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Luis Noriega Medrano

1 - With Spirit of St. Louis

Luis Noriega Medrano was born in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, in the town of Guadalupe, in 1904. Luis Noriega Medrano’s paternal ancestors came from the Principality of Asturias, a coastal community in north-west Spain, and the exact date his ancestor arrived in Mexico is not known. His father was Juan Manuel Noriega Reza and his mother Eloisa Medrano.

His story is next on this blog which pays homage to an almost unsung hero.

Chapter One is here in PDF form.

Chapter One is here in text form.

Chapter Two is here in PDF form.

Chapter Two is here in text form.

Chapter Three is here in PDF form.

Chapter Three is here in text form.

Chapter Four is here in PDF form.

Chapter Four is here in text form.

Chapter Five is here in PDF form.

Chapter Five is here in text form.

Chapter Six is here in PDF form.

Chapter Six is here in text form.

Chapter Seven is here in PDF form.

Chapter Seven is here in text form.

Chapter Eight is here in PDF form.

Chapter Eight is here in text form.

Old pictures and my 5th cousin once removed

Remembrance Day 2017

Our Ancestors

Old pictures sometimes are the only thing left to remember people by…

Or headstones…

Or Memorial Websites

Or a 94 year-old veteran who remembers the Fallen.

Gordon Hill remembered his old friend Larry Legace with pictures he kept all these years. First, with a picture taken at No.5 ITS (Initial Training School) Belleville, Ontario…

No.5 ITS Belleville, Ontario

Next, with a group picture taken later at No.4 EFTS Windsor Mills, Quebec in the summer of 42…

No.4 EFTS Windsor Mills, Quebec

Finally with a group picture taken at No.13 SFTS St. Hubert, Quebec…

SFTS St. Hubert

No.13 SFTS St. Hubert, Quebec

St-Hubert SFTS No 65 course

Colorised version

This photo of Larry was found on Ancestry’s Website.

Larry Legace real name was Lawrence Ferdinand Legace. His record of service is available for everyone to look at. Probably no one is looking for Lawrence since he never had any descendants…

Unless he fathered a child during the war…

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