Colonia Mexicana de El Campo a. k. a. St. Roberts Cemetery

Wharton County, Cemeteries of Texas

Submitted by: Lois Kennedy

Cemeteries of Texas:  Veda Bragg Mendoza

 Location: This Hispanic cemetery is located next to St. Phillip Cemetery off Hwy 59 and Hwy 71 E.  It is accessed by East Alfred Street.  The old section of the cemetery was consecrated in 1942 as St. Roberts; later the “new” Colonia Mexicana Cemetery was added.  Many of the markers are “homemade” with decorations that reflect their hispanic heritage.  This cemetery was surveyed by Sammy Tise September 25, 1997.  It is located in Quadrant III.

 I/s/o – Infant Son of   M-M – Mr. & Mrs.            D/o – Daughter of             S/o – Son Of

 Typist note: There are no plot or grave numbers for this survey.  I have taken the liberty of  numbering the listing in the order listed to aide in determining the relationship of one grave to another.

 

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No Last Name First Name Born Died Comments
1 - - - - Unmarked next to Josephine Nafegar
2 Nafegar Josephine G. Aug 27 1912 - W/o Santana
3 Nafegar Santana Jun 25 1905 Jun 23 1991 H/o Josephine G.
4 O’Canas Ruben Esquio Apr 08 1987 Apr 30 1991 “Zeke” ; son
5 Escamilla Zoe Ocanas May 24 1995 May 24 1995 “Zoey”; dau
6 Escamilla Sigifredo 1943 1995  
7 - - - - FHM BTW Sigifredo Escamilla & Maria Garcia
8 - - - - FHM BTW Sigifredo & Maria Garcia
9 Garcia Maria 1912 1982 FHM
10 Herrera Sandra Mendoza Maria M. Feb 26 1943 Feb 09 1994  
13 Martinez Gregorio Nov 17 1911 Jan 29 1996 84 yrs
14 Martinez Maria C. Jul 22 1918 Feb 24 1988  
15 Garza Melquiades, Jr. Oct 1906 Nov 19 1970  
16 - - - - Grandpa – BTW Melquiades Garza, Jr. & John Garcia
17 Garcia John 1935 1965 All Brothers; on tombstone; ph
18 Garcia Ruben 1943 1965 All Brothers; on tombstone; ph
19 Garcia Daniel Garza Sep 26 1930 Apr 19 1965 All Brothers; on tombstone; ph – TX Cpl Inf Korea
20 Garcia Alberto Aug 07 1900 Mar 18 1969  
21 Valdez Miguel Jul 05 1915 Aug 21 1983 Ph
22 TX USN S2 WW II
24 Rivera Atilana 1891 1958 W/o Cruz Jasso
25 Rivera Cruz Jasso 1890 1965 H/o Atilana
26 Rivera Antonia Guerra Mar 16 1890 Oct 17 1946  
27 Benavidez Angelita - - No dates
28 Aguna Eugenia M., Sen Dec 10 1946 Jun 25 1965  
29 - - - - Unmarked BTW Eugenia Aguna & Lorenza Garcia
30 Garcia Lorenza S. Ago 10 1922 Sep 18 1945  
31 Espinoza Gregoria C. Sep 1906 Feb 07 1947  
32 Constante Juanita 1892 1944  
33 Diaz Jose O. Mar 19 1909 Nov 02 1980 H/o Thomasa C.; m: 16 Dec 1936; ph
34 Diaz Thomasa C. Dec 27 1908 Aug 30 1983 W/o Jose O.; m: 16 Dec 1936; ph
35 Guzman Celia C. Oct 03 1920 Mar 27 1974 Ph
36 Benavidez Estella Bowie Aug 12 1906 Oct 25 1973 Ph
37 Cantu Cornellio Oct 15 1887 Sep 06 1973 H/o Auerlia; ph
38 Cantu Auerlia Feb 11 1883 Apr 03 1944 W/o Cornellio; ph
39 Reyes Pedro Nov 30 1879 Nov 28 1943  
40 Ruiz Joe 1901 1944 H/o Manuela
41 Ruiz Manuela 1903 1969 W/o Joe
42 -, Dua-a- - - - No dates
43 Valdez John - 1946  
44 Garza - Sep Dec 06 1946 DOD ?
45 Rivera Leonel R., Jr. - Linda Kaye W/o Leonel R.; b: Muskogee, OK; d: Creswell, OR – m 31 Oct 1970
Rivera Manuel Feb 18 1889 Mar 06 1983 Ph
48 Rivera Richard Scott Dec 17 1963 Oct 25 1984 Sr. ph
49 Sanchez Eulalia K. 1899 1979 W/o Justo D; Mother
50 Sanchez Justo D. 1895 1968 - "126" valign="top" style="width:94.5pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solmso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt Jul 16 1916 Jun 18 1978 Marker upside down BTW Justo Sanchez & Betty woolley
52 Woolley Betty Lou Rivera Feb 04 1957 Jun 11 1981  
53 Nieto John May 26 1890 Jan 03 1980   Jun 18 1978 H/o Enriqueta; ph
56 Rivera Enriqueta Jul 15 1920 - W/o Alfredo, Sr.
57 Martinez Margarita J. Feb 22 1927 Nov 08 1984 Ph
58 Martinez Manuel T. Sep 24 1926 May 28 1993 USAAC WW II -bidi-font-family: Times New Roman">Julian 1997 FHM indowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">Manuel 1995 62 Valdez Annie - - No dates
63 - - - - Unmarked BTW Annie Valdez & Sally Valdez
64 Valdez Sally - - FHM
65 - - - - Cement Cross BTW Sally Valdez & Jesus Ramirez, Sr.
66 Ramirez Jesus, Sr. Dec 02 1914 Mar 03 1982 H/o Nieves; USA, Pfc, WW II
67 Ramirez Nieves Aug 05 1921 - W/o Jesus, Sr.
68 Lonoria Maria - Jan 1945 FHM
69 Avila Isidra May 15 1863 Ene 23 1944  
70 Martinez Fransico Mar 03 1912 Oct 17 1943  
71 - - - - Cement Cross BTW Fransico Martinez & Crispin Escamilla
72 Escamilla Crispin 1931 1953 ph
73 Romero Joe Mar 05 1933 Nov 02 1957 TX Sp3 Med Co 65 Inf
74 Romero Tomas 1899 1973 H/o Catarina
75 Romero Catarine 1910 1985 W/o Tomas
76 Romero Marcus Ray 1970 1992 FHM
77 Jordan Carlos Dec 26 1908 Mar 24 1953  
78 Jordan Manuel - - No dates
79 Aguna Ginovero 1872 1958  
80 Vega Hilario, Sr. Jan 14 1905 Jun 10 1975 H/o Amelia J.
81 Vega Amelia J. Oct 24 1911 Sep 09 1986 W/o Hilario, Sr.
82 Vega Mary Lou Jul 30 1950 Dec 25 1988  
83 - - - - Wooden cross – BTW Mary Lou Vega & Julia Rodriguez
84 Rodriguez Julia Jan 09 1945 - W/o Concepcion
85 Rodriguez Concepcion Dec 08 1925 Aug 26 1991 Julia
87 ="width:1.0in;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solidr-right:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">Ramiro 1975 1993 FHM – 18 yrs
88 Rivera Lionel G., Sr. Aug 26 1912 Apr 11 1997 H/o Rosie V.; ph
89 W/o Lionel G., Sr. – ph ndowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">Thomas
94 Valdez Rebecca M. Dec 15 1943 May 04 1971  
95 Moreno Crisanta 1918 1992 FHM
96 Moreno Willie G. Jun 10 1949 Oct 11 1970 W/o Frank
97 Moreno Frank Moreno Hilario Jun 12 1983 99 Moreno Rumalda Feb 07 1895 Jul 04 1968 W/o Hilario
100 Diaz Jose B. Mar 05 1905 May 09 1980 H/o Gavina M.
101 Diaz Gavina M. Feb 19 1919 - W/o Jose B.
102 Lara Carolina Moreno Jan 20 1923 Oct 19 1994 Mother & Grandmother
103 Sanchez Juses Mar 20 1892 Mar 28 ----  
104 Cruz Petra C. Jun 29 1919 Oct 30 1973 W/o Eugene
105 Cruz Eugene Mar 20 1900 der-left: none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">Marcelino Apr 27 1892 May 01 1982 H/o Anasticia – Born: Mexico
113 Lara Pedro A. Jun 29 1915 May 16 1992  
114 Prez Domingo, Jr. Apr 18 1947 - Ph
115 Perez Domingo G. 1904 1993 H/o Crisanta; ph
116 Perez Crisanta 1909 1972 W/o Domingo G.; ph
117 Rosales Luciana M. Dec 07 1925 Jun 16 1992  
118 Sanchez Alexander R. Apr 24 1925 Jan 26 1988 USA Pfc WW II May 06 1977 W/o Jesus
121 - - - - FHM – BTW Ysabel Sanchez & Faustino Aguirre
122 Aguirre Faustino Feb 15 1899 Jun 22 1974  
123 Gonzales Jeronimo 1929 1974 H/o Rebecca
124 Gonzales Rebecca 1932 1974 W/o Jeronimo
125 Davila Arturo G. Apr 18 1956 Jul 27 1976  
126 Gonzales Guadalupe Aug 11 1910 May 02 1977 W/o Trinidad
127 Gonzales 129 - - - - Unmarked BTW Ramiro Hernandez & Jose Saldana
130 Saldana Jose R. Mar 17 1917 Apr 15 1981  
136 Estrada Dominga May 19 1914 May 04 1978 Mother; ph
137 Estrada 139 Guia Crisanto V. Nov 04 1922 Nov 20 1992 H/o Ermier; dau – Teresa Dunham
140 Cano Guadalupe S. Oct 19 1913 Antonio P. May 31 1919 Jun 29 1981 USA Pvt WW II
143 Palacios Moses Jr. Jul 18 1960 Jan 21 1989 - Unmarked BTW Moses Palacios, Jr. & Dolores Cano
146 Cano Dolores Delgado 1958 1997 FHM
147 Herrera Manuela 1936 1997 FHM
148 Reyes Hiriam V. 1980 1996 FHM
Mar 13 1995 FHM
151 - - - - Unmarked BTW Leonardo Morin & Alfredo Rios – “Happy Easter Annie:, bunny
152 Rios Alfredo Jul 01 1934 Nov 95 1995 H/o “no name”
153 Rios “no name” - - W/o Alfredo
154 Garza Porfiria Feb 26 1925 Jun 07 1997 FHM
155 Garza Lucio 1919 1993 FHM
156 Castillo Victoria Moreno Dec 18 1932 Sep 19 1990 W/o “no name”; ph
157 Castillo May 12 1988 H/o Janie R. – married 40 yrs
161 Longoria Janie R. Apr 23 1930 - W/o Andrew, Sr. – married 40 yrs
162 Guajardo James 1972 1988 FHM
163 Ortiz Nicolas Sep 09 1954 Apr 30 1987 Wife & children; ph
164 - - - - FHM BTW Nicolas Ortiz & Hagdaleno Castillo
165 Castillo Hagdaleno G. 1942 - - - FHM BTW Apolonia Hinojosa & Segunda Garcia
168 Garcia Segunda 1920 1996 FHM
169 - - - - FHM BTW Segunda Garcia & Magdalena Ancuiano
170 Ancuiano Magdalena M. - -  
171 Garcia Abel, Jr. Nov 09 1964 Aug 11 1982  
172 Martinez Thomas, Sr. Dec 20 1958 May 29 1982  
173 Jimenez Cosmulo - Aug 23 1981 Pipe cross
- Cement cross BTW Feliciano Flores & Marthita Mireles
176 Mireles Marthita - Apr 12 1944  
177 Escobar Guadalupe Jun 14 1946 Mar 28 1--- Cross