Monday, June 29, 2009

"ARRIOLA FAMILY Photo Shows"

Click on the link above "Arriola Family Photo Shows"
When you get to the Arriola Photo Shows,
To see my family click on "Irma Arriola Diaz Photo Show"
(for family in Mexico I have listed my mother's last name Diaz).
The other Photo Shows are of Arriola Family Cousins in Mexico
and USA, Arriola Reunions and Arriola Family Traditions.
Please view them lots of old and new picture's with Mexican music
in the background.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Pictures of my parents, Jess and I



Jesus L. Arriola married Consuelo Diaz, April 6, 1948 they had two children "twins' Irma M. Arriola and Jess A. Arriola born January 30, 1949. Jess and I just had our 60th birthday. Consuelo Arriola born: Jerome AZ September 24, 1917, died San Bernardino, Ca. July 11, 2002. Jesus L. Arriola: born January 15, 1921, died April 9, 2007. They were married for 54 years. Dad served in WWII as a Longshoreman in the European and North Africa Campaign's. Worked at Kaiser Steel Fontana CA. 30 years. Mom was "Rosie the Riviter" worked on P-38's to Boeng 707's. My mother retired from aircraft work, the last ten years she worked for the City and County of San Bernardino, CA. as a secretary.

 

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

SIX GENERATIONS


My father is Jesus L. Arriola, my twin brother is Jess Sr, and his son is Jess Jr. In my Uncle Adrian's Family my father's brother from Silverio to now there are seven male generation's. There is more about our Arriola Family which I will go into more detail on other family web sites. I found a Branch of Arriola cousin's in Mexico, their grandmother's brother Sostenes and Genovea Arriola baptised my grandfather Augustin, that is another story I will tell later on another web site.

My grandfather Augustin Arriola

Above is picture of Augustin's family from our 2001 Arriola family Reunion.

Augustin and Rosa (my grandmother), with his sister Ysabel, her husband Juan Rivera left Abasolo GTO in 1906. The story is with Ysabel's help they kidnapped my grandmother Rosa. It took them months to get to the United States, along the way Ysabel lost her first born baby Natividad. My grandparent's went to Flagstaff Az. Augustin started work with the Railroad. Ysabel and Juan left for Los Angeles, there Juan's relatives helped them. Juan died in 1926, they had six children, of their six children only Eloisa age 86 is living.
Augustin and Rosa followed the railroad, Their first child Manuel was born in 1908 in Flagstaff AZ., they went to Gallop NM. where Francisca was born in 1910. They came to El Monte CA and Guadalupe was born 1914, the rest of the children were born in San Bernardino, CA. Jose was born in 1916, Augustin Jr. born 1919, Jesus #2 (my Dad) 1921, Alberta was born 1923 and Adrian born in 1926. Between 1910 and 1914 they lost two sons Ignacio and Jesus #1., were not born in San Bernardino and am still looking for their records about them, I do know they were toddler's when they passed. The only remaining siblings are Alberta age 86. The total for this generation was 19, mine is 54 after that I have lost count. From two brother's and a sister fleeing the Revolution of Mexico at that time, there are now over 1000 desendents. My Uncle Adrian my father's youngest brother was 81 years old when he passed he was a great great grandfather.

Mexico was in turmoil because of the Mexican Revolution, Remigio's daughter Jesusita was kidnapped in the Revolution and the family never saw her agan. Guanajuato MX. has always been the main focus in Mexican politics. My grandfather, his brother and sister were fleeing Mexico to save their lives. Times were hard for them, leaving their homeland, the family once having money, losing a sister, it took them about a year to get to the to the United States. Once they got here they faced discrimination and other issues present at the turn of the century. The Arriola families with their family tradition's, hard work flourished, it was hard but they indured and survived. Ysabel's second husband Manuel Arevalo served in WWI. The first generation males served in WWII, the women worked as "Rosie the Riviter" the following generation's have contributed and carring on the tradition's of family, of their roots, but most of all as so many from other countries who migrated to the USA found a new home with freedom and have served their country as citizen's and service from WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afganistan.

My great great grand father's name was Silverio Arriola

Silverio married Petra Veles, they had two children, their first son was Jose Fortino Benito Arriola Veles chr. August 14, 1853, died in 1902 in Abasolo GTO MX. their second son was my great grandfather Jose Juan N. Remigio Arriola chr. Oct. 2 1858. in Abasolo, GTO. MX.
Silverio was married three other times here is a list of wives and children.

Silverio married Gregoria De La Cruz, two children
chr. 6/17/1838 Juan J. Franco Arriola De La Cruz in Asuncion
chr. Jose Jesus in Guarpo

Silverio married 3/14/1862 Jesus Borja four children
chr. 3/9/1864 Juan de Dios Soledad Arriola Borja
chr. 11/6/1865 Maria Josefa Zacarias Arriola Borja
chr. 2/19/1867 Romulo Gabino arriola Borja in Irapuato GTO MX.
chr. 2/20/1867 Maria Leona francisca Arriola Borja in Irapuato GTO MX.

Silverio married 5/27/1867 Maria Soledad Gonzales in Abasolo GTO MX., three children
chr. 7/13/1868 Maria Navoa A. Arriola Gonzales in Pueblo Nuevo GTO MX.
chr.12/6/1869 Maria Sabas N, Arriola Gonzales in Pueblo Nuveo GTO MX.
chr. 4/16/1874 Maria Torba E. Arriola in Pueblo Nuevo GTO MX.

Remigio Arriola Veles married Dolores Lopez Ayala in Pueblo Nuevo GTO Mexico April 3, 1875


Remigio age 16 and Dolores age 14 when they were married, they had four children, Remedio, Ysabel, Augustin (chr. 1892 Abasolo GTO) and Jesusita Arriola. My grandfather is Augustin, the boy with the book, Ysabel (sister), Remedio (brother), Maria Mejia (Remedio's wife), Remigio (father) and Jesusita (sister)

Remedio and Maria Mejia had three daughter's Consuelo, Luz and Sahara. In Mexico a person's name has the mother's last name after the father's last name, example Consuelo Arriola Mejia.

Sahara, married in 1927 age 19 she died in Los Angeles 12/29/1930 from advanced TB. Sahara was married to Dolores Martinez, she did have a child but the child died as an infant. Sahara was born 03/10/1911, she is buried at Calvary Cemetery Los Angeles CA.

Consuelo married Jesus Cortez and raised their family in Pueblo, Colorado. Luz married Pedro Juarez, Manuel Juarez and Louis Reyes, Luz remarried after their passing after Louis passed in 1950, she raised her family in San Bernardino, CA. These two sister's had 25 children between them.

Ysabel Married Juan Rivera they had six children and raised their family in Los Angeles CA.
Natividad her first born died on the trip to the United States, Samuel died in Los Angeles, CA. buried in Calvary Cemetery. Alberto unknown where he died but was a yougster when he passed. The three youngest daughter's Anita and Natividad have passed, the only living child is Eloisa age 86.
Augustin married Rosario Lopez (my grandparents) in 1907, Manuel the oldest was born in Flagstaff AZ. 1908, Frances was born in Gallup NM 1910, they had ten children, two died as young children, Ignacio and Jesus #1. Guadalupe born in El Monte Ca 1914 they finally settled and raised their family in San Bernardino, CA. The rest born in San Bernardino, CA. were Joe 1916, Augustin JR. 1919, Jesus #2 1921, Alberta 1923 and Adrian 1926. The only living sibling is Alberta age 86.

My great grandfather Remigio born 02 Oct 1858 in Abasolo GTO MX. he was a wealthy man, he owned a Rancho and raised horses, he also had a store. His children were educated they knew how to read and write. When the Revolution came he lost everything, he was murdered March 19, 1919, as they tried to rob him they drowned him in what today is now known as Los Banos de la Caldera a famous natural heated water spa and pools in Abasolo GTO.

Arriola means in Basque "stone-forge" (arri = stone / piedra + ola = forge / fragua).

The name "Arriola" comes from the Basque People. There is an Arriola Village in the Basque Country. I know the ships built for the Spanish Armada was a ship builder by the name Joan Arriola. (male) My father's Y-DNA is Haplogroup R1b1b2 Western European, this group survived the last ice age 10,00 years ago. The Basques and the Celts have similar DNA. The Main diseases of the Basques are Ankylosing Spondylitis, Diabetetes and Parkinson's. These diseases are common in my Arriola family and our Arriola cousins in Mexico.

Male ARRIOLA'S wishing to take a Y-DNA Test please go to The Genealogy of Mexico by Gary Felix and participate in the "SURNAME PROJECT", please read his web site there are very interesting facts and why he is conducting this Surname Project. My father name is Jesus Arriola you will see his 37 Y-DNA results. You can order the test here, remember the higher the resolution test, the better the cahances of confirming relations, get the 25 or 37 or 67 marker test. The more Arriola males who participate can be a tremendous help with family research if you can, please note at Gary Felix Surname Project how many are finding long lost relatives. Gary uses FamilyTree.com for his Surname Project and offer's a DISCOUNT.
http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm (This is a link)

You can also go to Familytree.com read all about the Y-DNA testing options. I took the mtdna test and my haplogroup is B and my mother's line 10,000 years ago was Eurasian and walked by way of the Bering Strait to the Americas. http://www.familytreedna.com/ (This is a link)

Iker Arriola Penalosa answered my request to take the Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, his results were: 25 Marker - Genetic Distance - 1. Out of 25 Y-DNA Marker Test Iker matched 24 out of 25 Genetic Distance -1, to my father's Y-DNA test. Meaning in 24 generations the chance of being related between each other is a 97.72%, in 20 generations 95.04%, in 16 generations 89.48% chance. This information helps in researching my family back to the Spanish Basque People. The higher the marker Y-DNA Test the better the chances to confirm relations.

Iker's e-mail to me:
My name is Iker Arriola PeƱalosa. I am Mexican from Mexico and grandson by the line of my father, Salvador Arriola Barrenechea, of Basques; one of them being my grandfather Salvador Arriola Idarraga. My Arriola grandfather came to Mexico in the 1930's, he was a professional Basque-ball (Jai Alai) player for more than 30 years. He was from a village called Markina-Xemein, Vizcaya Biskaia) where we still have family which we visit with some frequency. In that region (the border between Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa -Gipuzkoa-) there are lots of Arriolas.

The track we have of the name comes, as you said from Alava, but also from the village (near Markina) of Itziar (town of Deba) not in Vizcaya, but in Guipuzcoa. In Mexico, where we do not have relatives, the common name is Arreola, which is really a Mexican linguistic deformation of the original Arriola. You may know that Arriola means in Basque "stone-forge" (arri = stone / piedra + ola = forge / fragua). I do hope this site has information that can help you in Family Research.

I would like to hear from any Arriola, my e-mail is:
imarriola@hotmail.com. (This is a link)

Thank you,

Irma M. Arriola