My Birth in Virden, New Mexico

I was born at home in a one room adobe house. It was the Richardson house. My mom was having a very difficult time. They got the quack doctor "Neighbors" from Duncan. Mom almost died when I was born. My dad kept passing out and they had to drag him outside. I was born and named William Orlando Pace after my grandfather Pace. Grandma Pace told Mom and Dad they would give me a cow if they named me after him (Orlando). The William was named after my Uncle Bill Cardon.

dad had always teased Mom about being a WOP (Italian). Although they put William Orlando Pace on my birth certificate. My mom realized my initial would be WOP and she didn't want that, so when they had me blessed she changed it to Williams Cardon Pace (Cardon was her maiden name). I was unaware that my name on my birth certificate was William Orlando Pace until 1980 when I needed a copy of my birth certificate to get a passport. I had always gone by William Cardon Pace. I had to get a letter from Sis explaining why it said William Orlando Pace on my birth certificate to get my passport. She told the above story. It was the first time I heard about it.

When I was a baby, Sis, who was 9 years old, dropped me on my head when I threw my head back. I turned blue and stopped breathing. My brother Grant who was 13 years old, was afraid Sis had killed me and he was so angry at her. I was alright, but I told Sis that was the beginning of my mental problems.