Vincent (Cesare Vincente) Ruiz was the 7th child of Julian Ruiz and Dolores Valenzuela, and one of only 4 of their 12 children to survive to adulthood. He was just 9 yrs old when his family moved from Sisquoc, Santa Barbara County to Madera, Madera County for a better life. He walked with his father alongside the wagon where his mother, two sisters, and a younger brother rode. He and his father cared for the livestock they were moving with them to Madera. He said it took them 2 weeks to make the trip...and he got into trouble every day! Grandpa was quite the prankster, always teasing and laughing!!
Vincent married Beatrice Alviso in 1916 and had one son before Beatrice died of TB in 1925. Vincent then married Cipriana "Zippie" Gonzales, a widow with 2 sons. Vincent and Zippie had one daughter, Dolores. They lived in Madera until the death of Zippie, then Vincent moved to Modesto to live with his daughter Dolores and her family until his death.
The six years Grandpa lived with us were wonderful. We talk often of him sitting in a bright orange wicker lawn chair, under the apricot tree in the back yard, listening to the SF Giants on the radio while repairing the stitching on the baseballs used by my brothers. Grandpa kept the yard blooming and growing, and some of the roses he planted still bloom today! The old orange chair now sits on my front porch with a basket of blooming flowers on the seat...but I still see Grandpa there!
Vincent married Beatrice Alviso in 1916 and had one son before Beatrice died of TB in 1925. Vincent then married Cipriana "Zippie" Gonzales, a widow with 2 sons. Vincent and Zippie had one daughter, Dolores. They lived in Madera until the death of Zippie, then Vincent moved to Modesto to live with his daughter Dolores and her family until his death.
The six years Grandpa lived with us were wonderful. We talk often of him sitting in a bright orange wicker lawn chair, under the apricot tree in the back yard, listening to the SF Giants on the radio while repairing the stitching on the baseballs used by my brothers. Grandpa kept the yard blooming and growing, and some of the roses he planted still bloom today! The old orange chair now sits on my front porch with a basket of blooming flowers on the seat...but I still see Grandpa there!
Vincent (Cesare Vincente) Ruiz was the 7th child of Julian Ruiz and Dolores Valenzuela, and one of only 4 of their 12 children to survive to adulthood. He was just 9 yrs old when his family moved from Sisquoc, Santa Barbara County to Madera, Madera County for a better life. He walked with his father alongside the wagon where his mother, two sisters, and a younger brother rode. He and his father cared for the livestock they were moving with them to Madera. He said it took them 2 weeks to make the trip...and he got into trouble every day! Grandpa was quite the prankster, always teasing and laughing!!
Vincent married Beatrice Alviso in 1916 and had one son before Beatrice died of TB in 1925. Vincent then married Cipriana "Zippie" Gonzales, a widow with 2 sons. Vincent and Zippie had one daughter, Dolores. They lived in Madera until the death of Zippie, then Vincent moved to Modesto to live with his daughter Dolores and her family until his death.
The six years Grandpa lived with us were wonderful. We talk often of him sitting in a bright orange wicker lawn chair, under the apricot tree in the back yard, listening to the SF Giants on the radio while repairing the stitching on the baseballs used by my brothers. Grandpa kept the yard blooming and growing, and some of the roses he planted still bloom today! The old orange chair now sits on my front porch with a basket of blooming flowers on the seat...but I still see Grandpa there!
Vincent married Beatrice Alviso in 1916 and had one son before Beatrice died of TB in 1925. Vincent then married Cipriana "Zippie" Gonzales, a widow with 2 sons. Vincent and Zippie had one daughter, Dolores. They lived in Madera until the death of Zippie, then Vincent moved to Modesto to live with his daughter Dolores and her family until his death.
The six years Grandpa lived with us were wonderful. We talk often of him sitting in a bright orange wicker lawn chair, under the apricot tree in the back yard, listening to the SF Giants on the radio while repairing the stitching on the baseballs used by my brothers. Grandpa kept the yard blooming and growing, and some of the roses he planted still bloom today! The old orange chair now sits on my front porch with a basket of blooming flowers on the seat...but I still see Grandpa there!
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