San Antonio Cemetery

 
Hwy 79
Rockdale, TX
 

Maria A. Torres
(1892 - 1972)

Florita Lopez (-1933)

 

Visitors Contributions

Margie Mireles Nelson
Great Grand Daughter of
Doroteo and Yrinea Torres
Naples, Florida

San Antonio Cemetery is a Hispanic (Mexican) family cemetery dated as far back as the early 1900's, owned by  George and Verna Harris, Rockdale,Texas.

Some of my relatives are buried there:
1.  Yrinea T Suarez - my great grandmother 65 years old - died March 2, 1932

2.  Doroteo Torres - my great grandfather (Yrinea T. Suarez' husband) February 6, 1869 - November 30, 1937

Their children who are buried there also:

A.   Bernabe Torres - my great uncle 46 years old - died March 23, 1930 born abt. 1884. Believe to be husband of Juliana S. Torres child buried in San Antonio's - Esmendecildo S. Torres April 13, 1916 to October 23, 1918. Benabe's son lives in Dallas, Texas with his children and visits the cemetery often.

B.   Maria A Torres (your website shows her head stone) - my great aunt July 13, 1892- June 29, 1972 - She lived alone and never married died in June and was discovered days (weeks) later by her best friend.

Their children not buried there:

C.   Cresencia Torres Carbajal sister of Maria and Benabe died September 6, 2000    (born July 17, 1901) in Dallas, Texas. Cresencia (my grandmother) married Martin Carbajal (1929) in Cameron, Texas (Martin died March 1937 in Yazoo, Mississippi) and lived in Rockdale, Texas with his family.  They had three children:  Isidra (1931) , Tomasa (1933 - my mother) and Julia (1937).  Martin died two months after Julia was born. In 1953, My mother returned to Rockdale to have her wedding.  I have a picture of my parents with their parents standing outside the church.  My mother married Onesimo Mireles on September 26, 1953.

D.   Guadalupe Torres (another sibling-my great aunt) who lived in Rockdale, Texas but moved to East Chicago, Indiana (married Alfredo Morales). She died in the late 60's, in Indiana.

E.   Cruz Torres (sibling - my great aunt) born in Rockdale and lived in Chicago with her husband (Sabes Ibarra)

F.   Felesita "Chita" - married Celestino Vargas


In August of 1999, I had the pleasure of visiting the Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library on Ackerman Street, Rockdale, Texas.  The librarians were very helpful (hopefully my library card is still good) in assisting me with locating the cemetery.  It wasn't easy finding and we almost past it up on the highway.  The owners of the trailer park near the small cemetery were very helpful and understanding also.  

I never knew my great grandfather and grandmother, but my great aunt Maria I remember. (Going to the outhouse at night was a scary experience for a little girl.)  My visit to Rockdale was an emotional roller coaster.  The memories my mother shared will never be forgotten.  It was exciting to tell her nothing's changed, it was exactly as she remembered.  My mother was able to provide me with memories of her childhood in Rockdale, which included the feed store owned by the McVoy's. I believe the son was running the store when we visited in 1999.       

While in Rockdale we also ate at "No Teeth Bar-B-Que" on Cameron Avenue.

Genealogy is a wonderful thing.