The following is for Laura, a researcher who contacted me regarding Dora Jalifi, who married my Great Uncle Ernest in 1961.
UPDATE of June 2018: I was happy to locate an obituary for Dora Childers, as published in the Valley Morning Star newspaper in Harlingen, Texas on January 16, 2006:
HARLINGEN - Dora Jalifi Childers, 79, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Retama Manor Nursing Facility in Harlingen, Texas.
She is survived by her loving family: Two sisters: Emma (Robert) Hinojosa of San Antonio, Texas, Eva Castillo of Harlingen, Texas, Two Brothers: Oscar (Amita) Jalifi of Houston, Texas, Herman (Maria) Jalifi of Huntsville, Texas, Numerous Nieces and Nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband; Ernest Childers, Son; Federico Guerra and parents; Enrique and Enriqueta Jalifi.
Visitation will be today, Monday, January 16, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a service held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. At 1 p.m. Chapel Service will be held at Rudy Garza Chapel of Peace.
Interment will then follow at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas.
Dora Jalifi Childers was a loving and dedicated daughter, sister and wife. She is dearly loved and missed by all those who knew her.
The Social Security Death Index indicates:
- Dora Jalifi Childers
- Born 1 Jan 1927
- Died 14 Jan 2006
- State (Year) SSN issued Texas - Before 1951
The 1940 Federal Census finds Dora in Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, with her family, and she is 13 years old.
Ancestry.com's database, Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964, shows that Dora visited Mexico and returned through Brownsville, Texas. I've copied the transcription (with its misspellings) from Ancestry.com, and below is a copy of the card from which the transcription came:
- Name: Maria Dora Jalie De Guerra
- Arrival Date: 9 Nov 1951
- Port of Arrival: Brownsville, Texas, United States
- Arrival Contact: Father Enrique Jalife
- Age: 24
- Birth Date: abt 1927
- Birth Location: Mercedes
- Gender: Female
- Race/Nationality: Spanish
- Record has photo?: No
- Record Type: Card
This is the actual card. Difficult to read, I know. Two pages, please click on both:
I've no proof of Dora's marriage to Ernest Childers, but family tells me that they were married in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 7, 1961.
Ernest was born January 6, 1908, in Keystone, Pawnee County, Oklahoma Territory, and he died in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas on Feb. 8, 1987. Family tells me he had no children with Dora (just his five children from a previous marriage).
And this news article from 1966. What a heartbreaking time for Dora's family. She lost a son!
I found a brief death notice for Dora, but do not know where she is buried. I would appreciate any leads as to her final resting place. I know that her husband Ernest is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Weslaco. This is from The Monitor newspaper in Hidalgo County, Texas:
I've no proof of Dora's marriage to Ernest Childers, but family tells me that they were married in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico on November 7, 1961.
Ernest was born January 6, 1908, in Keystone, Pawnee County, Oklahoma Territory, and he died in Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas on Feb. 8, 1987. Family tells me he had no children with Dora (just his five children from a previous marriage).
And this news article from 1966. What a heartbreaking time for Dora's family. She lost a son!
I found a brief death notice for Dora, but do not know where she is buried. I would appreciate any leads as to her final resting place. I know that her husband Ernest is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Weslaco. This is from The Monitor newspaper in Hidalgo County, Texas:
UPDATE of June 2018: I was happy to locate an obituary for Dora Childers, as published in the Valley Morning Star newspaper in Harlingen, Texas on January 16, 2006:
Dora Jalifi Childers
HARLINGEN - Dora Jalifi Childers, 79, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Retama Manor Nursing Facility in Harlingen, Texas.
She is survived by her loving family: Two sisters: Emma (Robert) Hinojosa of San Antonio, Texas, Eva Castillo of Harlingen, Texas, Two Brothers: Oscar (Amita) Jalifi of Houston, Texas, Herman (Maria) Jalifi of Huntsville, Texas, Numerous Nieces and Nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband; Ernest Childers, Son; Federico Guerra and parents; Enrique and Enriqueta Jalifi.
Visitation will be today, Monday, January 16, 2006 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a service held at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. At 1 p.m. Chapel Service will be held at Rudy Garza Chapel of Peace.
Interment will then follow at Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Weslaco, Texas.
Dora Jalifi Childers was a loving and dedicated daughter, sister and wife. She is dearly loved and missed by all those who knew her.