Diaz sisters

Tucson Daily Citizen, 27 Jan 1947.

The news clipping above announced the January 1947 mass for Maria Diaz, sister of Dolores Diaz de Rascon. Maria was born on 19 March 1876 in Hermosillo, Sonora. During her life in the United States, she lived with her older sister Nieves Diaz Moncada and her family in Tucson at 134 Cushing Street.

Source: Ancestry. Resident Alien card for Maria Diaz.

The resident alien card from 1945 references her crossing on 2 April 1914, which she made with her sister Nieves as they were going to join Nieves' husband Rosario Moncada in Tucson.

Source: Ancestry. Border crossing, 2 Apr 1914.

On another crossing in March 1915, Maria traveled with her sister Nieves & Nieves' children, going from Nogales to Tucson. The manifest listed their final destination as El Paso, Texas.

In the 1920 US Census, Nieves and Rosario Moncada were living in Tucson. By the 1930 Census, Maria Diaz had moved into the home of Nieves and Rosario. She is listed as a dressmaker.

Source: Ancestry. 1930 US Census, Tucson, Arizona.

In the 1940 Census, Maria was still living with Nieves and her children at the home on Cushing Street.

Maria & Nieves were closely connected over the years, from their journey from Mexico to the US.