Re: Looking for Zavala's in Los Angeles, California
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Re: Looking for Zavala's in Los Angeles, California
2/23/02
I also live in Anaheim Ca.My name is Oliver Zavala 29, son of Gabriel B. Zavala, son of Martin Zavala, son of Florencio Zavala.
My father was born in Acambaro, GTO.more specifically "El rancho de la Merced" My father has six brothers.
Raphael Zavala (chicago)
Miguel Zavala (anaheim)
Gonzalo Zavala (Utah)
Carlos Zavala (sacramento)
Martin Zavala (riverside)
David Zavala (Anaheim)
They formed a mariachicalled " Los Hermanos Zavala" they played for the grand opening of the Tlaquepaque Restuarant in Placentia and played there for many years.
I've always been very interrested in learning more about my family history before "la merced" My great grandfather was killed after a stick of dynamite exploded in his hand (florencio) leaving my grandfather Martin an orphan in his early teens.. Martin later Married my grandmother Carmen Barrios and had 11 children that lived (some died)
after an unfortunate chain of events my grandfather was forced to leave La Merced and his family and came to work in the U.S. during the braceros farmworker program during world war II(specifically )all of the orange groves in Anaheim and Orange county.