Zacarias Bellhouse was born 5 Nov 1888 in Pinos Altos, NM to Florencio & Juan (John) Bellhouse. He married Eliza (Maiden name unknown) in 1909, by 1920 they were divorced. They had two children, Cecilia & Brigido.
This is all the information I found.
Rec: 9 Oct 1919
Crime: Embezzlement
Term: 1-2 years & costs
I thought he looked like an interesting fellow, but when I started doing research I did not find any newspapers so I have no idea what he embezzled.
He died 17 Nov 1954 I have no idea where
I found some siblings
Felipe Bellhouse
1886–1971
Florencio Bellhouse
1891–1971
Sepriano Bellhouse
1895–
Sipriana Bellhouse
1896–1985
Brigido L Bellhouse
1897–1918
His brother Brigido died 25 Dec 1918 in Germany during the war, from disease
I just found out I had a great-grandfather named Zacarias Bellhouse who married a Ma;y Mendoza and lived in Arizona. They had two children, Dora and Gilbert, my maternal grandfather.
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Looking at the Census Zacharus came from a family of miners. He was the only one of them that was sent to school and learned how to read and write. He then was able to become a clerk. I imagine Zacharus didn’t like the way mine owners took the lions share of the profits from his families back breaking labor. You see he and his family were Mexican/indigenous and given the surname of their employer because they likely weren’t allowed to carry their own surnames given the context of the time.
ReplyDeleteZacharus was too smart for his own good and paid the price. His family moved out to California while he was imprisoned but some returned a few years later, Zacharus was waiting and they had a reunion. I hope times were better.
I am his great great nephew
He worked as a clerk
DeleteThank you ever so much for the added information.
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