In this blog post, you will find more information about my book "Burgos: The Founding Families and Their Descendants". You will also find a list of the founding families.
Burgos, Tamaulipas was founded on February 20, 1749, by Jose de Escandon. On July 5, 1750, a census was conducted and 33 families are listed including single men. It also contains 12 families of the Captain and Soldiers in charge of protecting them. This book is about those 45 families and their descendants.
This book contains 43 chapters, one for each family or males listed as single. Two seem to be repeated in the settlers list and the soldiers list so they were only included once.
Most of these families came from El Valle del Pilon (Montemorelos), El Guaxuco (Santiago), Monterrey, Cadereyta, and Linares. One came from Villa de Lagos, another one from Guanajuato, and another from Saltillo. We also find one that came from San Fernando another villa that was also recently stablished by Jose de Escandon.
The first twelve chapters are for the Captain and Soldiers of Burgos. The other 33 are for the settlers listed in the census record. I used the 1753 census and the 1757 census, as well as church baptism, death, and marriage records to recreate the family groups. I was able to connect many to families of El Nuevo Reyno de Leon and thus each chapter contains a chart listing the parents of the couple to which each chapter is dedicated. For many I could not find parents and I still added the chart with blank boxes.
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Burgos, Tamaulipas was founded on February 20, 1749, by Jose de Escandon. On July 5, 1750, a census was conducted and 33 families are listed including single men. It also contains 12 families of the Captain and Soldiers in charge of protecting them. This book is about those 45 families and their descendants.
Table of Contents
Here is the table of contents so that you can see what is included in the book.
Introduction 3
1. Joseph Antonio Leal de Leon and Maria Magdalena Fernandez de Tijerina Pg. 5
22. Joseph Alexandro Ramirez de Arellano and _____ _____ Pg. 137
23. Francisco Javier de Espino and Ana Dominga Zamora Pg. 141
24. Juan Cristobal (pardo) Lopez de Leiva and Gregoria Lugarda Martinez Pg. 145
25. Manuel Alberto (mestizo) Serrano and Maria Antonia de Aguirre Pg. 149
26. Tomas Antonio (mestizo) de la Garza and Maria (mestiza) de Peña Pg. 153
27. Joseph Francisco (mestizo) Ramos and Maria Saenz Pg. 157
28. Marcos (mestizo) de Ochoa and Maria Josefa (mestiza) de Ayala Pg. 161
29. Blas (pardo) Cantu and Maria (parda) Hernandez Pg. 193
30. Francisco (mestizo) Rodriguez and Rosa Barthola (mestiza) de Agundis Pg. 197
31. Joseph Santiago (mestizo) Camarillo and Ana Sabina (mestiza) de la Garza Pg. 201
32. Joseph Perales and Maria Gertrudis de la Garza Pg. 207
33. Felipe (mestizo) (hn) Gallegos and Maria Rosa (mestiza) de Ochoa Pg. 213
34. Joseph Thomas (Garcia) de Velasco and Ana Joaquina de Perales Pg. 219
35. Martin (mestizo) de la Garza and Maria Gertrudis (parda) Cantu Pg. 225
36. Nicolas Granado and Juana (Anna) Josepha Villafuerte Pg. 233
37. Pedro de Iglesias and Ana de la Garza Pg. 237
38. Joseph (castizo) Martinez and Maria Josepha Rodriguez Pg. 241
39. Francisco Zaragoza and Maria Josepha Rodriguez Pg. 245
40. Joseph Damacio (mestizo) Molina and Maria Ignacia de Villafuerte Pg. 249
41. Miguel Perfecto Damian (mestizo) de Castro and Maria Josepha (mestiza) (Diaz) de Soto Pg. 253
42. Domingo Cristobal Sanchez and Maria Magdalena de Hinojosa Pg. 257
43. Juan Joseph de Villafranca and Maria Polonia de Zamora Pg. 261
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Is there a book on LA Hacienda de Guadalupe which is located near Linares N.L ,?
I do not know.
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