Family
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Menlo Park’s agricultural past. Children harvesting melons, ca. 1920.
From the scrapbook of Mrs. Irma Henkel.
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. John Henkel.
My husband worked at that brickyard... Tucson Pressed Brick. It was owned by the M.M. Sundt Corporation. He worked there like 1946 to maybe 1951. My husband would deliver the bricks [for] many beautiful homes. They would bake it there and he would take his lunch, put it in the oven where they baked the bricks so it could stay warm. There was a landfill, and he found a ring that had two little diamonds on the side. And he was real happy when he took it to me. That was a big treasure. We would have been married 50 years this year, but he passed away 11 years ago. His name was Frank G. Sanchez.
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Drawing by Magda Markel
Nieves Meza is my ancestor grandmother from my father’s side of the family. She was born and raised in a little village named Hiqueras de los Vega located near Mocorito. She was raised by her father, Francisco Meza, because she lost her mother when she was nine years old. She is the oldest of four children. She got married in her hometown and has six children. She raised chickens, turkeys, cows, and pigs. She worked in the fields planting peanuts. She now lives with my family.
The Wright Brothers are my great great uncles on my father’s side. I think this is interesting because I never knew that I had uncles that were famous. I may not have known them but it probably would have been cool. When my dad talked about them to my mom I would think he was lying, but even my brother said so. I don’t really know if there is a great story about them being related to my family.
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