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Morales Family Bible

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Title

Description

The Morales Family Bible is a subcollection of the Morales Family Collection. The Morales family established one of the earliest Mexican-American funeral homes during the Jim Crow era, and the first Spanish-speaking radio station in Houston. This Catholic Bible belonged to Angelina Morales, the matriarch of the family. It documents the family tree and sacraments received. This Bible served as a holder of ephemera, featuring over 100 saved items and annotations, including obituaries, newspaper clippings, letters, thank-you cards, prayer cards, and event napkins.

Creator

Morales, Angelina [Angie]

Source

Morales Family Collection

Rights

The Morales family retains all copyrights. For use, contact the Morales Memorial Foundation.

Format

JPG

Language

English

Spanish

Type

Still image

Text

Identifier

MORF0003

Coverage

HOUSTON (Tex.)

LOS Angeles (Calif.)

SAN Antonio (Tex.)

Collection Items

[Merry Christmas]

Ripped white page with tape marks and a short handwritten note saying Christmas greetings. The note is from one sibling to their sister and is written in green ink and in cursive.

Tags Bible records; Christmas; Ripped page; siblings; sister; writing
[4-14-ABRIL]

Ripped white page with tape marks and a handwritten date excluding the year. The date is written in green ink and the word ABRIL is overlaid on the word April.

Tags Ripped page; writing
[Presented to Martinez family...]

Presentation page for the Bible with handwritten names of the family members to whom the Bible is being presented to. The names include a date and are written in blue ink and cursive.

Tags Bible records; family; writing
Our Pledge

Red and white page with a short prayer referencing family members saying the rosary daily. This page has spaces to write the names of the mother and father of the household and more family members as well.

Tags Bible records; families; prayer; rosary; writing
[In Loving Memory Minnie Pedraza, Jesus and Angel]

Funeral prayer card with Jesus and an angel, and St. Francis of Assisi's prayer. The prayer card is in memory of Minnie Pedraza and it is on page ix.

Tags funeral; Jesus; memorial; Minnie Pedraza; prayer; Prayer cards; saints
[Pressed rose]

Old and fragile rose on Bible page ending with Genesis 39:18. The rose petals have been crushed into smaller pieces but the leaves and stem are intact.

Tags Flower
My Jesus have mercy on the soul of Juliette García

Funeral prayer card with an image of Saint Francis and birds. The card has a prayer in memory of Juliette Garcia, provided by Waltrip Funeral Directors, and it is on the page that ends with Exodus 4:8.

Tags Juliettte Garcia; prayer; Prayer cards; Saint Francis
[Pressed rose petal]

Rose petal on page ending with Exodus 16:33. The petal is rust colored, brittle, and is incomplete.

Tags Bible page; Flower
[Photograph of Denise Pappert to her grandmother, Mary R. Martinez]

Photograph of a woman wearing a white button-up and a pearl necklace. There is illegible writing transfer on the photo. On the back of the photo is a handwritten note in black ink from Denise to her grandmother, Mary R. Rodriguez.

Tags Denise; family; grandma; note; photograph; woman
Sylvia and Rudy May 11, 1985

White napkin with a cartoon bride and groom printed in pink. The napkin also includes the names of the bride and groom and the wedding date printed in pink ink.

Tags cartoon; napkin; pink; Wedding decorations; Weddings

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