Interviewer
Dianne Gini
Files
Download Full Story (97 KB)
Ethnic Group
Filipino American
Generation
Elder
Description
Camila Carido’s early years prepared her well for the adult responsibilities that were thrust upon her. Born in 1910, in the village of Hinundayan, Leyte in the Phillipine Islands, she and three sisters were left behind with their mother, Macaria, when her father emigrated to the U.S. Without a father in the house, mother and children had to fend for themselves in the coastal plains in the island where they lived…
Keywords
Oral History, Stockton - CA, California, Filipino American, History
Comments
This oral history is part of the STOCKTONSpeaks! Project that ran from 2002-2005 in Stockton, CA. You can read more about STOCKTONSpeaks! on the homepage and the About page.
Recommended Citation
Lee, G.. "Carido Family: Camila Carido (Elder)". (2005). STOCKTONSpeaks! Filipino American Stories. Oral History 4.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/ss-fa/4
Included in
Asian American Studies Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Oral History Commons, Other American Studies Commons, Place and Environment Commons, Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, Regional Sociology Commons
Relatives
Gloria Nomura (Middle)
Kathleen Nomura (Youth)