by Moises Garza

January 21, 2012

Last Names of Nuevo Leon
I was searching for the birth record of Cesareo Lopez my great-grandfather in the Mier Civil Registry at FamilySearch and instead came across my other great-grandfathers birth record. All I had for him was his name and names of his parents. I had originally assumed that he ans his parents were from Zacatecas Mexico but turns out they are not. I had previously written a post about his mother Paula Mendoza and had found her parents, who were from Zacatecas/Jalisco and now this document indicates that they may have had been from Guadalajara. But I had completely no information on his father Gabino Zamora. Well now I have his parents names Fernando Zamora and Marta Garza, and it also indicates that they were from Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon. I’ll be posting latter on on my research about these families.

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Acta numero 40, cuarenta = En la ciudad de Mier a las cuatro de la tarde del dia dos de Febrero de mil ochocientos, ochenta y siete, ante mi, Casimiro Garcia Juez del Estado Civil de esta Municipalidad comparecio el ciudadano Gabino Zamora de veinticinco anos de edad. Casado, de campo nacido en Cadereyta Jimenez y vecino de esta, y veei y presento un nino vivo, manifestando que nacio en esta, a las ocho de la noche del dia veintitres de Enero proseimo pasado, en una casa situada por la calle de Hidalgo; que a dicho nino le inpone el nombre de Yldefonso Zamora, que es su hijo legitimo y de su esposa Paula Mendoza de diez y ocho anos de edad, casada, nacida en Aguascalientes y recidente con su esposo; que son abuelos paternos los nacidos y muertos en Cadereyta expresada, Fernando Zamora y Dona Marta Garza, y abuelos maternos Tiburcio Mendoza y Lorenza Mireles, el primero de treinta y nueve anos de edad, labrador, y la segunda de treinta y ocho de edad, ambos casados, nacidos y avecindados como su hija. Fueron testigos de esta inscripcion los ciudadanos, Macario Mendoza, Bruno Albares, y Tomas Salinas Hinojosa casado este, solteros los otros dos, todos mayores de edad, y de esta vecindad. Con lo cual se dio porterminada la presente, que ratificaron en todo su contenido los presentes y firmo con uno de los testigos por no saber los demas Doy fe = Casimiro Garcia = Tomas S Hinojosa = dos rubricas = , al margen = Derechos cincuenta centavos .50. C

Sources: FamilySearch

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Moises Garza

I have doing my family genealogy since 1998. I am also the creator of this blog We Are Cousins, and the Mexican Genealogy blog. To always be up to date with both of these sites follow me on Facebook. To contact me or book me for a presentation, buy my books, and or learn more about me visit my personal website at www.moisesgarza.com.

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