FAMILY HISTORY PORJECT PART III AND

IVVictoria OlivaGeo – 10Professor Schmidt

MY MOM’S SIDE For my mom’s side I interviewed my mom. Although her resources on our family tree beyond her parents lives were very limited there are still some connections to our geography terms.

MY MOM’S SIDEMy mom is not sure where her grandparents emigrated from. However, she does know that her parents were born here in the United States. When interviewing my mom she mentioned that her parents moved a lot within California, also known as internal migration.

MY MOM’S SIDE When my grandpa remarried, he moved from La Puente, CA and bought a house for himself and his family out in Hisperia, CA because houses were inexpensive, pull factor.

MY MOM’S SIDE Although my mom is unsure of where her grandparents come from, for the most part, my family has adopted the assimilation of Americas culture. We celebrate most holidays and have the typical gatherings with the particular foods that go along with them.

MY DAD’S SIDE For my dad’s side of my family I interviewed my dad. We both learned about our family history as we had to ask others for information. It was very interesting to see how my dad’s side relates to our geography terms in several ways.

MY DAD’S SIDE My grandparents are part of the 4th wave of immigration when they entered the United States after crossing the borders of Mexico, also known as point of entry.

MY DAD’S SIDE My grandparents Victoria and David Oliva emigrated from Mexico. After coming to the states they resided in El Monte, CA. Some push factors of moving away from Mexico were lack of opportunities and not a promising future for their growing family. Some pull factors of coming to the states were better opportunities such as, better jobs, education, and a neighborhood to raise a family in.

MY DAD’S SIDE When settling in California my grandpa David Oliva worked under the secondary economic sector as a mechanic. As for my grandma, Victoria Oliva, she worked as a homemaker.

MY DAD’S SIDELiving in El Monte, CA there was not much of a language barrier for my grandparents because like Los Angeles, El Monte has an ethnic neighborhood of Spanish speakers. My dad, aunt, and uncle, however, did learn English through education.

MY DAD’S SIDE My dad’s side of the family is very small and it is hard to say whether our traditions have stuck around after time has passed. Whenever we do have family gatherings I’m always stuck at work. For the most part my dad’s side of the family has adopted the assimilation of America’s culture.

MY DAD’S SIDE My Grandpa was from Michoacan, Mexico.

My Grandma was from Jalisco, Mexico.

Later on after meeting each other they moved to Tijuana, Mexico.

Once they started a family is when they moved to El Monte, CA.