| Name |
José Dolores Mayorga |
 Birth |
Abt 1881 |
Zacapa, Guatemala  [1] |
- I take the date from the 1930 census; the obit. would place him "abt. 1877."
|
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1923 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Census |
1930 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
- aged 49; born in Guatemala as with both parents; aged 44 when last married; Spanish; Council to Guatemala; immigrated 1923; alien
|
| Obituary |
Obituary note, Times-Picayune, 15 July 1950, p2:
MAYORGA - at Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Friday morning, July 14, 1950, Jose Mayorga, husband of Mary Davis, father of Leonarda Mayorga of New Orleans, La., Mrs. C.A. Hamilton and Wilhelm and Theodore Mayorga of Guatemala, aged 73 years.
Obituary, Times-Picayune, 15 July 1950, p2:
Jose Mayorga Dies in Guatemala
Jose Mayorga, 73, Guatemalan consul general in New Orleans from 1924 to 1930, died Friday morning in Guatemala City.
His home here was at 1005 Joseph, where he resided with his wife and a daughter, Miss Leonarda Mayoga. He was on the legal staff of the United Fruit Company
Interment will be made in Guatemala City where three of Mr. Mayorga’s children by a former marriage live. They are Mrs. C.A. Hamilton, and Wilhelm and Theodor Mayorga. |
| Death |
14 Jul 1950 |
Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Notes |
- Also anglicized to Joseph.
There are two records of his travel two New Orleans from Guatemala.
The first is on 30 Sept. 1923, on board the S.S. Coppename. He is traveling with his wife Cecelie, and daughters Carlota (aged 1) and Dolores (aged 7). He is 43, described as “Consul & Merchant, and his wife aged 40 is described as “Merchant.”
The second is on 3 August. 1924, again on board the S.S. Coppename. This time, his birth town of Zacapa is given. He is also only travelling with his two daughters Dolores and Carlota. It’s a good guess that he had gone home to bury his wife, and was now returning to New Orleans.
He was married to Mary in abt. 1925, but all of his children are by his first wife.
That it's a mixed family in the 1930 census is indicated by the others in the household. Three of the children—Charlotte, Lolita, and William—were born in Guatemala, and speak Spanish at home; Lolita and William and Joseph immigrated in 1923, and are "Alien" (Charlotte is unknown). Presumably these children are Joseph's by his first marriage.
Next to them, Robert was born in Louisiana, and does not speak Spanish, nor does William Burns, the father-in-law. This must be Robert Pitard, son of Mary and George Pitard. Why, though, doesn't Leonarda appear? Was she born after 1930?
I can't find this family in the 1940 census.
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| Person ID |
I2660 |
lansdalepitard |
| Last Modified |
18 Mar 2023 |
Abt 1881 - 1950 (69 years)
English
- Yes, date unknown
