Dad's life began in a boxcar in the Silvis yards. He life would take him to a dirt street called 2nd Street, then to the Barrio de San Miguel, Leon, Gto, then to Laredo, Mexico where he lost his mother during childbirth, then back to Silvis to live with his Aunt Mary Sierra on 1st Ave., then living in various homes until he married Cecelia Gamino. They lived in his father in law's house, Seferino Gamino, until they moved to our home, 143-6th St., in Silvis.
Boxcar House similar to the birthplace for Mom and Dad. Boxcar numbers are listed on birth certificate. Dads was Boxcar no. 4. This is the birthplace of our family, in a boxcar in the Silvis RR Yards in 1925. Boxcars were made of wood, not metal like modern day boxcars. They were very cold and usually had a pot belly stove in them for heat. Children would pick up coal along the side of the tracks for the stoves. Nina Vic and I walked one day back in the yards, looking for anything remaining. It was very cold and she was all bundled up. She was looking for anything that remained her of her past. In 1929, Grandpa Pedro and Grandma Juana moved out of the yards to a cement block house on 2nd Street, Silvis. I have photos of it. It no longer exists. It was directly across the Hero Street Park.
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