13 things about El Cubo, Guanajuato, Mexico native Carmen Martinez Lazo

Maria Del Carmen Martinez Lazo was a Mexican-American woman from Texas, United States. She was born in El Cubo, Guanajuato, Mexico to Andrew Martinez and Dolores Barajas.

BIOGRAPHY

Carmen was 3 months younger than her husband Tomas Lazo Sr. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1935, she and Tomas got married.
2. In 1936, she gave birth to Maria Evangelina Lazo Armendarez in Dallas, Texas.
3. In 1938, she gave birth to Margarita Lazo Juarez.
4. In 1940, she gave birth to Beatrice Lazo Perez.
5. In 1942, she gave birth to Minerva Lazo Gomez.
6. In 1943, she gave birth to Carmen Therese Lazo.
7. In 1945, she gave birth to Esperanza Lazo Brown.
8. In 1949, she gave birth to Tomas Lazo Jr.
9. In February 1960, her daughter Maria married Albert Armendarez.
10. On July 14, 1964, her granddaughter Esmeralda Armendarez was born.
11. On June 12, 1993, her husband died in Dallas at the age of 79.
12. On July 15, 2013, she turned 100.
13. On August 27, 2013, she died in Irving, Texas.

On October 27, 2001, Carmen’s granddaughter Esmeralda got married in Dallas to Thomas Paul “Tom” Upton, who died on April 7, 2020. On June 14, 2024, she was convicted of one misdemeanor charge of terroristic threat and three misdemeanor assault charges.