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Isidro Canlas
and Long Beach
in 1910

In His Own Words
  • A  Demonstration  Research  Project
  • by  Eloisa  Gomez  Borah
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Who is Isidro Canlas?
  • Born:  May 15, 1888, Bacolor, Pampanga, RP
  •                     (Mother’s maiden name was Fabian)
  • Arrived in Long Beach in 1910
  • Died:  October 22, 1969, Long Beach, Calif.
  • Buried:  Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, CA
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Canlas in Buffalo, New York - 1905
  • In 1905, “I went to work at Buffalo, New York, for Mr. Fuller, who is now a banker.”


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Canlas in Denver, CO - 1906
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Canlas in Long Beach, CA - 1910
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Canlas Registers for the Draft 1917
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World War 1 Registration Card
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Canlas Marries - 1917
  • He makes news again a month later …
  • He married Lydia Davolos , of Mexican descent.
  • They had to go to Tia Juana, Mexico to marry.


  • Isidro was 26, Lydia was 19.
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1920 U.S. Census
  • Canlas address is 1225 Saint Louis St.,
  •    in Long Beach.  He is a renter.


  •    He is a Laborer in Wholesale Industry
  •    He is 29 years old
  •    His wife Lydia is 22 years old
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1930 U.S. Census
  • Canlas address is 1330 Rose Ave., LB
  •     He now owns his own home.
  •    His income is 7,000.00
  •    He is a Foreman for a Cement Plant
  •     He has a daughter, Virginia, 8 years old
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Canlas buried in Long Beach - 1969
  • Canlas died on October 22, 1969
  • in Long Beach, California


  • He is buried in the Sunnyside Cemetery,
  • on Willow St. in Long Beach, California


  • His gravesite is just inside the main gate,
  • to the left, under the second Magnolia tree


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More Research Needed
  • Info on his daughter (born 1932) or grandchildren
  • Name of ship he arrived on
  • WW1 military records
  • What he did in Buffalo, NY
  • More about his time in Denver
  • Known U.S. Addresses:
  •      1905-1906 = ????  ????, Buffalo, NY
  •       1906-1910 = 3010 Lawrence St, Denver, CO
  •       1910-1917 = 1039 Appleton St., Long Beach, CA
  •       1920 Census = 1225 St. Louis St., Long Beach, CA
  •       1930 Census = 1330 Rose St., Long Beach, CA
  •       19??-1969 = ???? ????, Long Beach, CA