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Looking for Family/Ancestors of Elena (Helen) Yescas

Looking for Family/Ancestors of Elena (Helen) Yescas

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 4:45AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Yescas, Corona

I have been trying to trace my husbands grandparents but haven't had any luck. His grandmother was Elena (Helen) Yescas born 8/18/1905 in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. I don't have a birth certificate to show what her birth name was and I have found various spellings of her first and last name through the census. Elena crossed the border into Arizona in 1924 with her husband Francisco (Frank) Corona. On the border crossings it lists her father as Santos Yescas. I have found a couple of Santos but none that seem to match up with her. I am trying to find out who her parents, her parents siblings and who her siblings were. I am also trying to find out if she came from a Yaqui tribe. My husband was told that she was Yaqui and when they came to Arizona she had to learn to cook mexican food and speak spanish for fear of being deported. My husband said his grandmother used to visit relatives on a reservation in Arizona but he was young and doesn't recall who or where. While in Arizona they had 5 kids and by the 1950s were living in California. The other day I found something really interesting! I found a California marriage record for Elena and Francisco who by then was going by Frank & Helen dated May 13 1954! ....Were they never married when they came to Arizona or were they required to get remarried in California?

Francisco Corona was born 1/1/1898 in Baviacora Sonora Mexico. His death record has him as Frank Felix Corona, I am told Felix was his mother's name. On the border crossings it lists Francisco's father as Olimpo. I cannot find any record of Olimpo besides a baby Olimpo that was born to his brother Ignacio and wife Magdelena Reyes. I also can't find any record of his mother Felix or any other siblings. It was also believed that Francisco & Ignacio were of Maya/Aztec decent.

Francisco's brother Ignacio was born abt 1900 mexico. Ignacio and Magdelena crossed over to Arizona around 1924 and had 6 kids before moving on to California. I have also found a California marriage record for them dated July 20 1956. I cannot find any other siblings for Francisco and Ignacio.

I'm hoping somebody can help or will recognize these names..thanks!

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