Person:Maria Tellez (1)

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Maria Virginia Tellez
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][4] Maria Virginia Tellez
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 15 Sep 1872 Jáltipan de Morelos, Veracruz, Mexico
Marriage 10 Mar 1895 Jáltipan de Morelos, Veracruz, Mexicoto Edmund Kirby Smith, Jr.
Death[1][3] 9 Mar 1958 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Burial[1] American Cemetery, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Veracruz, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1860-1947.
  3. Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1861-1987
    p. 49.
  4. United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives)
    17 Sep 1918.

    Mrs. Virginia Tellez Kirby-Smith, and children:
    Virginia Tellez, born Sewanee, Tenn., 5 Dec 1906.
    Maria Linda, born Sewanee, Tenn., 8 Oct 1911.
    Born Jaltipan, Mexico, 15 Sep 1874 [sic].
    Husband, Edmund Kirby-Smith, born in Louisville, Ky., now residing in Mexico City as a civil engineer.
    Permanent residence: Sewanee, Tenn.
    Lastd left the U.S. Nov 1916, arriving at Mexico City in Nov 1916, for the purpose of "wife."
    Resided in Mexico, 1874-1898.
    Intend to return to the United States within 5 yrs, or "when conditions become normal in Mexico."

    Sworn at U.S. Embassy, Mexico City, 5 Aug 1918.

    Description: 44 yrs, 5'3", high forehead, brown eyes, regular nose, medium mouth, regular chin, gray hair, olive complexion, oval face.

    Margaret Witshire Semnes, resident of Memphis, Tenn., swears she has known Virginia Tellez Kirby-Smith personally for 10 yrs.

    "Applicant desires to have passport held for her at the Bureau of Citizenship, Department of State."

  5.   California, United States. California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957. (Washington, D.C.)
    4 Apr 1941.

    SS Lurline, sailing from Honolulu, 28 Mar 1941, arriving at Los Angeles, 4 Apr 1941.

    Line 30: Kirby Smith, Virginia 67 yrs [nothing on remainder of line]
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    Line 1: Kirby Smith, Maria 25 yrs [nothing on remainder of line]