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Harvey Buttner,
Getrudis Robles'
husband
Getrudis Robles'
husband
Really cool photo
of Harvey back in
the wild west
days!
Photos courtesy
of his grandson
Harvey Provencio
of Harvey back in
the wild west
days!
Photos courtesy
of his grandson
Harvey Provencio
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Yeah, I love this photo, it's one of my favorites. You can tell because I use it throughout the
website whenever, wherever I can. When Gilberto "Longo" Robles Figueroa, who is legally
blind, walked back into his living room 3 years ago and handed this photo to me without
saying a word I almost choked as I realized it answered my question of the existence of
additional Robles brothers and sisters beyond Tula (Gertrudis) and Miguel, which were the
only two names that my elderly mother had ever heard-had ever met- and therefore my
extent of knowledge when it came to the Robles brother and sisters.
Suddenly, here before my very eyes was a photo of Tula who was to become for me a key
person in researching the Robles family as she seemed to get around to see everyone from
Douglas to Globe at one time or another. The mere mention of her name to someone elicits
an emotional, "Ay, Mi Tia Tula", said with a look in their eyes or a certain sound in their
voices of recalling someone they remember beyond fondness. I know her pretty well myself
now having listened to stories of those who knew and loved her. I love her, too.
So this was my great grandfather Miguel that my mother would go to the tax office in Globe
with when she was just a little girl 85 years ago to interpret for him in English as he did
business. The one who built adobe houses for his children along the washes off of Yuma &
Broad Street and kept a ranchito where he grew vegetables that my mother and her brother
David gathered and brought home for my grandmother Carlota to cook. He was good
looking as I had been told and I see his moustache waxed with butter that he was so
meticulous about. Think he loved women because he married three times---that moustache
would have helped to catch their eye. I know I love a man with a well groomed moustache.
How surprising it was to 'meet' Rafael who my uncle Bill is a very close spitting image of. Tied
a couple generations of Robles men right together that did not even know of one another's
existence. They tilt their heads the same way and have the same kind eyes. And kinda
big-squarish heads. The same weathered look. My uncle Bill has blue, blue eyes....think
Rafael did, too. .
What occasion brought them together for this photo? Where is this adobe wall that they
stand in front of? Is it in Hermosillo, Mexico or Bisbee, Arizona? Where are their other
brothers and sisters? They don't look particularly dressed up like they had been attending
a wedding or a funeral. Was it a reunion of sorts and they were the only ones who could
attend? Is it late Fall or early Spring as they are wearing long sleeves and light coats? Lots
of questions. Sometimes the answers come as we examine the photos and sometimes not.
If Gilberto had not produced this photo almost at the inception of my research you probably
wouldn't be reading this right now. There wouldn't be a website. They meant it to be.
This photo of Gertrudis, Miguel, Rafael, and Margarita provided the answer I was looking for.
The answers you get from the photos depends upon your questions.
Welcome to the Robles photo gallery!
website whenever, wherever I can. When Gilberto "Longo" Robles Figueroa, who is legally
blind, walked back into his living room 3 years ago and handed this photo to me without
saying a word I almost choked as I realized it answered my question of the existence of
additional Robles brothers and sisters beyond Tula (Gertrudis) and Miguel, which were the
only two names that my elderly mother had ever heard-had ever met- and therefore my
extent of knowledge when it came to the Robles brother and sisters.
Suddenly, here before my very eyes was a photo of Tula who was to become for me a key
person in researching the Robles family as she seemed to get around to see everyone from
Douglas to Globe at one time or another. The mere mention of her name to someone elicits
an emotional, "Ay, Mi Tia Tula", said with a look in their eyes or a certain sound in their
voices of recalling someone they remember beyond fondness. I know her pretty well myself
now having listened to stories of those who knew and loved her. I love her, too.
So this was my great grandfather Miguel that my mother would go to the tax office in Globe
with when she was just a little girl 85 years ago to interpret for him in English as he did
business. The one who built adobe houses for his children along the washes off of Yuma &
Broad Street and kept a ranchito where he grew vegetables that my mother and her brother
David gathered and brought home for my grandmother Carlota to cook. He was good
looking as I had been told and I see his moustache waxed with butter that he was so
meticulous about. Think he loved women because he married three times---that moustache
would have helped to catch their eye. I know I love a man with a well groomed moustache.
How surprising it was to 'meet' Rafael who my uncle Bill is a very close spitting image of. Tied
a couple generations of Robles men right together that did not even know of one another's
existence. They tilt their heads the same way and have the same kind eyes. And kinda
big-squarish heads. The same weathered look. My uncle Bill has blue, blue eyes....think
Rafael did, too. .
What occasion brought them together for this photo? Where is this adobe wall that they
stand in front of? Is it in Hermosillo, Mexico or Bisbee, Arizona? Where are their other
brothers and sisters? They don't look particularly dressed up like they had been attending
a wedding or a funeral. Was it a reunion of sorts and they were the only ones who could
attend? Is it late Fall or early Spring as they are wearing long sleeves and light coats? Lots
of questions. Sometimes the answers come as we examine the photos and sometimes not.
If Gilberto had not produced this photo almost at the inception of my research you probably
wouldn't be reading this right now. There wouldn't be a website. They meant it to be.
This photo of Gertrudis, Miguel, Rafael, and Margarita provided the answer I was looking for.
The answers you get from the photos depends upon your questions.
Welcome to the Robles photo gallery!
