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Aurelio Herrera - Gilbertgia.com

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names.’ Headstrom paid no attention, and <strong>Herrera</strong> became more<br />

voluble. Headstrom told him to ‘cut it out’ or he would run him<br />

in.” <strong>Herrera</strong> did not desist, and officer Headstrom “threw him in<br />

the can.” 221<br />

The 1920 US Census counted <strong>Aurelio</strong> <strong>Herrera</strong> as a farmer, but<br />

his address was 219 Sumner Street in East Bakersfield. Kern<br />

County voter registration roles of 1920-1922 also said he was a<br />

rancher, but his address was 1011-20th Street in Bakersfield. 222<br />

In December 1921, 49 year-old <strong>Aurelio</strong> <strong>Herrera</strong> homesteaded his<br />

Lost Hills property, and in April 1922 he sold it. 223<br />

<strong>Aurelio</strong>’s “Little Mother”<br />

221 Bakersfield Californian, Feb 24, 1915<br />

222 Address information from <strong>Herrera</strong> descendant A. Katherine McLaughlin.<br />

223 Hall of Records, Apr 27, 1922, <strong>Aurelio</strong> <strong>Herrera</strong>-Edward L. Braswell<br />

gilbertgia.<strong>com</strong> pg 82 of 88

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