Pedro Sanchez (1946 - 1954)

Born 9 Mar 1946 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Apr 1954 at age 8 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Biography

Pedro Sanchez has Mexican ancestry.

Pedro Sanchez died young.

Pedro Sanchez was born in Houston, Texas on 9 March 1946 to Bernardo Sanchez and Maria Luisa Juarez.^[1] He was the fourth of 7 children in the family who died young. Pedro died on 19 April 1954 at the age of 7.^[2][3] He was playing at a construction excavation after school with his brother and a friend and accidentally drowned.^[4] Pedro is buried at Forest Park Cemetery in Houston.^[5]

Youngster Drowns in Water Hole

A 7-year-old boy was drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in a rain-filled construction excavation in the 5000 block of Grand Street.

THE DEAD BOY was Pete Sanchez, son of Mr and Mrs Bernardo Sanchez of 4503 Lucille St. He was a student of Brackenridge Elementary School.

A crowd of about 300 persons watched as members of the Harris County Emergency Corps and the Mercy Corps tried to recover the body with grappling hooks.

The corpsmen were successful on their second attempt in the 12-foot-deep water hole. The excavation is about 25 feed wide and 300 feet long.

Apparently young Pete, his brother and another boy stopped at the rain pond on their way home from school.

THE BROTHER, Raul, 10, and Louis Varela, 6, told rime Prevention Officer R. C. Martinez they had all been swimming when Pete went under about 6 feet from the bank.

Justice D. F. Thompson returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

Young Sanchez went under about 3:30 PM, the boys said. However, police were not notified of the drowning until two hours later.

AREA RESIDENTS told police that last week's heavy rains filled the excavation with water.

Services are being arranged by the Villarreal Funeral Home.^[4]

Sources

• FamilySearch ID: LXMM-CGF

1. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8ZQ-YN7 : 1 January 2015), Peter J Sanchez, 09 Mar 1946; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K372-1N9 : 6 April 2023), Pedro Sanchez, 1954.
3. ↑ "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ6V-MNW : 24 May 2014), Pedro Sanchez, 19 Apr 1954; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 17769, Harris, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 20 April 1954. The Houston Post (Houston, Texas). Section 1, Page 7. Accessed on 9 April 2023 via https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/172024696?cid=mem_copy.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150864569/pedro-sanchez: accessed 9 April 2023), memorial page for Pedro Sanchez (9 Mar 1946–19 Apr 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150864569, citing Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; Maintained by kc9901mom (contributor 48464507).