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Visiting Old Relatives


This weekend, mom, Camile, Makayla and I took a trip to Glendale, CA to visit the grave site of Domingo Arvizu. That in itself was an adventure. Getting to the cemetery was easy, finding the burial plot was a challenge. We eventually found Space G and a huge tombstones among other smaller and more battered tombstones.

It simply read:Domingo Arvizu
Fellecio (passed away) Febrero 20, 1912
EDAD (Age) 83 Anos
Nativa De Mexico

When I spoke to the record department the week before, she told me that unfortunately not much was said about him except that he was buried on the 21st (immediately the day after he died) that he was Mexican and that he was buried with 3 other people who were unnamed.

I figured those names would be listed on the tombstone but they weren't. I know that Domingo and Francisca had 2 still borns and 2 children that died in infancy. I originally thought that maybe Francisca was buried here with her husband and 2 infant children, however, it hardly makes sense since 1) she is not listed with her husband on the tombstone and 2) she died almost 20 years BEFORE Domingo. So if she's not buried here, where is she? And who are the others buried with Domingo?


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  1. CamilleMay 18, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    hey lynelle. it actually is EDAD which means Age.

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  2. ElleLMay 18, 2010 at 4:17 PM

    Ohhh! Thanks!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 19, 2010 at 8:05 AM

    Hello:
    I have a photo of the Francisca Lopez Arvizu tombstone on the DVD of the 2010 Arvizu Family Reunion.

    John Arvizu

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 1:12 PM

      Hi John...any chance I can get a copy of the DVD you have? I am the Granddaughter of Arnold Lawrence Arvizu (Domingo's grandson)I can be reached at jenniferarvizuhixon99@yahoo.com. Thank You!

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 1:14 PM

      Francisca is buried in Pomona. Her info can be seen at findagrave.com Search under Domingo Arvizu or Arnold Arvizu and you can find her plot number:) Hope this helps Jennifer Arvizu Hixon

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    3. ElleLJanuary 9, 2013 at 1:43 PM

      Thanks Jennifer. Actually there isn't a plot number because those records don't exist anymore. The cemetery is just an empty field now with weeds and no tombstones to indicate who used to be buried there.

      http://myancestralhistory.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-development.html?m=1

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