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May Brown, b. 7th Mar 1904
in Santa Fe New Mexico. Daughter of Hiram Turner
Brown and Mary Antonia Hyder. She d.
29 Jan 1961 in Los Angles, California. Married Joseph Diego Shoats in 1919. m#2:
Guisseppe (Joe) DelFrate son of angelo Delfrate and Sabina Nanni m#3: Glenn Luther m#4: George W Van Wagner m#5: Orville Dewey
Graham
Mama May had a mattress factory in Old town on the Plaza. There was a family fried called Jack Donahoe who would
come in and work for her. One day she had to go do some business and asked jack to watch the store.
When she came back one room was filled with old mattress and she asked him what they were doing there. He said
that he had gone around and done free mattress inspections. The old cotton mattress had cotton balls where the mattress was
tied and took a lead pencil over it and the mites will cling to the lead. She told them to get them out, and when people
went to look at the mattress they were full of dirt and dust and the people would not take them. He told them that it
was'nt dirt but renovation powder.
The factory was later converted into a very nice Mexican restaurant the "La Placita Restaurant".
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| Mama May in Albq. NM abt 1939/40 taken by a street vender in front of Cress 5 & dime. |
she was only 16 or 17 years old when she married Joseph Diego Shoats, he was about 12 years older than her. Joseph
died when Joseph Jr. was only one month and three days old. Leaving her a widow with three sons at age 21.
Her favorite Hymn was Old Rugged Cross and a song that came out some time in the 1960's "This Ole House" she said it reminded her of her house on southhall lane in Bell California.
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Children of May Brown and Joseph Diego Shoats:
- Hiram Turner Shoats b.April 23, 1921 Albuquerque,
NM d. Dec 27, 1991, los Angeles, CA. m. Theresa Justa Terrazas m#2: Julia Raquel Duarte m#3: Yoncha Ye
? m#4: Helen Litesinger
- William Henry Shoats b. June 8, 1923 Albuquerque,
NM m. Opal Edith Johnson
- Joseph Diego Shoats b. July 2, 1925 Albuquerque,
NM m. Mildred Louise Patterson. M#2: Joyce Elizabeth Blair
- Patricia May (Delfrate) b. Apr 17, 1938 Albuquerque,
NM d. Sept 18, 2000 Valley center, CA
- Josephine Mary Gloria Delfrate b. Mar 21, 1932
Albuquerque, NM
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