Hello, my grandfather was named James Crofton, unfortunately I only know that he was born in Ireland and came to America, New York, when he was young, all I've been told is that he lived in Mexico City during the 30's, and there he married my grandmother Soledad Yañez. They had only one child, my dad, Jaime Crofton, was born in Mexico City on August 11, 1936, soon after his birth, a couple of years or so, James Crofton had to leave the country because of government issues. Supposedly he owned 2 casinos in Mexico one in Tijuana, B.C. named "Casino de Agua Prieta" and another one in Cuernavaca, Mor. named "Casino de la Selva", both of them were taken from him by the government, since a law that forbid gambling in Mexico became active around those years. We know he returned to the U.S., California an died there around the late 60's, but then my grandmother lost track of him, we don't have any pictures of him, or any kind of legal documents since my grandmother burned everything after he left.
If anyone knows who I'm talking about please contact me, all we want, my sister Fernanda and I, is to know more about who he was or where he came from, since we have that huge gap in our family history.
Thank you so much.
Mariana Crofton