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Tafolla Family Reunion, 1940

contributed by Joe Tafolla

Tafolla Family Reunion, 1940, Frio County, Texas
Tafolla Family Reunion, 1940, legend
1. Gabriel D. Tafolla, Jr. (Son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)***
2. Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.*
3. Lott Tafolla (Son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Jr.)
4. Eloise Tafolla (Wife to James Tafolla, Jr., lawyer)
5. Lott Tafolla (Brother to Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)
6. Bobby Tafolla**
7. Eloisa Tafolla (Wife to Marion Tafolla, Mother of Bobby)
8. John Quensenberry (Husband to Phoebe, below.)
9. Phoebe Tafolla Quensenberry (Daughter of Marion Tafolla & Eloisa Tafolla)
10. Santana Tafolla (Son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
11. Felipe Davila (Married to niece of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
12. Carmen Tafolla (Daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
13. Unknown
14. John Tafolla (Son of James Tafolla, Sr. 1898-1966)
15. Unknown
16. Unknown
17. Julia Charles (Garcia) (Daughter of Alma Tafolla-26)**
18. Estela Suarez Tafolla (Wife of Marion Tafolla-22)*
19. Unknown
20. Beatrice Tafolla (Viesca) (Daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
21. Annie Tafolla (Daughter of Marion and Eloisa Tafolla)
22. Marion Tafolla (Son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
23. Esther Tafolla (Daughter of Marion and Eloisa Tafolla)
24. Marion Tafolla, Sr. (Brother of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)
25. Antonia Castro (Estrada) Daughter of Mary Tafolla, daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
26. Alma Tafolla (Charles) Daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
27. Micaela Tafolla (Santiago Tafolla, Jr.'s Wife)
28. Feliz Uresti Perez (Estela Stansell's friend)
29. Estela Stansell (Villareal) (Daughter of Felice Tafolla, daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
30. Minerva Tafolla (Daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Jr.)
31. Joyce Elaine Swain (Daughter of Delfina Tafolla, Daughter of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.)
32. Delfina Tafolla (Daughter of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.
33. Emma Tafolla (Daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Jr.)
34. Minerva Tafolla (Moreno) Daughter of Manuel Tafolla-56, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
35. Alejandro Charles (Son of Alma Tafolla Charles, daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
36. Richard Tafolla (Son of James Tafolla Sr., son of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.)
37. James Tafolla, III (Son of James Tafolla Sr., son of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.)
38. John Tafolla (Son of James Tafolla Sr., son of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.)
39. Melba Tafolla (Caunder) (Daughter of Manuel Tafolla-56, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
40. Catarina Vinton (Friend of family)
41. Lillie Tafolla (Dominguez) (Daughter of Santiago Tafolla, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)***
42. Odessa Tafolla (Carrasco) (Daughter of Santiago Tafolla, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)
43. Irene Guerra (Neighbor)
44. Mary Tafolla (Carrasco) Daughter of Santiago Tafolla, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)***
45. Consuelo Tafolla (Pena) Daughter of Manuel Tafolla, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
46. Unknown
47. Sarah Louise Tafolla (Daughter of Sarah Tafolla, daughter of Mariano Tafolla)
48. Bertha Tafolla Quensenberry (See 8 and 9, above)
49. John Archer (Bertha's brother)
50. Roland Tafolla (Son of Marion Tafolla-22, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
51. Thelma Garza (Gutierrez) Daughter of Beatrice Tafolla-20, daughter of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)*
52. Mary Tafolla (Hernandez) Daughter of Santana Tafolla-10, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
53. Irene Tafolla (Castro) Daughter of Santana Tafolla-10, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
54. Oscar Tafolla, Jr (Son of Oscar Tafolla, son of Santiago Tafolla, Jr.)
55. James Tafolla (Son of Santana Tafolla-10, son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.)**
56. Juan Manuel Tafolla (Son of Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.) You can barely see his forehead in back of Lott Tafolla-3*

*--All individuals with Pearsall connection.
**--All individuals with Uvalde connection.
***--All individuals with Moore connection.
All others are from San Antonio area.

I believe this picture was taken on March 25, 1940 because Gabriel D. Tafolla, Jr. (#1, above) died in late 1940. The occasion was the Annual Tafolla Family Reunion on Gabriel D. Tafolla, Sr.'s birthday. The photographer was Judge Jimmy Tafolla; the photo was taken in Pearsall.

There are so many persons named Santiago and James that I have prepared what I hope is a legend, if not a disclaimer. The original Santiago (1837-1911) is not in the picture, obviously. Nor is he mentioned. His son Santiago, Jr. is not shown either, but his name is mentioned. Santiago Jr.'s son, James, is listed as James Tafolla, Sr. because he is the first one to use "James" as his name. His son also uses "James" but is listed as "James III" because that is how he is listed in family records. There is one more "James" but he is the son of Santana.
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