Antonio Abelar y Potenciano was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, February 13, 1873. As a young man he went to work for the Mexican Central, El Paso & Northeastern, and El Paso & Southwestern Railroads. He entered the United States at El Paso, Texas, as a railroad employee in 1900, but returned to Mexico in June 1902 to marry María Juliana "Julia" Sandoval y Ávila. Later that same year he re-entered the United States and in 1905 made a permanent home in Ballona (now Venice and Santa Monica), California. By 1910 he was a railroad crew foreman (1910 US Census). Anthony assumed his mother's maiden name as his middle name after he settled permanently in California. He died at Venice March 13, 1932, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Children:
(with unknown)
- Pedro Martín "Pete" (Jan. 30, 1906-1975)

(with Mareno)
- Martín Antonio "Tony" (Feb. 10, 1923-2008)

(with Sandoval)
- Antonio "Tony" (Aug. 24, 1906-1982)
- María Felipa "Mary Phyllis" (May 1, 1909-2006; m. [1] John W. Lugo; [2] George Phillips)
- Helena Locadia Guadalupe "Helen" (Dec. 9, 1910-Oct. 1, 1982; m. [1] Robert A. Tippet; [2] Raymond G. Franco)
- María Concepción "Connie" (Dec. 8, 1911-Sep. 24, 2020; m. [1] Richard C. Farrell; m. [2] John Robert "Bob" Weinberg)
- Porfideo Carlos "Fideo" (Sep. 16, 1913-1989)
- Anita "Annie" (Nov. 24, 1915-Aug. 1979; m. [1] Robert Bauer; m. [2] .... Ellis)
- Virginia Alberta "Chicken" (Feb. 27, 1918-Nov. 7, 2006; m. [1] José Jesús Díaz y Casillas; m. [2] Rudolph Carreón y ....)
- Miguel "Mike" (Oct. 23, 1920-2004)
- María de Jesús "Jessie" (Dec. 24, 1922-Dec. 1, 2020; m. Jesús "Jesse" Cerda y Hernández)
- Manuel B. "Mel" (Jun. 27, 1924-Feb. 5, 2012)
- Carolina "Carol" (Jul. 23, 1927-Sep. 25, 2005; m. Andrew Durazo)
- Lucía (Lucille) Juliana "Lulu" (Mar. 26, 1929-Aug. 15, 2020; m. [1] Eugenio Mendoza in 1948; [2] Eugene Walter Speitel in 1955; m. [3] Harry J. Rowland [1920-1991] in 1974)