CONSULAR REGISTRATIONS



American citizens who intended to stay in a foreign country for a long period of time
were required to register with the American consulate in the country they were visiting.

Robert Emmet Benavides, born Pleasanton, Texas on 15 Jan 1878; father Miguel Benavides, born 11 Feb 1852 at C. Guerrero, Tamps., Mexico; married to Viola Still Benavides, born Elizabethtown, New York on 11 Jun 1877; one child, Helen Josephine Benavides, born Mexico 31 Oct 1906. Document dated 02 Aug 1920 at the Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Roy Wilson Chapman, born Pleasanton, Texas on 12 Oct 1884; father Henry Wilson Chapman, born in Texas; married to Rhoda Ernestine McLean, born Portage la Prarie-Manitoba 28 Feb 1890; two children, Leigh McLean Chapman born Cuba 30 Jun 1914 and Roy Wilson Chapman, Jr. born Cuba 08 Dec 1916. Document dated 25 Jun 1917 at the Consulate in Havana, Cuba.

Erastus A. Coward, born Pleasanton, Texas on 28 Jan 1889;single. Document dated 14 Apr 1914 in Mexico.

Ellis F. Gates, born Lytle, Texas on 6 Feb 1886; married to Francis Adams, born in Devine, Texas. Document dated 14 May 1911, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

William Henry Jolliff, born Atascosa County, Texas on 09 Sep 1867; married to Exah Caldonia Johnson, born in Bandera County, Texas; children Ella Belle born 10 May 1898, Alice Caldonia born 30 Nov 1899, Richard Henry born 27 Jul 1901 and Andrew Hebert born 29 Mar 1903, all in Mexico. Document dated 14 May 1910 at Ensenada, L.C., Mexico.

Dennis Estill Hamer, born Atascosa County, Texas on 12 Jul 1882; single. Document dated 13 Jan 1913 at Mexico City.

Fred McCowen, born Cambellton, Texas 21 Jun 1883; single. Document dated Feb 1913 at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.





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