• Pyrenees Mountains (boarder of Spain and France) is where our family name originated.
• House of Navarra, as Pamplona kings
• 40,000 BC, four cave sites in Navarre
• The Mendiola history spans back to the Ice Age, where our Cro-Magnon (cave) ancestors struggled to survive.
BASQUE HISTORY
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!