Individual Details

Arturo Carrera

(1899 - )

Events

Birth	1899	Morenci, Graham County, Arizona Territory
Miscellaneous	1909	Morenci, Graham County, Arizona
Census	1910	Morenci, Graham County, Arizona
Census-shared	1910	(Arturo Carrera) Morenci, Graham County, Arizona
Military	12 Sep 1918	Cochise County, Arizona
Census	1920	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Marriage	7 Mar 1920	El Paso County, Texas - Amalia Gomez
Residence	1923	Miami, Gila County, Arizona

Families

Spouse	Amalia Gomez (1900 - 1984)
Child	Arturo Carrera (1921 - 2002)
Child	Francisco Carrera (1923 - 1994)

Father	Hilario Carrera (1870 - )
Mother	Victoria Carrillo (1880 - )
Sibling	Julia Carrera (1900 - )

Notes

Miscellaneous

At an altitude of 4,836 feet, the layout of the original Morenci was almost impassible. Built against the sides of Longfellow Hill, the vertical alignment of building construction gained the town the distinction as one of the most dangerous in the United States. Far and near it came to be known as the town without a wheeled vehicle. As late as 1912 the deliveries to homes by shopkeepers were made by pack burro and ladder. Since there were no roads to speak of, but only foot and burro paths, cars were parked at the foot of the mountain, with the drivers forced to walk from that point on. It is said that small children were tethered in the yards of their homes while playing, to keep them from falling below. Sometime during 1912 the burro paths were widened by blasting to make it possible to bring a vehicle - even an automobile - into town.

Census

Hilahario Carrera age 45, married 11 years, born Mexico, parents Mexico, immigrated 1885, Naturalized, miner in copper mine, owns home free of mortgage
Victoria C, wife, age 40 born New Mexico, parents Mexico
Alfred, son age 15 born Arizona
Arturo, son age 11 born Arizona
Julia, daughter age 10 born Arizona

Census-shared

Military

Arturo Carrera
Box 2157 Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
born 11 April 1899
laborer for Brosshy Carriage Co. in Lowell, Cochise County
nearest relative Victoria Carrera
signature is good writing
medium height, medium build brown eyes black hair
12 Sep 1918

Census

Hilario Carrera owns home free of mortgage, age 55 immigrated 1914 alien, born Mexico, miner copper mine
Victoria wife age 50 immigrated 1914 alien, born Mexico parents Mexico
Arturo son age 21 single, attended school, born Texas salesman in coffee store
Julia daughter age 20 single born Texas
Francisco Carrillo, brother-in-law, age 55 immigrated 1914 alien born Mexico

Marriage

Arturo Carrera & Amalia Gomez Marriage: Mar 7 1920 El Paso, Texas
Husband: Arturo Carrera
Birth:Circa 1900 Age:20
Father:Hilario Carrera
Wife:Amalia Gomez
Birth: Circa 1902, Age:18
Spouse's Age:18
GS Film number: 25064
Digital Folder Number: 4640130
Image Number: 00694

Residence

Arturo Carrera, miner, and Amalia at Front and corner of Maimi

Endnotes

1. 1920 US Census, El Paso County, Texas, population schedule,El Paso, Jud Dist 12, ED 58, family 549, line 15, page 62, Hilairo Carrera, NARA micropublication T625, roll 1799.

2. Arturo Carrera, birth certificate no. 177 (1921), Gila County Arizona State Board of Health.

3. Greenlee County (http://www.co.greenlee.az.us/historymorenci.aspx : viewed 28 May 2015), Morenci County History.

4. 1910 U.S. Census, Graham County, Arizona, population schedule, Morenci, Enumeration District (ED) 44, sheet 2A, p. 108 printed, family 577, line 16, Hilahario Carrera; NARA microfilm publication T624, 39.

5. 1910 U.S. Census, Graham County, Arizona, population schedule, Morenci, Enumeration District (ED) 44, sheet 2A, p. 108 printed, family 577, line 16, Hilahario Carrera; NARA microfilm publication T624, 39.

6. U. S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 1918, micropublication M1509 (Washington, DC: National Archives, 1917), , Arturo Carrera, .

7. U.S. Census, El Paso County, Texas, populartion schedule, El Paso, Enumeration District (ED) 58, sheet 28 A, family 549, line 19, Hilario Carrera; NARA microfilm publication T625, 1799.

8. Sandra Coursey, "Sandra Coursey e-mail," e-mail message from \<[AuthorE-Mail]\\> ([Address]) to [Recipient]<, [Date]><, [Cd]><. Hereinafter cited as "[ShortTitle]">.

9. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

10. Salt Lake City, Utah, Texas County Marriages 1837-1977, FHL microfilm 25064, Arturo Carrera, Amalia Gomez, 7 March 1920; Family History Library, Salt Lake City.

11. Ancestry, "Ancestry.com," database, Ancestry (http:\\www.ancestry.com: accessed ), .