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Noble person, JOSE GALLARDO MARCIAL…
And it was a merchant and a Highway Patrolman who served as witnesses (essentially character witnesses), both Anglo/Teutonic of ancestry. Please notice that Jose Gallardo Marcial's race/ethnicity is recorded as White, which is actually more correct than other terms and faux inventions such as "Hispanic".
Also it is interesting to take notice that the recorder in Travis County (Austin) managed to misspell Penjamo (twice), and Morelia (once). Another point that is compelling is that Jose Gallardo Marcial had a well-developed hand in terms of writing in script (cursive) form, indicating an advanced intelligence and discipline, developed at an early age.
It shows that he probably completed primary, which in these times in Texas would be more than equivalent to High School completion. He might even completed Mexican secondary, which would to-day, be about the same as two or four years of university in Texas. (Yes, Virginia, seriously)
One final thing that is of interest is the fact that his Naturalisation occurred shortly after the Roosevelt Administration had completed a Mexican and foreign nationals expulsion programme. This meant that the two aforementioned witnesses had to have substantially vigorous commitment to keep this obviously worthwhile member of the American community….in Texas (and therefore America).
We include the above note due to the fact that Conservative / Republicans are always linked to the notion that we want to drive out people of different languages, colours, races, ethnicities, or whatever. The fact is that we are the most accepting of having new people arrive who are actually qualified to access the ladder of success and who can fold into the peculiar American culture as positive contributors.
It was Roosevelt, his wife Eleanor, and the ghouls of the "New Deal" who figured out that the best way to solve the Great Depression problem was to run off all the Mexicans…which they did. Somewhat lamentably, about 20 per cent of all those who were run off (deported) were American citizens. Another large body of them had been granted work permits and permanent resident-alien status. That designation was the last step to qualifying for candidacy for citizenship once completing the civic and moral examinations required.
Jose Gallardo Marcial went through all of that, and succeeded in becoming an American citizen. It took eleven years after he was accepted into the country temporarily. He became a family man, with his wife, Maria. He was one of those peculiar birds who never missed a day of work. He was active in his Church (Roman Catholic) and performed in Christmas Pageants as Joseph for many years. He served also as sacistran for the Church.
An oddity or co-incidence, is that my father served as head counsellor at Del Valle High School when he moved up to Austin, Texas in 1966. Del Valle was adjacent to the recently established B-47 Air Force Base, and the school district had a large military dependent student body. Jose Gallardo Marcial lived in Del Valle, Texas and had children who attended that high school where my father was the senior guidance counsellor.
Thank the Good Lord for people such as Jose Gallardo Marcial who came to Texas to make this land great.
El Gringo Viejo
And it was a merchant and a Highway Patrolman who served as witnesses (essentially character witnesses), both Anglo/Teutonic of ancestry. Please notice that Jose Gallardo Marcial's race/ethnicity is recorded as White, which is actually more correct than other terms and faux inventions such as "Hispanic".
Also it is interesting to take notice that the recorder in Travis County (Austin) managed to misspell Penjamo (twice), and Morelia (once). Another point that is compelling is that Jose Gallardo Marcial had a well-developed hand in terms of writing in script (cursive) form, indicating an advanced intelligence and discipline, developed at an early age.
It shows that he probably completed primary, which in these times in Texas would be more than equivalent to High School completion. He might even completed Mexican secondary, which would to-day, be about the same as two or four years of university in Texas. (Yes, Virginia, seriously)
One final thing that is of interest is the fact that his Naturalisation occurred shortly after the Roosevelt Administration had completed a Mexican and foreign nationals expulsion programme. This meant that the two aforementioned witnesses had to have substantially vigorous commitment to keep this obviously worthwhile member of the American community….in Texas (and therefore America).
We include the above note due to the fact that Conservative / Republicans are always linked to the notion that we want to drive out people of different languages, colours, races, ethnicities, or whatever. The fact is that we are the most accepting of having new people arrive who are actually qualified to access the ladder of success and who can fold into the peculiar American culture as positive contributors.
It was Roosevelt, his wife Eleanor, and the ghouls of the "New Deal" who figured out that the best way to solve the Great Depression problem was to run off all the Mexicans…which they did. Somewhat lamentably, about 20 per cent of all those who were run off (deported) were American citizens. Another large body of them had been granted work permits and permanent resident-alien status. That designation was the last step to qualifying for candidacy for citizenship once completing the civic and moral examinations required.
Jose Gallardo Marcial went through all of that, and succeeded in becoming an American citizen. It took eleven years after he was accepted into the country temporarily. He became a family man, with his wife, Maria. He was one of those peculiar birds who never missed a day of work. He was active in his Church (Roman Catholic) and performed in Christmas Pageants as Joseph for many years. He served also as sacistran for the Church.
An oddity or co-incidence, is that my father served as head counsellor at Del Valle High School when he moved up to Austin, Texas in 1966. Del Valle was adjacent to the recently established B-47 Air Force Base, and the school district had a large military dependent student body. Jose Gallardo Marcial lived in Del Valle, Texas and had children who attended that high school where my father was the senior guidance counsellor.
Thank the Good Lord for people such as Jose Gallardo Marcial who came to Texas to make this land great.
El Gringo Viejo
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