FAMILY ROOTS · FAMILY LINE
My father’s family
The Mascorro line
About 1655 – today · 10 generations
EARLIEST
Juan Asencio Mascorro
About 1655
HOME TOWN
Guerrero, Tamaulipas
From 1866
FAMILIES THAT JOIN
Zapata
Through Simona Zapata
THE JOURNEY
Two hundred years of moving north.
The Mascorro records begin in San Luis Potosí in 1706. For most of the eighteenth century the family lived in Jalisco, around Ciénega de Mata and Ojuelos, and by 1816 they were in Aguascalientes.
Between 1841 and the late 1860s, the family moved north to Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, where my grandfather, “Papa Adolfo,” was born in 1867. The community, formerly known as Villa de Revilla, had been founded in 1750 by Don Vicente Guerra and 63 families from Nuevo León under the authority of colonizer Don José de Escandón. Located on the northern frontier of New Spain, it was renamed Ciudad Guerrero in 1827 in honor of General Vicente Guerrero.
San Luis Potosí
1706
Jalisco
1700s
Aguascalientes
1816
Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas
1841–1866
LINE OF DESCENT
From Juan Asencio to me, one generation at a time.
Ten generations, each the child of the one before. Scroll down the line and watch the years pass – from colonial San Luis Potosí to the author of this book.
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7th great-grandfather
Juan Asencio Mascorro
about 1655
marriedMaría de Santiago
The earliest Mascorro the family has found. He is named only once, as the father of Carlos in his 1706 marriage record.
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6th great-grandfather
Carlos Mascorro
b. 1684
marriedGracia Ruiz
Married on 26 September 1706 in Armadillo de los Infantes, San Luis Potosí.
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5th great-grandfather
Gregorio Mascorro
about 1715 – 1785
marriedMaría Josefa Rodríguez
Married on 20 June 1737 in Ciénega de Mata, Jalisco, and buried there on 29 December 1785, aged about 70.
Mulato libreIn colonial New Spain, church records noted each person’s casta. “Mulato libre” recorded a free person of mixed African and Spanish descent. Gregorio Mascorro and his wife were recorded this way in 1737 - a reminder that African roots are part of the Mascorro family story. -
4th great-grandfather
Joseph Manuel Mascorro
bp. 3 Jun 1746
marriedMaría Cornelia García
Baptized on 3 June 1746 in Ciénega de Mata, Ojuelos, Jalisco, the son of Gregorio Mascorro and María Josefa.
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3rd great-grandfather
José Antonio Mascorro
about 1788
marriedMaría Seberiana Vásquez
Married Seberiana Vásquez on 3 January 1816 in Aguascalientes. After his first wife died, he later married María Inés Medina, on 24 September 1825 in Ciénega de Mata, Jalisco. Author’s family is from his first marriage; making her story remarkable.
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2nd great-grandfather
José Felipe Mascorro
b. 13 Sep 1816
marriedMaría del Rosario García
Baptized on 21 September 1816 at El Sagrario, Aguascalientes. He married Lorenza Rodríguez on 22 November 1841 in San José, Ojuelos, Jalisco.
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Great-grandfather
Susano Mascorro
1840 – 1887
marriedSimona Zapatad. 1904
Married Simona Zapata on 16 June 1866 at Nuestra Señora del Refugio, Guerrero, Tamaulipas. He died in Guerrero on 12 October 1887.
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The Zapata family joins here
Through Simona Zapata, Susano’s wife
- Dr. José Ygnacio Zapata - 3rd great-grandfather
- Juan Nepomuceno Zapata, Simona’s father - 2nd great-grandfather; married María J. F. García in 1825 in Revilla
- Simona Zapata - died 14 November 1904
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Also in the Zapata family
Colonel José Antonio Zapata
- Colonel José Antonio Serapio Zapata de Rocha - 3rd great-uncle; born 29 January 1797 in Guerrero, Tamaulipas.
José Antonio Zapata rose from humble beginnings — a shepherd for half his life — to become a wealthy rancher on the northern frontier. He followed General Antonio Canales in the cause of the Río Grande, stood among the co‑founders of the Republic, and served as First Lieutenant of the Río Grande Navy. He was a gifted cavalry officer, on par with Chevalier Bayard and Stonewall Jackson. The Comanche called him ‘sombrero de manteca’ — buttery hat — because his hair shone so brightly. In 1858, when Webb County and Starr County were redrawn, a new county was born and named Zapata County, honoring José Antonio de Zapata’s courage and sacrifice.
- Colonel José Antonio Serapio Zapata de Rocha - 3rd great-uncle; born 29 January 1797 in Guerrero, Tamaulipas.
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Grandfather
Adolfo Mascorro Zapata “Papa Adolfo”
1867 – 1967
marriedAdela Barrerab. 1874
Born on 2 January 1867 in Guerrero and christened there on 10 March. At 78 he crossed into the United States at Zapata, Texas, on 29 December 1945. His death was registered in Ciudad Mier on 20 March 1967; he was 100.
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Father
Arnulfo Eugenio Mascorro
b. 15 Aug 1912
marriedManuela García de Mascorro1920 – 2011
Manuela’s family is the García line - my mother’s side.
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The author · 1957 - Living
Maida Isabel Mascorro
Author of A Tale of One Love, Many Worlds - the book these generations are written into.
THE RECORDS
Every generation above is backed by a record.
Christenings, marriages, burials and a border crossing for the Mascorro family, with zoom and high-resolution downloads.
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