Spanish speaking peoples in Utah, oral histories: book 1, numbers 1 through 10

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INTERVIEW: Francisco Solaria Page 44 FO: change the life of the community much? MS: Well, I think it--it make them feel better, you know, that they have their own language spoken in the church, and they were really enthusiastic about them, and about helping them, so everybody tried to do as much as they could for them. Ah---in different ways. I remember, I used to wash and take care of ah---some one of the priest's clothing, you know. I was still young. I was, I didn't like to do that kind of work, but I wanted to do something, for them, and---and I did for awhile, and so was the other families, too, they used to do - --to do a little, you know, each of them. I believe the sisters used to do the cooking and---and everything for all of them. They had one in charge of the kitchen maybe for a week, you know, they used to take turns and they used to manage, and they were all getting along pretty well that way. FO: Do you remember if the---the group came from the north of Mexico, or were they from Central, or--or were they just from all over, or----how was it? Do you remember which provinces they came from? Which states? MS: Well, ah---I really don't remember what state they were from. But ah---I think they were closer to the border. FS: __________ Galavises, they were from the state of Guanajuato.