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Christina “Cristina” <I>Villa</I> Allen

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Christina “Cristina” Villa Allen

Birth
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
Death
28 Nov 1961 (aged 73)
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Cristina was born in Tucson, Arizona Territory. She was orphaned at a very young age, reared by the Catholic nuns at the Carondelet Orphanage. She married Narcisso Torres at age 15: she worked as a cook/laundress for the miners in Johnson, Arizona where she gave birth to 5 children. After Narcisso died, she married a Texan, Columbus Baxter Allen, in 1920 in Lowell, Arizona where her 6th child, Charles Villa Allen was born. The family moved to Miami, Arizona where Columbus died and is buried. Cristina moved to Phoenix with her sons where she died in 1961.
Cristina left many grandchildren and great grand children behind that remember her as a kind and generous woman who loved the Lord.
Cristina was born in Tucson, Arizona Territory. She was orphaned at a very young age, reared by the Catholic nuns at the Carondelet Orphanage. She married Narcisso Torres at age 15: she worked as a cook/laundress for the miners in Johnson, Arizona where she gave birth to 5 children. After Narcisso died, she married a Texan, Columbus Baxter Allen, in 1920 in Lowell, Arizona where her 6th child, Charles Villa Allen was born. The family moved to Miami, Arizona where Columbus died and is buried. Cristina moved to Phoenix with her sons where she died in 1961.
Cristina left many grandchildren and great grand children behind that remember her as a kind and generous woman who loved the Lord.


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  • Maintained by: D Turner
  • Originally Created by: Suzy & Rob
  • Added: May 1, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109794656/christina-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Christina “Cristina” Villa Allen (14 Dec 1887–28 Nov 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109794656, citing Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by D Turner (contributor 48234218).