Francisco Avalos Costales Jr. of Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico United States was born on June 21, 1918 in Rincon to Francisco Costales and Tomasita Avalos. He married Marcelina Rivas, and had children Arthur Rivas Costales, Mary Helen Rivas Costales, Steve Rivas Costales, Tomasita Rivas Costales, Virginia Rivas Costales, Esther Rivas Costales, Cecilia Rivas Costales, and Minerva Rivas Costales. Francisco Costales died at age 61 years old on November 10, 1979 in Las Cruces.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...