Garcia Line

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My mother’s family

The García line

About 1700 – today · 9 generations

EARLIEST

José Juaquín García

About 1700
HOME TOWN

Mier, Tamaulipas

Seven generations in its records
FAMILIES THAT JOIN

Guajardo, Chapa

Alanís and Vela

THE JOURNEY

Two hundred years of moving north.

José Joaquín García married Isabel Juana Guajardo, who was baptized in Monterrey in 1699, and he was buried in Ciudad Mier in 1771. From then until my grandfather, Papa Kiko, was born there in 1889, every generation of the family appears in the records of Ciudad Mier.

Some of the oldest families of the northeast married into the line: the Guajardos of Monterrey, the descendants of Juan Bautista Chapa, and, through my grandmother Mama Chata, the Alanís and Vela families of Cerralvo.

Monterrey

1699

Mier, Tamaulipas

1771

Mier, Tamaulipas

1889

LINE OF DESCENT

From José Joaquín (Español) to Me: One Generation at a Time

Nine generations, each child of the one before. Scroll down the line and watch the years pass – from colonial Mier to the author of this book.

  1. 6th great-grandfather

    José Juaquín García

    about 1700 – 1771

    marriedIsabel Juana Guajardobp. 1699

    Buried in Mier on 25 September 1771, aged about 70. His wife was baptized on 1 November 1699 at the Sagrario Metropolitano in Monterrey.

    Record 26 - José Juaquín García · Burial Record 27 · Isabel Juana Guajardo · baptism
  2. The Guajardo family joins here

    Through Isabel Juana Guajardo, José Juaquín’s wife

    1. Juana Robles - a founding mother of the northeast, 1594
    2. María Lucía de la Rocha y Robles
    3. Nicolasa Robles de la Rocha
    4. Alférez Joseph Martínez Guajardo, Isabel’s father
    5. Isabel Juana Guajardo - baptized in Monterrey, 1699

    Through this family the line also reaches the Báez de Benavides family of La Orotava, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.

  3. 5th great-grandfather

    José Diego García

    1738 – 1802

    marriedMaría Gertrudis Salinas Longoriaabout 1740 – 1790

    His wife was buried in Mier on 10 August 1790, aged about 50.

  4. The Chapa family joins here

    Through María Gertrudis Salinas Longoria, José Diego’s wife

    1. Juan Bautista Chapa - 9th great-grandfather, born 1627 in Villa Arbisola, near Genoa
    2. José Nicolás Chapa Treviño
    3. María Chapa Benavides
    4. María Rosa Longoria Chapa, María Gertrudis’s mother
    5. María Gertrudis Salinas Longoria
  5. 4th great-grandfather

    Juan José Ignacio García

    1756 – 1840

    marriedAna María Leonicia Guadiano

    Married in Mier on 25 August 1788, and buried there on 2 October 1840.

  6. 3rd great-grandfather

    José María Matías García

    b. about 1793

    marriedMaría Gertrudis Garcíab. 1795

    Married in Mier on 2 September 1815.

  7. 2nd great-grandfather

    Porfirio García

    bp. 10 Jan 1819

    marriedMaría Severa de la Garza1822 – 1882

    Baptized in Mier on 10 January 1819, and married there on 7 July 1841.

    Record 16 · Porfirio García · marriage
  8. Great-grandfather

    Félix García

    1854 – 1933

    marriedMaria Espectacion Garza

    Baptized in Mier on 26 November 1854; his death was registered there on 27 November 1933.

    Record 14 · Félix García · baptism
  9. Grandfather

    Argimiro García “Papa Kiko”

    1889 – 1973

    marriedPaula Alanís, “Mama Chata”1889 – 1983

    Born in Mier on 6 August 1889. He married Paula Alanís on 29 April 1911.

    Record 13 · Argimiro García · birth
  10. The Alanís family joins here

    Through Paula Alanís, “Mama Chata”, Argimiro’s wife

    1. José Miguel Alanís Vela - married in Cerralvo, Nuevo León, 18 January 1767
    2. José María Alanís - married in Mier, 20 April 1815
    3. José Antonio de Alanís - baptized in Mier, 17 February 1817
    4. José Librado Alanís, Paula’s father - baptized in Mier, 1844
    5. Paula Alanís - grandmother
    Record 32 · José Miguel Alanís Vela · marriage Record 31 · José María Alanís · marriage Record 29 · José Antonio de Alanís · baptism
  11. The Vela family joins here

    Through María Antonia Vela Longoria, José Miguel’s mother

    1. Francisco de la Rocha Vela - 8th great-grandfather, born 1625 in Cuencamé, Durango
    2. Salvador Vela Olivares - 6th great-grandfather; in 1767 he received Porción 90, 6,248 acres, from the King of Spain
    3. María Antonia Vela Longoria, Salvador’s daughter - José Miguel’s mother

    ⋮ marks a step where one generation is not shown.

  12. Mother

    Manuela García de Mascorro

    1920 – 2011

    marriedArnulfo Eugenio Mascorro1912 – 2009

    Arnulfo Mascorro & Manuela García · Marriage

    Born a twin on 16 June 1920; her brother Manuel died in infancy. Arnulfo’s family is the Mascorro line - my father’s side.

    The Mascorro line
  13. The author · 1957 - Living

    Maida Isabel Mascorro

    Author of A Tale of One Love, Many Worlds - the book in which these generations are chronicled.

THE RECORDS

The records behind these generations.

Baptisms, marriages and burials for the García and Alanís families, with zoom and high-resolution downloads.

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