María Isabella Cardenas CAMPOS was baptized on November 7, 1902 by Father E. Illa, O.M.I. at San Augustín Catholic Church in Laredo, Webb County, Texas. Anastasio Garza and Rafaela Guzmán were her padrinos.

María Isabella, 6, and her sister Macrina, were placed in St. Joseph's Orphanage for Girls September 9, 1908 by their grandmother. Their father, Faustino CAMPOS, brought them to San Antonio from the Mexican border in a covered ox cart; it is believed, shortly after their mother's death. The following entry was located in the Rare Books and Documents, 162:3, Book of Remarks: Girls 1887-1928. (Catholic Archives: San Antonio, TX), p. 86: "Macrina 8, Isabella CAMPOS legitimate children of Faustino CAMPOS and Josepha Cardenas. Their mother is dead but their father is not. They do not know where he has been for the past five years. The children were placed in the orphanage by their grandmother Josepha Cardenas. It is only their grandmother who can have any claim to them. They have also an older sister who is married and who is to visit them. Macrina born January 14, 1899, Isabella born May 12, 1902. Entered September 9, 1908. Taken out by their grandmother September 23, 1914."

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