Person:Dalio So Lee (2)

SIN 92. Extract from Baptismal Record of Carlos So Lee, Cathedral Church of Saint Francis of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico. Extract dated 1 June 1904.

SIN 91. Extract from Baptismal Record of Dalio So Lee, Cathedral Church of Saint Francis of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico. Extract dated 1 June 1904.

SIN 289. Database: "California Death Records"; RootsWeb.com

SIN 535. Requiem Mass Card for Mariano G. Padilla, St. Ann Church. Published by Mirabal Mortuary, 1730 N. Broadway (Los Angeles?).

SIN 403. Interiew with Minnie Delgado, various dates 1999-2005, by Brent Banta. Transcript held by Banta. (8 pp)

1. At various times Lalo owned a restaurant in Los Angeles, Delano, Phoenix, Marysville. (Daughter, Minnie Delgado, 6/19/99). He cooked for a retired Mexican film star in Los Angeles. A friend of the actor, named Fernandez, had a restaurant in Delano. Lalo went to work with him and later bought the business after Fernandez became ill. (Daughter, Helen Vanegas, 6/12/01)

2. Lalo purchsed in Chinese markets speaking Chinese. In Phoenix, he used to go across the street to Chinatown where he played Chinese lottery. (Daughter, Lucy Fimbres, 6/19/99)

3. Our house was full of Chinese things, like incense. We took naps on mats. (Lucy, 6/19/99)

4. Lalo worked as a cook from about the age of 12. [Anita, 1994]

5. The restaurant in Los Angeles was on Main Street. It may have been known as "Tuttles'", after the owner. [Lucy, 29 July 2007]

6. The Mass Card for Dalio's funeral gives his name as Mariano G. Padilla. Both Lucy and Minnie believe that Mariano was his given name, though he was known as Lalo all his life. The "G" stood for Gonzales. [Conversation, 24 Nov 2007] Both Lalo and his sister, Anita, used the surname Padilla, having dropped the So Lee surname after the death of their father.

"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K86H-LH3 : 28 November 2014), Lalo Padilla in entry for Gilberto L Vanegas and Helen R Padilla, 28 Oct 1953; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,364.

Year: 1900; Census Place: Santa Fe Ward 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Roll: 1002; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1241002
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Household Members:
Name Age DOB POB ImYr MYrs F-POB M-POB
Joe Lee 33 Jun 1866 China 1882 6 China China
Josefa G Lee 26 Apr 1874 NM --- 6 NM NM 3 children/3 living
Dalio Lee 4 Sep 1895 NM --- - China NM
Charles Lee 3 Dec 1896 NM --- - China NM
Anita Lee 2 Aug 1897 NM --- - China NM


Name: Mariano G Padilla
Social Security #: 554125262
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1899
Birth Place: New Mexico
Death Date: 26 Jan 1969
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Gonzales

NAME: Mariano Padilla
1925 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - cook
1928 - Phoneix, Arizona, USA - cook, 546 B Washington, with Gloria Padilla (as Marino G Padilla)
1929 - Chandler, Arizona, USA - cook, 427 Convent alley, with Gloria R Padilla
1930 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - restaurant, 532 E Washington, with Gloria Padilla

NAME: Lalo Padilla
1919 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - waiter
1936 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA (with Gloria)
1937 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA (with Gloria)
1955 - Marysville; Yuba City, California, USA (with Gloria)

Year: 1910; Census Place: Tucson Ward 1, Pima, Arizona; Roll: T624_41; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1374054
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Street: Pearl St
Household Members:
Name Age POB
Josie Solee --- NM widowed
Candelario Solee 14 NM Errand boy, grocery
Charlie Solee 12 NM ---
Anita Solee 8 NM ---