Ancestors #6 & #7 - Rafael Trejo (1827-1886) & Ramona Soto (1827-???) - 3rd Great Grandparents

Luckily, I easily found Rafael Trejo & Ramona Soto’s marriage record, unfortunately, it didn’t list the names of their parents.  I found the names of their parents in their marriage informational record, but it was very difficult to read because the ink from the opposite page bled through the paper and the penmanship was poor.  It also contained transcription errors.  I was frustrated to say the least.  His parents were Jose Maria Trejo and Maria Eugenia Flores.  Ramona’s parents are listed as Jose de la cruz Soto and Maria Juana Lara.  

Rafael Trejo y Ramona Soto 1847

Rafael Trejo y Ramona Soto - Marriage Informational

He was from el Encinal, which I at first had no clue where it was located.  It wasn't even listed in the following atlas, which lists all the municipalities, congregations, haciendas, and ranchos in Mexico.

1896 Tarimoro

Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos,Volume 5.  Antonio García Cubas, 1896 - Mexico.

The website below doesn't show it as well.  

http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/Default.aspx

I eventually found the community using google maps street view.  It is currently a very small settlement, I don't even think its considered a rancho.  I wonder what brought them to live in such a small community. 

Rafael Trejo Baptism

Jose Rafael Hilario was baptized on October 12, 1827.  His record lies within the San Bartolome Church in Rincon De Tamayo.  He was born on October 8, 1827 in Talicoya (Taliscolla), which was likely considered part of Tarimoro but not likely under the Salvatierra parish.   As shown on the map below, Rincon de Tamayo is closer to Taliscoya than Tarimoro.  I'm sure of is if he was baptized in the church or closer to home. 

Jose Rafael Baptism 1827 - Mexico

Google Map of Tarimoro

Residence
In the 1883 padron of the Tarimoro, Rafael lived with his son, Pedro, in Puerto de Barajas.  His wife, Ramona, is not listed in the padron.

Death
Rafael received his final sacraments on August 9, 1886.  He lived in la Nopalera at the time of his death, a community within the municipal boundaries of Tarimoro. He died at the age of 58 years.  He is listed as a widower, but his spouse is not listed.

Rafael Trejo Death Record

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Ramona Soto

Ramona Soto's MI list her as being from el talon or tafon del partied, which I still can't find on any map.

Baptism:
She was baptized on June 24, 1827, in Tarimoro, but the record is under the Salvatierra parish.  She is listed as a mestiza from Huapango.  

Ramona Soto Baptism Record

I have been unable to locate her death record.

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Rafael Trejo

Baptism
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-20400-18619-7?cc=1860831 : accessed 14 March 2016), Rincón de Tamayo > San Bartolomé > Bautismos 1810-1832 > image 315 of 397; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Marriage
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20571-30295-62?cc=1860831 : accessed 14 March 2016), Salvatierra > Salvatierra > Matrimonios 1839-1854 > image 251 of 607; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Death
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-20419-27864-62?cc=1860831 : accessed 14 March 2016), Tarimoro > San Miguel Arcángel > Defunciones 1878-1886 > image 459 of 482; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Ramona Soto

Baptism
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-TQCB-V?mode=g&i=473&wc=3NYG-MNP%3A178285301%2C178658501%2C219552601%3Fcc%3D1883388&cc=1883388

Ancestor #5 - Pedro Trejo (2nd Great Grandfather)

Pedro is the first Trejo I found whose name was lost in history.  My father, who provided me with my base genealogical information, did not know the names of his ancestors beyond his grandparents. Pedro passed before my grandfather was born, so Guadalupe likely did not have any stories about his grandfather to share with his children.

I know that Pedro Trejo and Ramona Soto are my 2^nd great grandparents because their names are mentioned in various records for Apolonio Trejo and Guadalupe Trejo.

Baptism

Pedro was baptized on October 23, 1849.  I believe the record below states that he was born in Huapango to Rafael Trejo (22) and Crispina Lara (22), and was baptized in Tarimoro.  The record is from the Salvatierra church because the municipality was under the Salvatierra parish at the time. 

Pedro Trejo Baptism

Marriage

Pedro married Crispina Lara on May 28, 1873 in Tarimoro, Guanjuato.  You may notice that his actual marriage record yields very little biographical information.  

Pedro y Crispina Lara Catholic Church Marriage Record

Pedro Y Crispina Marriage Information Record

Census

Pedro lived in Puerto de Barajas during the 1883 padron, with his wife, Crispina, and their children.

Death

He died in Tarimoro on September 20 1890,  at the age of 41 years.  He was survived by his wife and kids.

Death seemed to be ever present in the small town.   In a three year period in the mid 1880’s, Pedro and Crispina lost two infant children and his father.  His daughter Patricia passed away at around  a year of age and his son Modesto passed away under the age of one. 

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Pedro Trejo Baptism:

"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-20570-23882-82?cc=1860831 : accessed 6 March 2016), Salvatierra &gt; Salvatierra &gt; Bautismos 1847-1852 &gt; image 200 of 541; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Marriage Record

"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20422-37192-2?cc=1860831 : accessed 6 March 2016), Tarimoro > San Miguel Arcángel > Matrimonios 1870-1890 > image 101 of 735; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Marriage Informational
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20594-6177-83?cc=1860831 : accessed 6 March 2016), Tarimoro > San Miguel Arcángel > Información matrimonial 1873-1876 > image 11 of 675; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Civil Death Cert
"México, Guanajuato, Registro Civil, 1862-1930," images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23324-23523-71?cc=1922031 : accessed 6 March 2016), Guanajuato &gt; Tarimoro &gt; Defunciones 1888-1890 &gt; image 507 of 554; Archivo General del Registro Civil del Estado Guanajuato (Guanajuato Civil Registry State Archives).

Ancestor #4 Esteban Arroyo (Great Great Grandfather) – Part 1

Esteban Arroyo, my great-great-grandfather, lived in Tarimoro, Guanajuato in the 1800’s.  Unfortunately, I do not have any photographs of him. 

I’m writing about Esteban because finding and confirming the names of his parents required extra genealogical research.  The records I typically use to find the names of my ancestors, the marriage information (MI) records, were not fruitful in his case due to inconsistencies in the surname used by his first wife.  I located two MI records for Esteban Arroyo, he was married twice, but I could initially only positively attribute one of the two records to him.  I know he was married twice because in the MI record with my great-great-grandmother, Leandra Jimenez, it states that he was a widower of 14 months, previously married to Bacilia Lara.  Esteban Arroyo and Leandra Jimenez married on November 7, 1872 in the San Miguel Arcangel church in Tarimoro, Guanajuato. 

Esteban y Leandra

Extra research is required to discover the names of the parents of a bride or groom when the only record known of them is their second marriage information record.  A marriage record usually lists the parents of both the bride & groom.  In the case of Esteban, in the section normally reserved for the names of the groom’s parents, it listed the details of his previous marriage.  I used that information to work backward to try to locate his first MI record.  I was unsuccessful at finding an exact match.  However, I did find a record for an Esteban Arroyo and Bacilia Alvarez.   Bacilia’s parents are listed as Ygnacio Alvarez and Antonia Lara.  His parents were listed as Manuel Arroyo and Antonia Contreras. 

Esteban y Bacilia

Everything for the marriage record for Esteban and Bacilia Alvarez matched except her surname. Perhaps the priest incorrectly wrote down her name as Lara (her mother’s maiden name) instead of Alvarez during Esteban’s marriage informational session with Leandra.  I wanted to be certain, so I continued to look.

I decided to research his first wife’s death record, hoping to find useful additional.  My search again came up empty for an exact match.  The closest match I found was for a deceased woman named Bacilia Perez, who was survived by a husband named Estaban Arroyo. Bacilia Perez passed away in Tarimoro on September 1, 1871, approximately 14 months before Esteban and Leandra were married.  The record was around the estimated time and place of the passing of Esteban’s first wife.   

Bacilia Perez

I had three records for Esteban Arroyo, each showing him married to a woman named Bacilia, and each with a different surname.  I began to wonder, was it possible that there were two or three Esteban Arroyos who lived in the same place, at the same time and married a woman named Bacilia.  Likely not, but I wanted more definitive proof that Bacilia Lara and Bacilia Alvarez were the same person. 

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citations:
1. Esteban y Leandra:
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20592-29266-79?cc=1860831 : accessed 20 February 2016), Tarimoro > San Miguel Arcángel > Información matrimonial 1870-1873 > image 520 of 645; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

2. Esteban y Bacilia
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20415-44091-80?cc=1860831 : accessed 20 February 2016), Salvatierra > Salvatierra > Información matrimonial 1863-1865 > image 387 of 450; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

3. Bacilia Perez
"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-20589-8090-59?cc=1860831 : accessed 20 February 2016), Tarimoro > San Miguel Arcángel > Defunciones 1870-1878 > image 79 of 444; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Draft: Ancestor # 2 Apolonio Trejo

Apolonio Trejo, my paternal great grandfather, was born and raised in the Tarimoro region of Guanajuato.  His baptism record states that he was baptized with the name Jose Apolonio de Jesus Trejo Lara on April 10, 1874, at San Miguel Arcangel in Tarimoro.  He was born in Encinal, a very small rancho in the municipality of Tarimoro.  His parents are listed as Pedro Trejo (25) and Crispina Lara (22). 

The 1883 padron of Tarimoro list Apolonio living with his immediate family in Barajas, a small rancho near Huapango.   Also listed in the padron living with the family is Rafael Trejo, his grandfather. 

                                                

Apolonio has been an important name in the Trejo family, along with Guadalupe, over the last four generations.  Guadalupe Trejo named his first son after his father, and my father named his oldest son after his oldest brother.  I don’t foresee any more Trejos named Apolonio, at least not in the US. 

On April 3, 1894, he married Refugio Arroyo in the San Miguel Arcangel church in Tarimoro.  He is listed as a 20 year old laborer from Huapango.  Refugio Arroyo is listed as a 17 year old bachelorette from Tarimoro. I imagine the wedding would have been a relatively simple affair by today standards.

Based on the records I have found online and the names provided to me by my father, Apolonio and Refugio had eight children together: Encarnacion (1897), Mercedes (1900), Guadalupe (1901), Ascencion (1905), Soledad (1913), Concepcion, Juliana, and Modesto (I have been unable to locate records for the last three children).  Apolonio’s occupation was likely related to agriculture and his income comparable to a lot of folks in town.   His home in Huapango, a really small & rural community, was likely a simple structure made out of bricks. 

I do not have any second-hand accounts about Apolonio, however I do have one unfortunate story.   I was told that he was taken from his home during the Mexican revolution, and along with his younger brother Crispin, killed in Salvatierra.   His death had something to do with supporting rebels against the government during the time of the Mexican revolution.   The story goes that his brother was killed first and he died from sight of his fallen brother.

The record about his death states that he was killed by a firing squad in Salvatierra on May 29, 1916.  His brother’s record also states that he met the same fate.  His body was not returned to Tarimoro, but he received his final sacraments at San Miguel Arcangel.  From what I gather, his burial site is unknown, somewhere in Salvatierra.