10 things about Dallas, Texas’s Tomas Lazo Sr.

Tomas “Tom” Lazo Sr. was a Mexican-American man from Dallas, Texas, United States. He was born in Mexico to Tomas Lazo and Alberta Martinez Flores.

BIOGRAPHY

Tom Sr. and his wife Carmen Martinez Lazo have one son named Tomas Lazo Jr. The couple also has four daughters namely Maria Evangelina Lazo, Margarita Lazo, Bea Lazo and Minerva Lazo.

Carmen was 3 months younger than Tom Sr. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. In 1935, he and Carmen got married.
2. In 1936, Carmen gave birth to Maria.
3. In 1938, Carmen gave birth to Margarita.
4. In 1940, Carmen gave birth to Bea.
5. In 1942, Carmen gave birth to Minerva.
6. In 1949, Carmen gave birth to their only son.
7. In February 1960, his daughter Maria married Albert Armendarez.
8. In 1964, his daughter Maria gave birth to Esmeralda Armendarez.
9. On October 29, 1992, he turned 79.
10. On June 12, 1993, he died in Dallas.

On October 27, 2001, Tomas’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.