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Tony Benavides (b. 1937) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in San Vicente, Nuevo
León, May 5,
1937.
Director, Cristo Rey Community Center, from 1969; mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 2003-05; defeated, 2005.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Urban
League.
Still living as of 2005.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesus Benavides and Maria Benavides. |
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Belda Garza —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 9th District, 1999-.
Female.
Catholic.
Mexican ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Manuel R. Gatell (1867-1915) —
also known as Manuel Ricardo Gatell Garcia de
Quevedo —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, June 10,
1867.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; Vice-Consul
for Central America in Detroit,
Mich., 1897-98; Vice-Consul
for Honduras in Detroit,
Mich., 1899-1900; Vice-Consul
for Nicaragua in Detroit,
Mich., 1899-1901; Partido Federal candidate for Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1900.
Spanish and Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died in Cienfuegos, Cuba,
February
23, 1915 (age 47 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fidel Gatell=y=Moragás and Ana Garcia=de=Quevedo; married,
July
19, 1897, to Maria Antonia Antonmattei=y=Pietri. |
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Jesus Gonzales Jr. —
of Michigan.
Progressive. Candidate for Michigan
state senate 11th District, 1950; candidate for Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1951.
Hispanic ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Alma Pedroza (1917-1999) —
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
22, 1917.
Democrat. Opera
singer; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; travel agency
owner.
Female.
Mexican ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest while suffering from lung
cancer and colon
cancer, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
16, 1999 (age 81 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alfonso Pedroza. |
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Lupe Ramos-Montigny —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Kent County Democratic Party, 2003-04; member of Michigan
state board of education; elected 2012.
Female.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Demetrio Saenz —
of Michigan.
Human Rights candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 58th District, 1974.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 1974.
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Gumecindo Salas (b. 1941) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in 1941.
Democrat. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 24th District, 1970; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1977-84, 1987-94; defeated, 1972, 1984,
1994.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 1994.
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Vincent Tuero (1881-1953) —
also known as Vicente Sifuentes Tuero —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Southfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Durango,
January
26, 1881.
Socialist. Naturalized U.S. citizen; streetcar
conductor; financial
secretary and Treasurer,
Street Carmen's Union; candidate for New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1918; during a
railway strike in 1922, the Niagara Falls High Speed Line train line
was dynamited,
wrecking a train and injuring its passengers; in 1923, Tuero and
others were indicted
in federal court for conspiring to steal, transport, and place the
dynamite; a trial
was held in January 1926, but the charges against Tuero were
dismissed by the judge at the end of the prosecution's case.
Mexican ancestry.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Laurelwood Rest
Home, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 9,
1953 (age 72 years, 164
days).
Interment somewhere
in San Antonio, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mariano Tuero and Dolores (Sifuentes) Tuero. |
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