FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT PART III AND

IV Victoria OlivaGeo – 10Professor Schmidt

JUAN OLIVA For my family history project I interviewed my dad, Juan Oliva. We both learned more about our family as we had to get in contact with other relatives to find the answers to some of my interview questions. It was very intriguing to see the connections my family had with our geography terms.

My dad was born in Tijuana, Mexico.

He is the youngest son of David Rodriguez Oliva and Victoria Delgado Oliva.

My grandmother was born in Ejutla, Jalisco.

My grandfather was born in La Estanzuela, Michoacan.

They migrated to Tijuana, Mexico after they met and moved in together to start a family.

They migrated to California from Mexico when my dad was about 1 years old.

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 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 family. Some pull factors of coming to the states were better opportunities such as, better jobs, education, and a safer neighborhood to raise a family in.

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.

Living 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 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 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.