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Family history project: Part 3
By: Christopher RodriguezGeography 10
My Links To This Course
Introduction
O In part 3 of the family history project
I will give you many examples of how
my family’s activities and
experiences connect to this class by
using the vocab words that have to
do with this class.
When did my family get here?(Mothers Side)
O My Grandfather on my mothers side
of the family immigrated to the
united states in the 50’s once he got
his citizenship.
O my grandmother on my mothers
side of the family immigrated over
with my grandfather once they got
married.
When did my family get here?(Mothers Side)
O My grandparents Adrian and Juana came to America during the 4th wave of immigration.
O They first moved to Inglewood, California.
When did my family get here?(Fathers side)
O My grandfather and my
grandmother on my fathers side of
the family immigrated to California in
the 60’s from Mexico.
O They both became Citizens when
the immigrant Reform and Control
Act of 1986 passed.
When did my family get here?(Fathers side)
O My grandparents Rodolfo and Estela came to the United States during the 4th wave of immigration.
O They first moved to the megalopolis of Los Angeles California to an ethnic neighborhood with more people of the same race.
Why did my family come here(Mothers side)
O The port of entry my grandparents used was El Paso, Texas.
O cross border activities by working in the U.S. and living in Mexico is how he started before they moved over.
Continued
O A pull factor that made them immigrate over was that there was better work.
O My grandfather worked in the tertiary sector of economics.
Why did my family come here(Fathers side)
O A pull factor that made my grandparents on my fathers side immigrate was because there was better work in the U.S.
O they also wanted to live in a more urban area and a place where their kids can get a good education.
Places my family has been in the United States
(Mothers side)
O Shortly after living in El Paso, Texas my Grandparents moved to California
O pull factors that influenced them to come over was better climate, more work, and they hoped for a better education for their children.
ContinuedO while in California they followed an
immigrant ladder by moving to better places over the years
O they went from Inglewood, to south central, to Montebello, to el Monte and then finally my parents branched off and moved to chino
O After seeing that chino was a good area the rest of my family moved over because of the assimilation they felt here.
Places my family has been in the United States
(Fathers side)
O once my grandparents immigrated to California they lived in many places all over Los Angeles county for many years. They moved to wherever they could find a job.
O his immigrant ladder went back and forth before they finally got a good area in chino.
Religion
O my family on both sides where all
raised as Catholics. Although I still
am part of this religion, a lot of
members of my family are starting to
convert to other religions.
Mexican culture
O when my grandparents first moved to California they moved to an ethnic neighborhood of mainly Mexicans.
O in these neighborhoods everyone pretty much had the same culture as the people around them
Settling in the Americas
O My great great great great grandfather, Senior Ramon Camarena immigrated from Spain to Mexico on a ship.
O soon after arriving in Mexico they immigrated to San Pedro California but did not stay long and moved to El Paso, which is a port of entry to Chihuahua, Mexico in which they later moved to .
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