The Story of Maria del Socorro Gallego
In 1910, Maria del Socorro Gallego was born in Imuris, Sonora Mexico. Maria was the first of nine children who would survive to adulthood. As the firstborn daughter, she was tasked with taking care of her siblings while her parents were away. Despite this, she had a great love for school and grew up fiercely independent. Although she never went to college, she opened an ice cream parlor in Imuris around the age of eighteen and soon met the love of her life. Ernesto Elias came into her life and together started a great love story. Ernesto was from a generationally wealthy family, and married against the wishes of his father. Maria did not come from money, and Ernesto's father, Gesualdo Elias, did not support the union because of this. Maria and Ernesto had two children together, but only one would live past infancy. Emma, my grandmother, was born in 1940 (immigration accidentally put 1941 when they came to America). Through the interventions of his father, Ernes...