Contreras Family Papers 1820-1944

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Contreras Family Papers 1820-1944

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This collection is comprised of business and private papers pertaining to AbramContreras, Felipe Peralta, Emiliano Contreras and their relatives who resided in Socorro County,central New Mexico, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

1 box (.38 cu. ft.)

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spa,

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Contreras, Emiliano

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Peralta, Felipe

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Charles Ilfeld Company

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Charles Ilfeld, born in Homburg, Germany in 1847, arrived in Santa Fe, N.M. in 1865. After working as a clerk for the mercantile business of Elsberg and Amberg he relocated to Taos to work for Adolph Letcher. In 1867 the Adolph Letcher and Company moved to Las Vegas, N.M., where Charles became a partner in the firm. Seven years later, Letcher sold his interest to Ilfeld, who changed the name of the business to Charles Ilfeld Company. Ilfeld's business eventually grew into the largest mercantile ...

Contreras, Abram

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Contreras family

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Felipe Peralta was a La Joya merchant and Socorro County Justice of the Peace. Abram Contreras was a merchant of La Joya, New Mexico, and his son, Emiliano Contreras, was postmaster of Contreras, New Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. From the guide to the Contreras Family Papers, 1820-1944, (University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research.) ...