Luz and Mita Valdez

My great-great-grandmother Mita Martinez Valdez was born high in the mountains. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Indians liked to kidnap little blond girls so her parents married her (in name only) to an old farmer who lived in the San Luis valley. Mita soon fell in love with a town boy, my great-great-grandfather Luz Valdez. Mita used to dream that the old man would die so she could marry Luz, and eventually he did. After they married he established a farm and Luz opened a general store in San Luis. They had three children: Octavian, Rebeca and another child.   

  When it became obvious that Octavian was no farmer, Luz went to Pueblo and qualified to adopt a little red-headed boy, Uncle Frank. When Rebeca died, Mita and Luz took her daughter Millie in as well. Octavian dressed in a suit every day. He had Bella and Aunt Millie running to make sure all his clothes was perfect. The nuns loved Octavian for his heavenly violin playing.  He gave the masses an extra beauty.

Octavian eventually married and bought a house in town. He had two sons. One day an excited Aunt Millie came after mom to help save Octavian. He had been having an affair with a farmer's wife in San Acasio and Octavian's wife was on her way there with a loaded pistol. The sheriff, a local merchant, Bella and Millie all went after Octavian. When they arrived Octavian was in the yard and his wife was still in her car. The sheriff sat them down and they all had a drink, and resolved to drop the matter. Later in the day when Octavian came home, he crawled into the yard and up the steps and begged to be forgiven. Mom witnessed the whole thing. When he died you could smell the alcohol from the front gate. His two sons moved away and were not heard from again.