When talking with my abuela paterna, who I called "Mamacita", she was always very proud of where she came from. My only regret is that I didn't ask questions. According to the civil registration done on 21 Oct 1903, Mamacita, was born on 27 Oct 1902 to Jose Francisco Baltazar Yrigoyen and Maria Dolores Aragon. No one since that day ever really new her true year of birth. One minute she was one age and the next moment she was a different age. I love her for that. Not even her own kids nor her husband knew her exact age. Even her headstone doesn't have the correct year. "Let her stay younger", my father stated. My siblings would tell everyone and now my kids will tell anyone if they ask lol . Can't get away with it. lol. I didn't start researching our family history till years later after Mamacita's death. Doing the family tree on her father's side was very easy since there was a family tree done back in the 1930s on the Irigoyen's / Irigoyen's. So doing that side was only confirming what had already been written. What got interesting was Mamacita's mother's side. The De Anda side was extremely interesting. Not only because of what I found but because of what I haven't found and what other people are putting in the De Anda family trees. There is one tree that I know of that has Jose De Anda being born in 1800 and his 1st wife, Regina Villa marrying him in 1802. And even funnier is that Jose and Regina had a child in 1802. So unless Regina Villa was extremely desperate and running a stroller, with 2 babies, down the isle to get married, I'm lost. Plus the doctors in Ojinaga were extremely ahead of their time in the IVF field, I'm kind of lost on those dates and which Juan Jose De Anda they were talking about in this person's family tree. To help those that are interested in this De Anda family line let me help you. I am hoping to find out more as time goes on and I'll update the page if I run across something. But I am also hoping that if others find out things, that you will be just as kind and let me know. And together we can have more accurate information and be able to embrace our heritage more. Dolores Aragon married young at the age of 16. Her parents were Jose Antonio Francisco De Jesus de Aragon, who went by the name of Jesus, and Maria Josefa De Anda. They were married on 25 March 1865. According to the marriage record Jesus Aragon was the widow of Juana Ruiz and Maria Josefa De Anda was the widow of Carlos Rey. There are no marriage records for Jesus Aragon and Juana Ruiz nor a marriage record for Carlos Rey and Josefa De Anda. Now what get's interesting is that on 1 August 1851 Maria Josefa de Anda was baptized. However, due to water damage one cannot tell the exact date of her birth or how many days / years old she was. What one can tell is who the parents are and who the paternal and maternal Grandparents were. This document can be found on microfilm 1511700 and image 2033. If you look very closely to the names that are underlined in red one can see that the parents are Jose Di Anda and Juana Ramos. Paternal abuelos are: Dn. Antonio Di Anda y Dna. Mariana de Marquez. The maternal Grandparents are: Dn. Jose Maria Ramos y Rosa S. Just to provide a little back ground Jose de Anda's name was actually Juan Jose De Anda (Jn Jose Anda) according to the baptismal record of his and Regina Villa's first child Juan Jose Trinidad del Carmen Francisco De Anda Villa. That explains the 1st part of his son's name. This document can be found on microfilm 1511700 and image 2072. Another interesting fact is that Jose De Anda was born around 1779. The information that supports this is because he was a person that gave testimony for a marriage in 1836. Jose De Anda testified that the couple who applied for a marriage license were free to marry, with no bloodline between the two. The document does not identify the bride or groom. It does state that Jose De Anda was 57 years old at that time. His signature was at the bottom of the document. I am guessing that the marriage he was talking about was that of Jose Maria Galindo y Maria De Jesus Secundina. Jose Maria Galindo's first wife was Manuela Ramos, the sister of Juana Ramos, who was the 2nd wife of Jose De Anda. Jose Maria Galindo y Maria De Jesus Secundina marriage information was on the next page after the testimony of Jose De Anda. This document can be found on microfilm 1511700 and image 153. Now there is a belief that Jose De Anda was a teacher. Currently I have not found any concrete record that states that. There is a blog the was done by Elisa Lujan Perez that states this but she didn't provide any documentation such as I have that backs up what I'm saying. Unfortunately for us Elisa Lujan Perez was lifted up to heaven by the hands of God. Wish I could have met her, I'm sure we would have talked each other's ears off about all that we have found regarding our families. If you have proof of this belief please feel free to share. I would love to see it. There is so much more that I could write about regarding Jose De Anda and his family but I figured this was the most important part; his age, parents and name. Next time will be about his children. Hope to see you again. God Bless you.
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Penny Alvarez-KellerGraduated from Arkansas Tech University with a degree in Management / Marketing and a degree in Economics / Finance Archives
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