The birth year on her headstone is wrong. She was born in what is now called Ciudad Juárez, but at the time of her birth it was still called El Pazo (Paso del Norte - "Pass of the North"). She was the daughter of Antonio Granillo (born circa 1815 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico) and Josefa Zambrano. Felicitas had a sister named Cruz.
Felicitas had a wooden leg most of her life, of which she aquired when she was a young teenager. There are three stories that have been passed down regarding why she had to have her own leg removed and replaced with the prosthetic. One is that she was bit by a snake which required most of her leg to be removed in order to save her life. The second story is that she had been invited to a dance to which her father said "no". Apparently she and another girl both liked the same boy, and since Felicitas could not attend the dance the other girl thought she would get to be the center of the boy's attention. At the last moment Felicitas was permitted to attend the dance, to which the boy turned his attention to her, and when the two were dancing the other jealous girl came and stomped her shoe heel into the top of Felicitas' foot, causing serious injury and then infection, to which required that her leg be removed in order to save her life. The third story is that she was at home cooking and a large pot of hot water fell and hit her foot. Apparently she did not go to the doctor and gangrene set in, requiring 3 surgeries of amputations to remove all of the infection. My mother was one of 3 family members who were permitted by Felicitas to assist with putting on her leg in the morning, and my mother was told the snake bite story by Felicitas when Mom was in the forth grade. Her mother (my grandmother) told her the dance story, and her Aunt (my grandmother's eldest sister) told her the falling pot story. It is unknown which story is true.
She and Desiderio had 8 children:
Juan (John) - b 1895 (circa) / d ?
Josefina (twin) - b 1891 / d 1953
Eloize (twin) - b 1891 / d 1965
Maria - b 1893 (circa) / d ?
Carmen - b 1903 / d 1980
Paula ("Wanda") - b 1914 (circa) / d ?
Ramon (Raymond) - b 1910 / d 1980
Manuel - b 1913 (circa) / d ?
In her later years her daughter, Carmen, took care of her until she passed away.
Felicitas had a wooden leg most of her life, of which she aquired when she was a young teenager. There are three stories that have been passed down regarding why she had to have her own leg removed and replaced with the prosthetic. One is that she was bit by a snake which required most of her leg to be removed in order to save her life. The second story is that she had been invited to a dance to which her father said "no". Apparently she and another girl both liked the same boy, and since Felicitas could not attend the dance the other girl thought she would get to be the center of the boy's attention. At the last moment Felicitas was permitted to attend the dance, to which the boy turned his attention to her, and when the two were dancing the other jealous girl came and stomped her shoe heel into the top of Felicitas' foot, causing serious injury and then infection, to which required that her leg be removed in order to save her life. The third story is that she was at home cooking and a large pot of hot water fell and hit her foot. Apparently she did not go to the doctor and gangrene set in, requiring 3 surgeries of amputations to remove all of the infection. My mother was one of 3 family members who were permitted by Felicitas to assist with putting on her leg in the morning, and my mother was told the snake bite story by Felicitas when Mom was in the forth grade. Her mother (my grandmother) told her the dance story, and her Aunt (my grandmother's eldest sister) told her the falling pot story. It is unknown which story is true.
She and Desiderio had 8 children:
Juan (John) - b 1895 (circa) / d ?
Josefina (twin) - b 1891 / d 1953
Eloize (twin) - b 1891 / d 1965
Maria - b 1893 (circa) / d ?
Carmen - b 1903 / d 1980
Paula ("Wanda") - b 1914 (circa) / d ?
Ramon (Raymond) - b 1910 / d 1980
Manuel - b 1913 (circa) / d ?
In her later years her daughter, Carmen, took care of her until she passed away.
The birth year on her headstone is wrong. She was born in what is now called Ciudad Juárez, but at the time of her birth it was still called El Pazo (Paso del Norte - "Pass of the North"). She was the daughter of Antonio Granillo (born circa 1815 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico) and Josefa Zambrano. Felicitas had a sister named Cruz.
Felicitas had a wooden leg most of her life, of which she aquired when she was a young teenager. There are three stories that have been passed down regarding why she had to have her own leg removed and replaced with the prosthetic. One is that she was bit by a snake which required most of her leg to be removed in order to save her life. The second story is that she had been invited to a dance to which her father said "no". Apparently she and another girl both liked the same boy, and since Felicitas could not attend the dance the other girl thought she would get to be the center of the boy's attention. At the last moment Felicitas was permitted to attend the dance, to which the boy turned his attention to her, and when the two were dancing the other jealous girl came and stomped her shoe heel into the top of Felicitas' foot, causing serious injury and then infection, to which required that her leg be removed in order to save her life. The third story is that she was at home cooking and a large pot of hot water fell and hit her foot. Apparently she did not go to the doctor and gangrene set in, requiring 3 surgeries of amputations to remove all of the infection. My mother was one of 3 family members who were permitted by Felicitas to assist with putting on her leg in the morning, and my mother was told the snake bite story by Felicitas when Mom was in the forth grade. Her mother (my grandmother) told her the dance story, and her Aunt (my grandmother's eldest sister) told her the falling pot story. It is unknown which story is true.
She and Desiderio had 8 children:
Juan (John) - b 1895 (circa) / d ?
Josefina (twin) - b 1891 / d 1953
Eloize (twin) - b 1891 / d 1965
Maria - b 1893 (circa) / d ?
Carmen - b 1903 / d 1980
Paula ("Wanda") - b 1914 (circa) / d ?
Ramon (Raymond) - b 1910 / d 1980
Manuel - b 1913 (circa) / d ?
In her later years her daughter, Carmen, took care of her until she passed away.
Felicitas had a wooden leg most of her life, of which she aquired when she was a young teenager. There are three stories that have been passed down regarding why she had to have her own leg removed and replaced with the prosthetic. One is that she was bit by a snake which required most of her leg to be removed in order to save her life. The second story is that she had been invited to a dance to which her father said "no". Apparently she and another girl both liked the same boy, and since Felicitas could not attend the dance the other girl thought she would get to be the center of the boy's attention. At the last moment Felicitas was permitted to attend the dance, to which the boy turned his attention to her, and when the two were dancing the other jealous girl came and stomped her shoe heel into the top of Felicitas' foot, causing serious injury and then infection, to which required that her leg be removed in order to save her life. The third story is that she was at home cooking and a large pot of hot water fell and hit her foot. Apparently she did not go to the doctor and gangrene set in, requiring 3 surgeries of amputations to remove all of the infection. My mother was one of 3 family members who were permitted by Felicitas to assist with putting on her leg in the morning, and my mother was told the snake bite story by Felicitas when Mom was in the forth grade. Her mother (my grandmother) told her the dance story, and her Aunt (my grandmother's eldest sister) told her the falling pot story. It is unknown which story is true.
She and Desiderio had 8 children:
Juan (John) - b 1895 (circa) / d ?
Josefina (twin) - b 1891 / d 1953
Eloize (twin) - b 1891 / d 1965
Maria - b 1893 (circa) / d ?
Carmen - b 1903 / d 1980
Paula ("Wanda") - b 1914 (circa) / d ?
Ramon (Raymond) - b 1910 / d 1980
Manuel - b 1913 (circa) / d ?
In her later years her daughter, Carmen, took care of her until she passed away.
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