Julia Rivera Y Diaz was born on 9 February 1927 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Juan Rivera Y Perez and Ursula Diaz Y Santana. Her mother Ursula died on 21 Jul 1935 in San Juan of tuberculosis.[1] Julia and her brother Juan went to live with their Uncle Julio Diaz Y Santana[2] Julia married Gabnio Lozada Y Gomez and died on 14 February 1970 of a pulmonary edema due to congestive heart failure in Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3]
Census
1930 US Census - "Juan Rivera Y Rosada", Age 22 is enumerated as head of the household in San Juan with his wife, Ursula Diaz e Rivera, Age 20, and their children: Justino, Age 6; Julia, Age 2; and Juan, Age 0.
1940 US Census - "Julio Diaz Y Santana", age 44, is enumerated as head of household with his wife, Patria Rodríguez Y Lózada, Age 29, in Marruecos, Santurce, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Also in the household is Julio's mother, Dolores, Age 70, his brother, Nemecio, Age 34, and their children: Felicita, Age 11; Santa, Age 8, Eva, Age 7; Gilberto, Age 2; and his nephew Juan Rivera Y Diaz, Age 12, and niece Julia Rivera Y Diaz, Age 10, children of his sister Ursula. Both Julio and Nemesco are working as laborers.
Research Notes
Julia's birth certificate gives a birthdate of 27 Feb 1928; Her death certificate of December 9, 1927. I've chosen the birth certificate as being the likely more accurate record.
Sources
↑ Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJS-SRR3 : 16 April 2015), Ursula Diaz Santana, 21 Jul 1935; citing Santurce (San Juan), Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFNK-MP2 : accessed 22 October 2016), Juan Rivera Y Diaz in household of Julio Díaz Y Santana, Marruecos, Santurce, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-64, sheet 29A, family 550, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4601.
↑ "Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJG-NRYN : 16 April 2015), Julia Rivera Diaz, 14 Feb 1970; citing San Juan, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
"Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJM-WJT7 : 16 April 2015), Julia María Rivera Y Díaz, 27 Feb 1928; citing Santurce (San Juan), Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
"United States Census, 1930," Census Place: San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Roll: 2662; Page: 53B; Enumeration District: 0024; Image: 115.0; FHL microfilm: 2342396
Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJS-SRR3 : 16 April 2015), Ursula Diaz Santana, 21 Jul 1935; citing Santurce (San Juan), Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFNK-MP2 : accessed 22 October 2016), Juan Rivera Y Diaz in household of Julio Díaz Y Santana, Marruecos, Santurce, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-64, sheet 29A, family 550, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4601.
"Puerto Rico, Registro Civil, 1805-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJG-NRYN : 16 April 2015), Julia Rivera Diaz, 14 Feb 1970; citing San Juan, Puerto Rico, oficinas del ciudad, Puerto Rico (city offices, Puerto Rico).
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