*My grandmother died in 1953, I think, so she wold have been able to ssign your family's guest book. My uncle, R.L.Ynfante was also in WW2. My other uncle, John Ynfante married Josephine Chireno. He died in the 1960's and she died about 5 years ago. It sems like everyone from that generation is gone. Your uncle must be interesting to talk to.* Jan Barton wrote: >In the different census records these families are all listed on the same >few pages, so I'm sure they were neighbors in the Alazan area and had >children who married neighbor's children. >Lots of double-first cousins. >The Chireno's and Molandes' families were like this--several Chireno >brothers and sisters married Molandes' brothers and sisters. >I recall seeing the name you mention--oh I remember--my uncle Floyd Molandes >was killed in Germany in WWII. His was the first body brought home to East >Texas after the war was over and there was a big deal about the arrival of >his body and it being taken to Cason Monk Funeral Home. I just recently >visited the Daily Sentinel archives in the East Texas Center at SFA and read >the newspaper articles. Either my grandparents didn't have them or they >somehow got lost--I had never seen them before. >Someone named Ynfante was one of the pallbearers. And the name Jane Ynfante >is signed in the guest book for my other Uncle Joe Molandes' funeral in >1950. So, I assumed they were close family friends, if not relatives. > >I'll have to look at census records but I do know that after Joe Cloudy >died, Josephine Mora Cloudy married John Henry Molandes. They had 3 >children. Then Josephine died and John Henry married Francis Chireno (a >widow). Most of the Chireno children had married and did not live at home >by then. But they mostly married Molandes kin and still all lived in the >same area according to the Census records. >OH, and then John Henry died and Francis remarried--someone named Montes I >believe. >I will check with my Great Uncle Jack Molandes--he is still alive and a >great source of family information. He was married to Mary Chireno. so he >will know more about Jane, I'm sure. >I'll see him at a family reunion in April. >I can also email his daughter--she would surely know if that is one of her >mother's sisters. >I have found the cemetery records that are on-line to be extremely >helpful--although some of the dates on the tombstones are incorrect, >according to family Bibles. > >Jan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lois Burden" <msburden@sbcglobal.net> >To: <TXNACOGD-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:57 AM >Subject: Re: [TXNAC] Cloudy/Mora > > > > >>*Do you have any knowledge of my grandmother, Jane Mora Ynfante? I'm not >>sure, but I think Mora was her first husband's last name, and I can't >>find her maiden name. Maybe Chireno? I'm not sure. My mother's name was >>Finey Ynfante Michelle. >>Lois Burden >>* >>Jan Barton wrote: >> >> >> >>>Searching for more information on my great-grandparents-- >>>Joe Cloudy and Josephine Mora Cloudy. >>>Children were Effie Cloudy Molandes and J D Cloudy. >>>Believe that Joe's parents were Deleres and Effie Lazarine Cloudy. >>>Josephine was child of Parlola Mora (possibly Piola in census) and (I am >>>told) Sterling Asa Moore (they were not married). >>>Thanks, >>>Jan Dobbs Barton >>>Tyler, TX >>> >>> > > > > >