Nora Cantu's Family Trees


Nora's Family Surnames



 
 
 

Cantu Castilla Chapa
Garza Gonzales Maldonado
Mercado Rodriguez San Miguel

 






The Cantu’s

A summary of Nora’s Cantu family tree is as follows:

1.Andres Cantu, b. Mexico
..m.Refugia Chapa, b. Mexico
....2.Diego Cantu, b. Mexico
......m.Maria Ignacia Mercado, b. Mexico
........3.Julio Cantu, b. 1890 in Aqualequas, Nuevo Leon, MEX. d. 1936 in Duval Co.TX
..........m.Manuela Garza, b. 1900 in Duval Co.,TX, d. 1986 in KS
............4.Jesus M. Cantu
............4.Oscar Cantu
............4.Genoveva Cantu
............4.Maria Cantu
............4.Francisco Cantu
............4.Julio Cantu, jr.
............4.Adolfo Cantu
............4.Elida Cantu
............4.Guadalupe Cantu
............Julieta M. Cantu
........3.Christian Cantu, d. 1994 in Webb Co.TX
..........m. Lizandro Garza
............4.Guadalupe Garza
............4.Remejio Garza
............4.Leopoldo Garza
............4.Efran Garza
........3.Anastacio Cantu
..........m.Candelaria Garza
............4.Teresita Cantu
........3.Simon Cantu
..........m.Dora Ruiz
............4.Gustavo Cantu
........3.Manuel Cantu
..........m.Pilar Cantu
............4.Horacio Cantu
........3.Teresa Cantu
............m.Remigio Chapa
........3.Alicia Cantu
..........m.Elifonso Garza
............4.Petra Garza
............4.Saragosa Garza
............4.Diego Garza
............4.Ignacia Garza
............4.Feliza Garza
............4.Claudio Garza
............4.Jesus Garza
............4.Alfonzo Garza
............4.Pedro Garza

Any information on the above families would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@vsta.com

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The Castilla’s

Nora’s Castilla family tree is summarized as follows:

1.Pablo Castilla, b. Spain, d.Mexico
..m.Guadalupe Chacon, b.Mexico, d.Mexico
....2.Primitivo Castilla, b.1831 in Progresso, Coahuila, Mex. d. 1915 Encinal,TX
......m.Encarnacion San Miguel
........3.Juan Casillla
........3.Salome Castilla
........3.Roman Castilla
........3.Pablo Casilla, jr.
........3.Feliz Castilla
........3.Alejandra Castilla
........3.Andres Castilla, b.Progresso,Coahuila,Mex. d.1950 Encinal,TX
..........m.Francisca Valdez, b. 1880 d. 1962 in TX
............4. Aurora Castilla, b. 1902, d. 1984 in Encinal,TX
............4. Blasa Castilla, b.1904, d. 1991 in TX
............4.Jose Castilla, B. 1905 in Progresso, Coahuila, Mex, d 1938 in Encinal,TX
............4.Maria Juanita Castilla, b. 1908 in Progresso, Coahuila, Mex.
............4.Primitivo Castilla, b. 1910
............4.Lola Castilla
............4.Chata Castill, b. 1919, d.1993 Webb Co., TX
............4.Andrea Castilla, b. 1922, d. 1973 in Encinal, TX
............4.Teresa Castilla
............4.Diego Castilla

Any information on the above family would be greatly appreciated. Contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Chapa’s

Looking for information on Refugia Chapa. She married Andres Cantu in about 1870 in northern Mexico. They eventually moved to Benavides, Duval Co., Tex. Any information on this Chapa family or related lines would be appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Garza’s

Nora’s Garza family line starts in Mexico in the early 1800’s and moves mainly to Benavides, Duval Co.,TX around 1890. The majority of the family lived in the Duval Co. area before spreading throughout the state of Texas and then other states. A brief summary of the family is as follows:

1.Nestor Garza, b. 1825 in Los Aldamas, Mex., d. 1892
..m. Isabel Garcia, b. 1826 in Mex. d. 1911 in Duval Co.,TX
....2.Leocadio Garza, b. 1853 in Los Aldamas, Mex. d. 1926 in Benavides, Duval Co.TX
......m.Genoveva Rodriguez
........3.Manuela Garza, b. 1900 in Benavides ,TX d. 1986 in KS
........3.Dario Garza, b. Benavides, TX
........3.Julian Garza, b. Benavides, TX
........3.Eleuteria Garza, b. Benavides, TX
........3.Vidal Garza, b. Benavides, TX
......m.Second Wife of Leocadio--Navora Saenz, b. 1858, d. 1885 in Benavides,TX
........3.Agustin Garza, b. 1878 in Benavides,TX d. 1938 in Benavides, TX
........3.Eulalia Garza
........3.Navora Garza
....2.Telesforo Garza
......m.Maria Salinas
........3.Hilario Garza
........3.Nestor Garza
........3.Guadalupe Garza
........3.Lola Garza
........3.Elifonso Garza
........3.Josefa Garza
....2.Refugio Garza
....2.Nestor Garza, jr.

Any information on the above families would be greatly appreciated. Contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Gonzales’s

Very little is know about this family while in Mexico. All that is known is that Lazaro Gonzales was born in La China Mexico in 1879 and moved to Encinal, La Salle Co.,TX in the early 1900’s. That is where the majority of the family lived for many years before spreading throughout Texas and other states. A brief family summary is as follows:

1.Lazaro Gonzales, b.1879 in La China, Mex. d. 1933 in Encinal,LaSalle Co.,Tx.
..m.Isabel Maldonado, b. 1878, d. 1948 in Encinal,TX
....2.Lazaro Gonzales, jr. b. 1900 in Encinal, TX, d.1957 in Encinal,TX
......m.Aurora Castilla, b. 1902, d. 1984 in Encinal, TX
........3.Sylvia Eduvigen Gonzales
........3.Arturo Gonzales
........3.Andres Gonzales
........3.Raul Gonzales
........3.Lazaro Gonzales,III
........3.Rosaura Gonzales
........3.Emma Gonzales
........3.Francisco Ezequiel Gonzales
........3.Eduardo Gonzales
....2.Tomas Gonzales
....2.Romona Gonzales
....2.Patricio Gonzales
....2.Rafael Gonzales
....2.Albina Gonzales
....2.Ramon Gonzales
....2.Anita Gonzales
....2.Anatonia Gonzales
....2,Marcelina Gonzales
....2.Emerejildo Gonzales
....2.Narcisso Gonzales

Any information on the above family would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Maldonado’s

Very little is known about the Maldonado family at this time. Looking for information on Isabel Maldonado that lived in Encinal, Texas in the early 1900’s. She was born in 1878 and died in 1948 in Encinal, TX. She married Lazaro Gonzales and lived all her life in and around Encinal, Texas. Any information on this Maldonado family would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Mercado’s

Very little is known about the Mercado family at this time. Looking for information on the following:

 Panfilo Mercado was born in Mexico and married Viviana Sanchez.
They had a daughter named Maria Ignacia Mercado who married Diego Cantu
They ended up in Benavides, Duval Co, Tex by the early 1900’s.

Any information on the Mercado family above or the Mercado family name in Mexico or south Texas would be appreciated. Please contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The Rodriguez’s

Looking for information on a couple of people that show up in Nora’s family tree. They are Hilario Rodriguez who was born in Mexico in the mid 1800’s. He married Marta Salinas and they had a daughter named Genoveva Rodriguez. She married Leocadio Garza in Los Aldamas Mexico in the 1880’s and shortly thereafter moved to Benavides, Duval Co., TX.

Any information on the Rodriguez family above or the Rodriguez surname in northern Mexico and south Texas would be appreciated. Contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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The San Miguel’s

Looking for information on the following people.
Vicente San Miguel was born in northern Mexico and married Micaela Barreda. They had a daughter named Encarnacion San Miguel. She married Primitivo Castilla in Coahuila, Mexico probably in the 1850’s or 60’s. They moved north into Texas around 1900 and settled in Encinal, La Salle Co., TX.

Any information available on the San Miguel surname in northern Mexico and south Texas would be greatly appreciated. Contact me at rlblack@granderiver.net

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