"He's been alone there for 101 years on Nov. Gulley and some family members plan to visit Thanksgiving weekend, placing a tombstone on Manuel's grave. "Sharon Jaso at the cemetery and Marcia Mathews at the church responded immediately to my inquiries, and immediately went to work to search for records found them and, sent them to me,'' Gulley said. Just more than 100 years later, Manuel's grave has been located and record of baptism found with the help of St. The Machados have no fewer than 175 direct descendants. The last surviving child, Alice Mae Machado Mendes, died in 2020. The Machados went on to have more children - 14 all together, with 12 of them reaching adulthood.
Mary Catholic Church provided a layette for the burial and helped the family with expenses during their stay.īaby Manuel Jacinto Machado was buried in an unmarked grave at St. The family was also half a continent away from home.
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Plans to board the train were extended by 24 hours and a funeral planned.Īntonio, who worked for a dairy in California, lacked the money for a full burial. "I've researched her family tree and am trying to find descendants of her family." "She appears often in at that time - a real angel of Newton in the 1920's," Gulley said. However, Manuel died that morning - one day after his baptism.Ī "stand in" served as godmother, Miss Jo Conway. The children removed from the train recovered, and the family started preparing to return home. Antonio Laurentina Machado, gave birth to a baby boy the following day - Nov. "Following newspaper reports from there, it was learned that the mother - Mrs. "I had searched and searched, and three weeks ago hit paydirt with a newspaper article from the Kansan, about a family being removed from a Santa Fe Train on November 8, 1920," Gulley said. The train was fumigated.Īccording to Gulley, that article in the Kansan, found on, is what helped begin to piece together the pieces and solve the family mystery. The family was removed from the train and children hospitalized at Axtell Hospital. According to the Evening Kansan Republican, The four youngest children of the family broke out with measles while on the train.
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