HUSBAND: José Benito (J.B.)
Cordova, Jr.
BORN: 10 Apr 1884; Taos,
Taos, NM
MARRIAGE: 8 Sep 1915,
Walsenburg, Huerfano, CO
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 21 Jun 1968;
Trinidad, Las Animas, CO
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF
BIRTH: Donaciano CORDOVA, 30 Aug 1861
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF
BIRTH: Margarita SANTISTEVAN, 11 Dec 1865
NOTES: Birth: Birth
certificate of Barron Cordova, son of Jose Benito
Cordova, lists Benito's
birthplace as El Moro, CO.
Marriage: primary source --
Certificate of Holy Matrimony
"This certifies that Jose
B. Cordova of El Moro and Anna M. Barron of Walsenburg
were united in Holy
Matrimony according to the rites of the Holy Roman
Catholic Church and the
Laws of the State of Colorado at Walsenburg on the 8th
of September in the Year of Our Lord 1915. Witnesses: Fernando Barron
and Delia Cordova Rev. J. B. Licisth, Pastor"
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WIFE: Anna Maria BARRON
BORN : 12 Feb 1888; Taos,
Taos, NM
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 7 Jun 1925, Pueblo,
CO; Buried: 10 Jun 1925, Walsenburg, Huerfano, CO
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF
BIRTH: Bonifacio BARRON, 5 Dec 1847
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF
BIRTH: Desideria PACHECO, 20 Sep 1858
NOTES: Death: from funeral
memorial card: Anna was "36 years, 3 months, 26 days" of
age at death.
Barron Cordova, one of her
sons, said (12⁄22⁄99 phone conversation) that he
remembers his
mother's coffin was in the living room in the house in
Walsenburg on 6th St.
OBIT: World Independent
6-9-1925 page 1
DEATH CLAIMS MOTHER OF FIVE
SMALL CHILDREN
Mrs. Anita Marie Cordova,
36 years of age, and well known to many in this city,
died in a Pueblo
hospital Sunday as a result of many months illness.
Mrs. Cordova underwent an
operation a year ago which left her in a weak condition
for many months.
Several months ago other complications set in which were
responsible for her
death.
The deceased attended the
public schools of this city and later entered Loretta
academy at Santa Fe,
N.M. She afterwards took a course in nursing at San
Rafael hospital at Trinidad,
at which institution she was graduated.
Mrs. Cordova was the mother
of five small children, Barron Louis, 8; Virginia, 7;
Hector, 5; Marguerito,
4; and Bertran, 16 months. In addition to the five
children mentioned, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Desiderre
Barron; her husband, J.B. Cordova, Jr.; two brothers, Joseph A., Fred I., and
three sisters, Amelia, Mrs. Charles Sanchez, Sr., and Mrs. J.N. Pacheco, Sr., all of
this city.
The funeral will be held
from the St. Mary's church at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning (tomorrow).
Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery under the
direction of Furphy Brothers.
PROFESSION as nurse: Anna
Barron ws a Colorado State Board certified REGISTERED NURSE. GC's records
include the original RN certificate (No. 1066) from the Colorado State Board of Nurse
Examiners, dated 26 Apr 1912.
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CHILD 1: Louis (Luis)
Barron CORDOVA (still living)
SEX: male
BORN: 17 Oct 1916
MARRIAGE: Cora CARMONA
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 2: Virginia Estefana
CORDOVA (still living)
SEX: female
BORN: 5 Dec 1917
MARRIAGE:
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 3: Hector Oscar
CORDOVA (still living)
SEX: male
BORN: 17 Oct 1920
MARRIAGE:
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED:
NOTES:
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CHILD 4: Margarito F.
CORDOVA
SEX: male
BORN: 29 Dec 1921
MARRIAGE: Broadhead, Las
Animas County, CO
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 17 Jun 1925,
Trinidad, Las Animas, CO
NOTES:
DEATH: Buried in the
Cordova family plot between two sets of grandparents,
Jose Benito Cordova,
Sr. and Damiana Ribera Cordova, and Donaciano Cordova
and Margarita Santistevan
Cordova, in Trinidad, Colorado Catholic Cemetery.
Documentation: Copy of
National Funeral Register, page 258, No. 168 for 1925
Cause of death:
diphtheria.
Virginia Cordova Zehna, his
sister, thinks he was about 3 or 4 years old when he
died. Barron
Cordova, his brother, said he thought Margarito died of
the croup.
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CHILD 5: Bertran CORDOVA
SEX: male
BORN: abt Feb 1924
MARRIAGE:
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: abt 1926, Walsenburg,
Huerfano, CO
NOTES:
DEATH: buried with his
mother, Anna Barron Cordova, in the Barron family plot
in the old St.
Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Walsenburg, CO.
Virginia Cordova Zehna, his
surviving sister, said he had the croup and then chicken
pox. He was about
1-2 years old when he died. He was just learning to
talk. Info above (from his mother's obit in 6⁄1925) indicates that
he was 16 months old when his mother died. Therefore he probably was born
about Feb 1924.
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SUBMITTED BY: Gloria
Cordova
DATE: 16 Aug 2000
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