Tomas Romo
1898
Untitled [Madam Candelaria, 113 years old, survivor of the Alamo]

Cabinet card
17 x 11 cm
 
DeGolyer Library, South Methodist University - SMU
Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Call number: Ag2008.0005
 
Madam Candelaria's real name was Andrea Castanon Villanueva (1785-1899), but after marrying Mr. Candelario Villanueva in San Antonio, she was known as Madam Candelaria. She claimed to have been in the Alamo during the battle of 1836. In 1891, the State of Texas awarded her a pension for being an Alamo survivor (The Handbook of Texas Online).
 
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