Interviewer

María G. García

Project

Bracero Oral History

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee

María de los Ángeles Luna de Robles was born on an ejido in Poanas, Durango, México, on May 19, 1939; she had two sisters and one brother; her parents were campesinos on the ejido, and they owned the land they worked; she was formally educated through the third grade; in 1958, when she was nineteen years old, she married a man by the name of Crescencio Robles, who was twenty-two years old at the time; prior to their marriage, he enlisted in the bracero program, at the age of eighteen, and he continued working with the program; as a bracero, he labored in the fields of Arizona, California, New México and Texas; they went on to have six children.

Summary of Interview

Ms. Luna de Robles discusses her family; she talks about her marriage in 1958, to Crescencio Robles; they were from the same ejido, which was how they met; she was nineteen years old, and he was twenty-two at the time; prior to their marriage, he enlisted in the bracero program, at the age of eighteen, and he continued working with the program; he went through the contracting process in Chihuahua, México; as a bracero, he labored in the fields of Arizona, California, New México and Texas; he wrote letters to her and sent money about once a month; she usually received two to three hundred dollars via registered mail; her father-in-law cared for her and the children while Crescencio was gone; when his contract ended, he returned to working in the fields of México; they went on to have six children and were happy.

Date of Interview

12-3-2008

Length of Interview

8 minutes

Tape Number

No. 1419

Transcript Number

No. 1419

Length of Transcript

7 pages

Transcriber

GMR Transcription Service

Interview Number

No. 1419

Terms of Use

Unrestricted

Comments

Transcript is a Draft copy

Interview is in Spanish

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