The information on Walt Disney I got from a magazine
that I once subscribed to called "Hispanic".  But I
never did check out their source.  

Also, the baseball player's name was Ted Williams.

Alberto

--- Emilie Garcia <auntyemfaustus@...> wrote:

> Alberto,
> 
> I have heard of the Hispanic or Latino heritage of
> Rita Hayworth (Rita Cansino), Anthony Quinn (my
> father-in-law knew him in El Paso-Juarez in the
> 1920's as well as Gilbert Roland), but Walt Disney? 
> I heard from someone in my Reveles line whose father
> worked at MGM in the 1920s-1940s and knew all these
> people, that Walt Disney was a Spaniard of Sephardic
> Jewish heritage, but that guy turned out not to be
> reliable.  He claims to be a Sephardic Jew.  I found
> out later that the Reveles' in Los Angeles are all
> buried in the Catholic cemetery, including this
> guy's father.   Where did you hear about Walt
> Disney?  I have never heard of a reliable source for
> that information.
> 
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA --
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Alberto Duarte<mailto:albertodua@...> 
>   To:
>
ranchos@yahoogroups.com<mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com>
> 
>   Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:08 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: Scientists/Inventors
> 
> 
>   Regarding Tomas Alva Edison...
>   A couple of years ago, I had a number of people
> from
>   Zacatecas tell me that Tomas Edison was originally
>   from Zacatecas.  Hard to believe it, but possible.
> 
>   And why not, Walt Disney was of latino parents. So
> was
>   Rita Hayward, Anthony Quinn, George Bush Jr.,
> Governor
>   Richardson from New Mexico, the last major league
>   baseball player to hit over .400 (William's I
>   believe), Linda Ronstadt, and many others that I
>   cannot remember.  And I sure there will many more
>   within our life time.
> 
>   Hey, don't forget we come from great stock.
> 
>   Alberto Duarte Prieto
>   Santa Maria, California
> 
>   --- aajay1073 <aajay1073@...> wrote:
> 
>   > Here is a partial family tree for Thomas Alva
>   > Edison:
>   >
>
http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/thomas-edison/<http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/thomas-edison/>
>   > 
>   > Here is a bio page:
>   >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison>
>   > 
>   > Hope this helps,
>   > Angie
>   > 
>   > --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "John Gonzalez"
>   > <1gnzlz@v...> wrote:
>   > >
>   > > Hi Joseph:
>   > > 
>   > > I ran into a bit of information that I find
> hard
>   > to believe.
>   > > I have a book titled: Teocaltiche Tierra de
>   > Arrieros y Hacendados 
>   > con 
>   > > Familias Ilustres.  The author is Nicolas de
> Anda
>   > Sanches.
>   > > 
>   > > On page 47. I quote:  " Tambien de este linaje
>   > desciende Dn. Juan 
>   > de 
>   > > Alva que era arriero o carretero en el siglo
>   > pasado y que segun Dn. 
>   > > Victoriano Salado Alvarez, iba hasta los
> estados
>   > de Nuevo Mexico y 
>   > > Texas, a él se le atribuye ser el padre del
>   > "scientifico 
>   > patentador" de 
>   > > miles de inventos, Dn. Tomas Alva Edison, nos
> lo
>   > comenta en el 
>   > capitulo 
>   > > II de sus Memorias, correspondiendole a
>   > Encarnación de Diaz, ser la 
>   > > abuela de dicho personaje." 
>   > > 
>   > > I always thought that Thomas Edison's family
> came
>   > from Canada.
>   > > 
>   > > Can anybody shed some light on this? Any
> ideas?
>   > > 
>   > > John Gonzalez
>   > > Wildomar CA.
>   > >
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
> 
> 
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