The Grandes - Mama & Papa

This site is dedicated to the loving memory of
Pedro G. and Eva Martinez

Mama & Papa Grande Eva and Pedro G. Martinez
Mama Grande on her wedding day The girls with Mom 2. Lupe Gaitan at far left 3. Ester Gaitan 4. Eva Mier in her wedding dress in August 1924 5. unknown 6.unknown 7. Virginia Gaitan	Francisco Martinez and his wife (name unknown) settled in Nazas, Durango after arriving from Spain. They are thought to be from the northern area of Spain near the Pyrenees bordering France, but without definite proof. The couple are believed to have settled and worked at a hacienda at Nazas. They had a daughter, Guadalupe (named for the new country's saint), a son Juan, and another son Pedro, Papa Grande's Father. Pedro left Nazas for Viesca to work as a blacksmith and gunsmith. There he met and married, had a son named Manuel. His wife died and he remarried, Marcelina Moreno, Papa Grande's Mother. They had 3 daughters, Felicitas, Trinidad, and Maria Ignacia, and two sons, Severino and Pedro, Papa Grande. All were raised in Viesca. Marcelina Moreno (Papa Grande's Mother) was born in Zacatecas. She and her family went to Viesca because her mother was ill, thought to be bewitched, and the spring waters of Viesca would restore her health.	Papa Grande Pedro Gregorio Martinez Age 21
Mama Grande and the kids		Papa Grande Pedro Gregorio Martinez Age 21
		Papa Grande & Pete @ Mary St. House (circa 1960)