2nd Saturday Rudys BBQ January 11 2014 @1pm Second Saturday odd month

Hi Cousins. 2nd Saturday odd month is January 11, 2014;

Another BBQ gathering,  Lets meet @ 1pm . 
RUDYS BBQ 2451 S Capitol of Texas Highway (aka 360 & Ben White) near Loop 1 (Mopac).

It was a good time ! we have a few photos to post.
:-)

Share Your Christmas Family photo

Cousins ! Titi Weaver suggested we all try and take a family picture and send them in our Christmas cards this year.
There are so many cousins that don't know each other and this would be an easy way to start.
If you email me any photos i can post them here. We don't have everyone's emails or addresses, that's what this blog is all about. Email me anytime Diaz2272@aol.com.  Love cousin Lizzy

Raye Gaytan Diaz's Birthday Dec 7th

Today is my mom's birthday. I miss her and remember her love. She would take all 6 of her children to lake Travis.  We would load up in the station wagon and go watch the sunset.  She also loved sitting on the front steps of our home and watch the full moon.  She had an immense love for God and enjoyed nature. Happy birthday Mom, thank you for giving us a wonderful childhood, we love you and miss you.

December 2013 Photos Sharing memories

Hello Cousins,  Please send me any pictures you have of yourself and your family.  Please include the first name. 
I recently heard that a community rooted in memories outlast all others.
Memories are fun, lets start writing anything and everything we remember.
Please include a date. 
Even if we write about the same story, i will post it and keep them together by date.
Send it to me in an email, or add a post to this blog if you have Gmail.
i'm not giving up on this blog - just giving it time to brew.
love,
cousin Lizzy

help our cousin with Flood cleanup

Dear Cousins, we need your help at Joseph Pena's home.  The recent Austin Floods have left him and his family with a huge mess and uninhabitable home.  Aunt Terry is asking for our help for her son.

Please go help him clean out his house since he is exhausted from the mid night floods that occurred Halloween night (over 10 days ago).  his phone number 512 375 5418

his address is 

5717 Katydid lane Austin 78744

 

near Onion Creek east of IH-35

 

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en

November 2013 - skip for the holidays

We are not having an event on this odd # month of November because there are tons of Thanksgiving celebrations.  I hope you will send your pictures so that I can post them on this blog.  Family Christmas photos for the blog.  Love Liz D.

Touring the Capitol Underground and hanging out at the Pub

Sunny and Camille took some beautiful pictures of the Capitol today.  We had a wonderful Tour Guide and she took us to the Underground of the capitol. It was magnificent. Gloria, Esther, Carly, and Liz went shopping in the gift store and then we had a great time with Margaret at the Dog and Duck Pub watching Football with a great bunch of Texas fans.

State Capitol info @ 2:30 Saturday September 14 (2nd saturday odd# month))

Confirmed tour guide will meet us

On Sept 14  

Public parking is available at the Visitor Parking Garage.
The first two hours of parking are free of charge. 

Vehicles can enter from either 12th or 13th Street. 

The garage is bordered by San Jacinto and Trinity. 

Walk to the south entrance of the Capitol Building.  (11th street) 

Go Through the metal detectors.  On your left side there is an Opening to the State Treasury office/Visitors Center.

Meet there at  2:30  Say we are here for a  SCHEDULED TOUR for Diaz Cousins (RESERVED TOUR GUIDE - just for 30 of us).

dinner www.dogandduckpub.com/index.html

http://www.dogandduckpub.com/index.html
we will meet here for dinner after
the capitol tour.
406 West 17th street
Check the blog for info on Fieldtrips
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The family of Nino and “Mariquita” Maria Gaitan

 

                      The family of Nino and “Mariquita” Maria Gaitan

 

Our family moved to Round Rock Texas in 1952 from the Company town of McNeil, TX. The town belonged to the Austin White Lime Company. They had a grocery store own by the Company for employees and they also had a Post Office inside the store.  Outside they had gas pumps. Bottom- line it was just like a 7-eleven or Wag- A –Bag other than they also provided shoes, and clothing etc… /not much of a selection of clothing or shoes.  

  

The Company also provided housing at no cost at first but after electricity was hooked up they started charging the workers and their families for rent. The town was divided up with Hispanics on one side and whites in the other. I also understand that there were blacks living in the town but not very many. 

 

I remember mom and dad saying that on paydays any groceries or gas that had being purchase, were deducted from dad’s –paycheck After those items were deducted at times mostly nothing was left And the cycle would start all over again.

 

Mom and Dad finally wised up and started going to downtown 6^th street in Austin for their groceries/   and later to Safeway on burnet road and would use the McNeil store as little as possible.

 

Dad would end up working for the Austin White Lime Company as a caterpillar operator for over 29 years and only stopped because of medical issues “back problems” @that time there was no retirement pay, dad just went home.  He was 48 years old.

 

 

Bernardino “Nino” Aguinaga Gaitan – May 20^th 1916 - May 31^st 1995

Dad was born to Leandra & Catarino Arenas in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Note – Dad always used the name Gaitan/ we found out years later

About Catarino/ Dad never used the name Arenas

To him Jose Gaitan was his father

 

Dad entered the United States thru Corpus Christi, Texas on 13 July 1920

And point of entry was the International Bridge at the age of four yrs old. With his mother - Leandra Aguina 

 

 

Leandra - mama Grande “As we called her” married Jose Gaitan here in the United States   &both had 2- children Urbano and Frances  

 

Dad was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico – to Leandra Aguinaga and Catarino Arenas. Also father of Carmen/Alberto and Santiago

 

Urbano Gaitan and Sister Frances are buried @the McNiel cemetery

 

Note- after Frances passed away her husband remarried and they

Moved to Brownsville, Tx / 1-son passed away years ago and

The other son- Anastacio Gaitan Guillen  just passed away not to long ago.

He left a large beautiful family and they live in Brownsville

His wife is still living and her name is Angela

For many years dad looked for them and on one trip to Brownsville

David told dad where they were.

 

 

Leander/ Alberto and Carmen –buried @oldTown cemetery in Round Rock, Tx Sam Bass Rd

Leander A. Gaitan was Born- 13Mar 1875-passed 22Mar 1971

Alberto Gaitan was Born- 17Sep 1907 –passed 1 Mar 1964

Alberto had no children 

 

Carmen Gaitan was Born- 16July 1910- passed 8Jan 1967

Nino Gaitan- was Born- 20May 1916- passed 31May 1995

Sanitago Gaitan- passed away in 1990 @the age of 89yrs old

Still has 3-boys and 3-girls living in Holland, Mi

 

 

Note- Years later around the 1960s, Dad returned to Mexico to look for his father’s grave but was unable to find it. He was told that there is a yearly fee to remain in the grave if not paid the the remains are taken out and grave given to somebody else and that is what had

Happen.

 

 

 

 

The Last name “Gaitan” was given to them by Jose Gaitan “Husband” of Leandra “Here in the US” when they entered the United States /They grew up knowing him as their only father

 

Dad came to the United States thru Corpus Christi, Tx at the age of 4 yrs old on 13July 1920w/ his mother –Leandra Aguinaga Gaitan and

 

brothers- Carmen/Alberto/Santiago/- I understand that older brother “Stepbrother” Urbano Gaitan had gone to get them from Mexico/

 

Urbano Gaitan –was father of Janie Gaitan Martinez‘s and David

Gaitan.

    

Dad’s Stepfather name was Jose Gaitan

Jose Gaitan – is truly the father of Urbano/ and Frances

Gaitan/ and Leandra Aguinaga Gaitan is their true mother.

 

And true mother of Dad- Nino/ Carmen/ Alverto”Albert”/and Santiago

 

Mary “Mariquita” Canizales Gaitan – July 10^th 1920 - March 02^nd 2004

 

Note- When dad was hurt and couldn’t work mom decided that  

Somebody had to work. And she went to work. To the best of my knowledge mom had never worked other than have kids. But she did

And I really feel that she enjoyed it. She made more friends +she got out of the house.  She worked for Allandale Nursing home in Austin

Later, @ Trinity nursing home here in Round Rock.  

 

 

Note- both our parents passed away at their home @ 2406 Lasso Dr Round Rock, TX surrounded by their children and grandchildren

Interment, for both was @Cook-Walden Capital Parks, 14501 North

IH-35, Pflugerville, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.    Guadalupe Gaitan Martinez Jan 28^th 1938

Husband- Anastacio “Shorty” Martinez /Born- April 27^th 1933 in Winona, TX **Passed away – October 2^nd 2004

They “Eloped” and then married March 19^th 1956

5-boys and 4- girls

 

 2. Josephina Gaitan Ontiveros Nov 17^th 1939

      Husband- Castulo “Coco” Ontiveros/ Born- March 26^th 1933 in Round Rock, 

       TX **Passed away – 25 February 2006

       They “Eloped” and then married April 1^st 1956

       7-boys and 1- girl

 

 

3.    Lorenzo Gaitan 10^th December 1941

Wife- Josie 

1-boy and 3-girls

 

 

 4. Pas Gaitan Bocanegra 12^th November 1943

        Husband- Johnny Bocanegra /Born- October 1^st 1930 in Elgin, TX  

       Please note – Pas’s story gets interesting They “Eloped” May

       23^rd 1959 and married by a Justice Of the Peace June 11^th 1960

       and Then married April 29^th 1961 in Elgin, TX Johnny’s mom

       made them a dinner

       3-boys and 1- girl

        

   5. Adelita Gaitan Perez 16^th December 1944

                Husband- Jose Perez 2-boys

         

 

 

 

  6. Carmelita Gaitan Sosa 18^th February 1946

    Husband- Gene/ 2-boys                                     

 

 

  7. Frances Gaitan Lopez November 9^th 1947 - January 7^th 2006

Husband –Tony Lopez/  1-boy and 1-girl

 Interment, @Assumption Cemetary 3650 S. IH-35 Austin, TX /

 Frances passed away @Brackenridge Austin, TX 

 

 

 

  8. Alverto “Albert” Gaitan 12^th January 1949

  2-boys and 2-girls **first marriage/ 1-boy and 1-girl **second marriage

 

  9. Tony “Antonio” Gaitan 16^th January 1950

       Single/ was drafted June 11^th 1970 into the US Army went to

       Vietnam and would make the military a career &retired as a Sergeant Major

       With/ 30year 29days of Active duty service/and 38 Year’s time in Service.

       Retired – January 31^st 2009       

 

 

10. Pauline Gaitan Castro 12^th February 1951

Husband-Jose Castro/ 3-boys and 1-girl

 

11. Audon “Don” Gaitan 30^th July 1952

Wife- Janie/ 1-boy and 2-girls        

 

12. Maria Dolores Gaitan Ferrales 21^st July 1953

Husband- Jesse/ 2-boys and 1-girl

 

13. Rachel Gaitan Barron 3^rd August 1954

Husband- Edward/ 3-boys and 1-girl

 

 

 

 

 

14. Yolanda Gaitan 18^th December 1956

Husband- John/ 1-girl

w/ Benito- 2-girls

 

 

 

15. Manuel Gaitan 21^st December 1957

Single

 

16. Joe Gaitan 23^rd May 1958

2-boys and 1-girl     

 

 

 

 

17. Martina Gaitan born 1959 ** died at birth

Note- Interment, was @the Old Town Cemetery on Sam Bass Rd Round Rock, TX

 

18. Jerry Gaitan June 14^th 1961 – 1^st April 1995

Wife- Emily / 1-boy

Note- Interment, was @Cook-Walden Capital Parks, 14501 North

IH-35, Pflugerville, Texas

 

Dear Family,

Please be sure to clear your calendar for Saturday, October 22^nd, for a Gaytan Family Reunion. This will include our extended family (Mommy’s aunts, uncles, cousins) from Round Rock, McNeil and other states. Uncle Dave might be able to come, and I’m inviting Daddy, too.

Gloria Marie is organizing a project to put together the Gaytan Family tree with stories and pictures. One of the librarians from the Austin History Museum is helping us put it all together, including photo restoration. It might turn into an official exhibit at the museum.

Gloria Marie and Tony Gaitan got together with several of us this week to get started. Tony had some great pictures of our grandparents and great grandparents and put together the attached history. We were asked to write something similar for our part of the family. I’ll prepare a draft, then run it by all of you. I have tons of pictures that Mommy left me, so I’ll pull those out of the attic and start getting some that would be appropriate for this project.

On October 22^nd, there will be a mass at Aunt Janie’s Lakehouse. We haven’t decided what time, but you are all encouraged to attend. If there is any way you can reschedule other commitment to attend this family reunion, that would be great.

Love you all,

Etti

From: Gloria Reyna [mailto:glomreyna2003@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:24 PM
To: Mary Esther Diaz; Patsy.Nieto@fms.treas.gov; Dorthy ZENDEJAS; Cecilia Muela; cathy L Kreitz; Audrey Glickert; Denise marie Kreps; Ramon Alvarez; roy reyna
Cc: gloria reyna
Subject: Save the date Gaytan Reunion - Oct. 22-2011

Hi Folks,

Janie Martinez is having a Gaytan family reunion we are asking that you save the date of Saturday October 22, 2011.
We are in the planning stage and if anyone wants to help please call Gloria Reyna at 440-1946. Please start spreading the word. This is the first notice, details will follow. We would like to gather information for a family tree. If anyone has any family photos or information regarding the Gaytan family please start collecting so we can share the beautiful family history and collect data for our children and grandchildren.

More details will follow.

Sincerely,

Gloria Reyna

 

2nd Saturday September Fieldtrip to The TX Capitol @2pm

Fieldtrip to the Texas Capitol & Extension

Tours are generally 45 minutes in length and available during the following times:

2:30 pm  ====  SECOND SATURDAY =====    bring all the children.

The Capitol Information and Guide Services is located in the restored Treasurer's Business Office on the first floor of the Capitol. Free Capitol tours are conducted daily beginning in the Capitol South Foyer and concluding in the Capitol Extension.512.305.8408
We will have dinner at a nearby restaurant after the tour.  www.dogandduckpub.com/index.html

PIX July 13 2013 Lockhart fieldrip

John Andrew Diaz St Edwards Freshman class 2017 and Eagle Scout 2013. We are so proud of you John :-)

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love and peace - lizzy

Fieldtrip success !

Wonderful turnout at Kruez. Thank you Manuel and Terry for reserving the room and the amazing deserts you baked for us.  Thank you all for participating from the youngest to the oldest,  Aunt Terry and Aunt GG were thrilled.   John and Doris made it and he is feeling pretty good :-) Jesse and Dorothy drove up from Corpus and we had a full house.   God Bless each and every one of you.  Cousin Lizzy.
Pictures are on their way to this blog. 

Field trip July 13th in Lockhart Texas

__3:00_ pm  @Kruez  July 13, 2013 in Lockhart TX   :-)
Not sure how we will get a count but we may just sit and wait for a table and "socialize" and wait patiently.
http://kreuzmarket.com/about-kreuz-barbecue-lockhart-texas
 619 N Colorado St Lockhart, TX 78644

(512) 398-2361

This will be the posting spot. post your comments, questions, suggestions,
email me
Diaz2272@aol.com or LDiaz2272@gmail.com
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July Fieldtrip 3pm July 13 @ Lockhart Kruez

Our first Cousin Gathering will be at Kruez in Lockhart TX at 3:00 pm July 13, 2013 (second Saturday).  
We could have these
every ODD # month tentatively Second Weekend.
So check this blog for our September Gathering info.
Email me any stories an i can post them. love lizzy

Uncle Sid Pena loved and lived to the fullest

I remember my uncle Sid as a very kind and generous person.  Uncle Sid loved working on cars.  The best memories are of his hugs and of his rough 5'Oclock shadow.  He was so strong, he could pick me up with one arm around my waist like a duffle bag.  He could lay under a car and lift a transmission up onto his chest and install it under a truck.  And he sure loved to go fishing.  These things about him have made me realize that life is really about doing what you love to do.  Find what you enjoy and do it.  Its amazing how good we are at doing the things we love. The gifts that God has given each of us we do very well.  Its easy to find out what you like if you look at what you are good at doing.  So, live life loving what you do.  I love my Uncle Sid, and his most affectionate loving heart.
I can still say Uncle Sid. I love you, lizzy.

Prayer requests

Please lift up healing prayers for my sister Esther's husband Bill.
Also please lift up healing prayers for our cousin Doris's husband John.
Please pray for each other in this time of reflection in love.

Janie and Matt Martinez founded El Rancho on Austin's Eastside in 1952, with her in the kitchen and the genial former Golden Gloves champ greeting guests in the front of the house. Basing their operation on her family recipes and his gift for hospitality, the couple built a restaurant that is one of Austin's most enduring success stories.

During its first thirty years on the Eastside, El Rancho expanded several times and developed such a devoted following that the food was likely to be found everywhere from  
Lyndon Johnson's White House to the DKR Memorial Stadium press box. Legislators, college students, and local families all flocked to dine there. An Eighties real estate boom in Downtown Austin inspired the move to the beautiful, hacienda-style building that has been home to the restaurant since 1986 (2613 S. Lamar).

Reviewed by Virginia B. Wood, Fri., May 18, 2012 Austin Chronicle

http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2012-05-18/matts-el-rancho

Cathy Martinez Kreitz represents the second generation of her family to oversee operations at Matt's El Rancho. She was truly born into the business. "I wasn't actually born at the original restaurant, but my parents did stop by there on the way home from Seton to show me to Lupe [Redkey, one of the original waitresses] and the rest of the staff," she says fondly. Her parents, Matt and Janie Martinez, are the legendary local restaurateurs who founded a company based on Tex-Mex food and family hospitality that became one of Austin's longtime business success stories. Matt's celebrates its 60th anniversary this July...


A link to the interview by Foodwaystexas
http://foodwaystexas.com/oralhistory/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Matts-El-Rancho-Transcript-FINAL2.pdf

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There's an APP for this blogger :-)

06-13-2013 I guess i need to journal about my aunt Janie today.  I often think about the times she would take me, my mom, and Cathy out into some unknown roads in Texas.  First of all she would drive really fast and make a huge dust cloud behind us, she hit pot holes and rocks and whatever was in the way, never any "fooling around".  Then she would ask us to look for the grapes draping over the trees along the road, she said she used to make wine with her dad? so we would drive around looking for these dark grapevines in the country.  I can't remember if we ever made any, but i do remember that she always kept Welch's grape juice in the fridge. Maybe that was her own reminder of some delicious grape juice.

Another story that often comes to mind is the time she took us, my mom, Cathy, and I, to find some watermelons, of course God knows where we were. She talks to the farmer and asks him how we would know if the watermelons were sweet.  The farmer picked up a melon and cracked it right on his knee. Popped that watermelon in half and handed to her.  I was blown away and we all sat and ate delicious watermelon and shared stories with a complete stranger.

 I hope you have a story to share and I pray that we all find comfort in knowing that we won't ever stop loving them, they are watching over us and loving us from heaven.
God Bless you and keep you.  Numbers 6:24  Aunt Lizzy.

This blog is for the stories of our lives.  A few weeks ago, the Gaitan family gathered and shared stories from our childhood. We are the children, grand children, great grand children, and great great grand children of  the late Maria (Memo) and Urbano Gaitan.  Their children Terry Pena, GG Zendejas, Raye Diaz, Joe Gaitan, David Gaytan, and Janie Martinez.

I would like for us to each write stories of our lives, as we remember them so that we may share them with those who haven't yet heard them.  These memories are to be cherished because our present would not be what it is if it had not been for these wonderful people who have struggled for our benefit.
Many blessings have been bestowed upon us and I give all the glory to our Lord Jesus Christ.