In search of any Jauregui descendants that originated in Nochistlan then carried over to Mexticacan & Cañadas Jalisco. Ancestor Nicolas de Jauregui, from Los Yugos Cañadas, born around 1790, is who we are researching. Married 1st wife, Petra Gomez. 2nd wife, Juana Yniguez. Searching for maternal & paternal records for Nicolas Jauregui as his mother was recorded as Juana de Jauregui. He must have taken his mother's surname.
When I cleaned up several generations on the Esparaza tree on Family Search to reflect the accurate relationships I was very careful to include the correct mother’s maiden name on each record which was especially important on generations with the same name, like Lope Ruiz Esparza Espinosa and Lope Ruíz de Esparza Diaz. However, the same Family Search user who had deleted the couple relationship mentioned on my previous post changed a number of the names, including some, but not all of the wives by adding long extensions like these:
Lic. Lope Ruíz De Esparza Espinoza Sr. De Esparza de Galar y Zariquiegui
Lic. Pedro Ruíz De Esparza Caparroso Sr. De Esparza de Galar y Zariquiegui - Lope Ruiz Esparza Espinosa’s son Martin Ruíz De Esparza Huici Sr. De Esparza de Galar y Zariquiegui - Lope Ruiz Esparza Espinosa’s father
María de Larrasoaña Sra. Del Palacio de Zariquiegui – One of Martin Ruíz De Esparza Huici’s wives (Not Lope’s mother)
This extended version of the name was obviously taken from court documents like the example below that uses the name in the title with the added description in the Content of the summary, but this isn’t always the case. There are many court actions that only use Lope Ruiz de Esparza in both the title and Content of the court action.
LOPE RUIZ DE ESPARZA contra DOMINGO DE OSCOZ
Content: Lope Ruiz de Esparza, señor de los palacios de Esparza (Galar) y Zariquiegui, vecino de Pamplona, contra Domingo de Oscoz, residente en el barrio de Santa Engracia de Pamplona, sobre retrocesion de la venta de una viña junto al degolladero de Pamplona de Antonio de Espinosa, su primo carnal, por 47 ducados, alegando derecho de tanteo como pariente mas cercano.
My question is whether those of nobility were referred to as Lord or Lady of a domain from birth, or only after the death of the father? It doesn’t make sense to me that three generations of Esparza men who may have been alive at the same time would all be referred to as Lord of Esparza de Galar y Zariquiegui. It seems that, for genealogy purposes, using the mother’s maiden name after the paternal surname distinguishes one generation from another sufficiently. Family Search offers another area called Other Formation/Alternate Name where name variations and additional information can be added.
Anyway, I looked into what Family Search recommended for Name entry and following the guidelines changed the names back to the ones I had originally used with paternal and maternal surnames. I included Source documents that stated ONLY the name without the extended description in the title of court actions, suggested that name variations could be added under Other Formation/Alternate Name, and actually added the extended information in that section. Again, the user changed them all back to the extended names. I’m not to get into a dueling match with this user and make any more changes. Meanwhile, I’m going to a Family Search seminar in June that deals with how to maintain accuracy in trees and deal with those who are making it difficult, so I will bring up my issues then.
Thanks for any insight that can be offered here about title and name traditions in Spain during the Middle Ages and in genealogy, in general.
I have been doing major research online from home and my local Family History Center in an effort to ensure a more accurate ancestor tree on Family Search for the Ruiz de Esparza family that originated in the Pamplona, Spain area. I’m aware that back in 2016 there were discussions here about this family, but am sharing my experience in case there may be something new and also, in the hope someone here may be able to assist me with questions I’ve encountered.
The most challenging issue, my main priority, was correcting the extra generation that resulted from the creation of a record for Lope Ruiz Esparza b. 1500 as the son of Lope Ruiz Esparaza Espinosa b. 1510 and Maria Caparroso b. 1533. This record presented Lope Ruiz Esparza b. 1500 as the husband of Anna Maria Díez de Eguino b. 1522 with their child Lope Ruiz de Esparza Diaz b. 1569 (who is the progenitor of the Ruiz de Esparza line in Aguascalientes, Mexico.) Obviously, the son could not have been born before the father and mother!
It was a complicated project to make the necessary corrections and I was very careful use Source documents each step of the way to ensure an accurate tree resulted with Lope Ruiz de Esparza Diaz b. 1569 being the son of Lope Ruiz Esparaza Espinosa b. 1510 and Anna Díez de Eguino b. 1522 who was mother of Lope (the younger) as the result of an additional relationship between Lope (the elder) and Anna Maria Diez de Equino. The birth years may, or may not be correct, as although there was Source documentation for the relationships, there were no specific birth years included. In some cases, there was explanation presented for the estimated years, in others there was none. Any insight, or documentation sources for birth years would be appreciated.
I read somewhere here that Lope Ruiz de Esparza Espinosa and Ana Maria Diaz de Eguino were not married. I located this reference on page 193 of Martin Leal’s Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia, 5-3 Ruiz de Esparza
“Anna Díez de Eguinoa is a resident of the town of Raona in Mescoaslaalta; that Lope Ruiz de Esparza is publicly considered to be her natural son and that of Lope Ruiz de Esparza, the elder. That being free, single, and about to be married, she gave birth to the aforementioned Lope Ruiz de Esparza, the younger.”
This states they were “about to be married” so, they may or may not have ever been married, but it clearly confirms the parents of Lope Ruiz de Esparza b. 1659.
In the process of searching for the necessary Source documents I discovered the record below:
1595 Lope Ruiz de Esparza and Isabel de Ascarraga against Juan de Espinal and Juana Salinas
Content: Lope Ruiz de Esparza, lawyer of the Royal Courts, and Isabel de Ascarraga, his wife, lords of the palaces of Esparza (Galar) and Zariquiegui, residents of Pamplona, against Juan de Espinal and Juana de Salinas, his wife, residents of Pamplona, regarding the scope of accounts of an arbitrary judgment in a lawsuit relating to the payment of interest on a census of 1,500 ducats subject to a house in the Pellejerias neighborhood of Pamplona.
This clearly states that in 1595 Isabel de Ascarraga was the wife of Lope Ruiz Esparza. This has to be Lope Ruiz Esparaza Espinosa (the elder) because there is another Source document that shows Lope Ruiz Esparaza (the younger) on a passenger list to the Indies in 1593. When I looked for the record of Isabel de Ascarraga I discovered that she is presented as the wife of Pedro Ruíz De Esparza y Caparroso b. 1551, son of Lope Ruiz Esparza Espinosa (the elder).
Then I found this Source document:
1604 ISABEL DE ASCARRAGA vs. JUAN DE HUARTE AND OTHERS
Content: Isabel de Ascarraga, widow of Pedro Ruiz de Esparza, resident of Pamplona, against Juan de Huarte, Barbara Ruiz de Esparza, his wife, and others, residents of Pamplona, regarding the nullity of deeds of obligation and debt contracted by her husband.
It appears that Isabel was the widow of Pedro Ruiz Esparza in 1604, but at the time of the earlier 1595 court action, she was married to his father Lope Ruiz Esparza (Espinosa). Initially it seemed that her husband Pedro must have passed that year, or prior, in order for her to be remarried in 1595. I also noted that there were numerous court actions against Pedro by siblings and family members for debt he owed. This explains why Isabel was requesting that her deceased husband’s debt be forgiven in 1604.
In 1595 Lope Ruiz Esparza Espinoza would have been about 85, depending on the accuracy of his birth date of 1510, and Isabel would have been 48. From I’ve read here on Nuestros Ranchos that age difference isn’t unusual in the Ruiz Esparza family, although a father marrying a son’s widow seems strange. Initially, I thought that maybe because of his advanced age and Pedro being his eldest son and heir, Lope (the elder) may have been living with Pedro and his wife at the time of Pedro’s death. Maybe it made sense for Isabel to marry her husband’s father because she was already taking care of him and it, also, may be way of getting around Pedro’s debt.
Then I saw another Source document with a 1597 court action by Pedro Ruiz de Esparza “against Juan de Huarte, servant of Lope Ruiz de Esparza and Maria de Esparza, his parents, resident of Pamplona, about death threats.” Wait, if Pedro was still alive in 1597, how did his wife Isabel marry his father in 1595?
Then I saw this court action from 1594:
Lope Ruiz de Esparza vs. Pedro Ruiz de Esparza
Content: Lope Ruiz de Esparza, resident of Pamplona, against Pedro Ruiz de Esparza, his son, lawyer of the Royal Courts, resident of Pamplona, regarding payment of 11 and a half ducats, the remainder being alimony for 2 years.
“alimony for 2 years” - Did Isabel marry Lope (the elder) after she and Pedro were divorced? I didn’t think divorce was very common in the Middle Ages, especially in a Christian family. If this is the case, and Pedro was not deceased by 1595, he certainly was by 1604 when Isabel is identified as his widow. Hmmm? Maybe there was something to the death threats in the 1597 court action?
When I added Isabel De Azcarraga as another wife of Lope Ruiz de Esparza Espinosa on Family Search using the 1595 court action document as a Source, the relationship was deleted the next day with no explanation by the same Family Search user who had created the extra generation. Is my interpretation of the 1595 court action wrong? Has anyone already unraveled this mystery? If not, does anyone have any insight into these relationships? I have another question, but will do a separate post.
Hello, all!
I am hoping to get some help with the address in the following document, please.
page 242, record 5049. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPJ1-K36
record 5220. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPJ9-JN3
I can make out house 607. It's the street name that I can't quite make out. Calle 44 <Something> Hidalgo.
I'm hoping to locate the nearest parish to search for baptismal records for the children of Hilario Lopez and Angela Morales.
Thank you!
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping someone can help me translate what this document says. It's about Francisco de Covarrubias married to Isabel de Rodas. I can figure out a couple of things but was hoping someone with more experience could help me figure out what some of the words say. I attached the document. thank you!
I posted a comment on the previous topic "Lope Ruiz de Esparza 'el menor' is the 3rd cousin to St. Francisco Javier de Jasso," but since it was from 2016, I'm creating a new topic. I recently joined Nuestros Ranchos with hopes of finding more about the Esparza family that originated in Pamplona, Spain, among other challenges. I ran into Nuestros Ranchos while searching for documentation that verifies what is posted on Family Search. Does someone know whether the book mentioned by Rick A. Ricci in the previous topic has been published. If nothing else, the posts here have given me new resources to investigate. I'm happy to share anything new that I might discover, but there's so much here, I don't know whether I'll find more than what's already been shared.
My tree created using Family Search is in my folder is at https://nuestrosranchos.org/lambchop48, but the names and dates, especially in the Esparza branch, change each time I look because of updates and merges completed, often without source documentation other than "family" or "facts." My goal is to be able to find and use source documents with correct names and dates, so the trees on Family Search will be accurate. Thanks for any assistance that can be offered.
Hello! My name is Dana and I’m looking forward to learning more, and helping others to learn more about their ancestors. Back in the 1980s I learned how to create a genealogy chart when I took a Cultural Anthropology course in college. That started me on my genealogy research journey. The first step was adding extended family. There was no Internet, or simple way to gather the information, so I started the old- fashioned way by writing for copies of vital records, like birth, death and marriage and contacting family members. I especially focused on the older generations who I knew may not be with us for long. They shared treasured stories and photos.
Over the years I expanded my family tree, but I wanted to know more than just the names and dates. My goal was, and is, to understand the historical context of the locations and gain insight into the culture and migration of my ancestors from Spain, to Mexico, Arizona and Southern California where I was born. Internet opened the realm of possibilities. When I retired about ten years ago I was able to devote more time to reading and research. In 2019 I began using Family Search which enabled me to, not only expand my tree, but identify research resources through the sources attached to records. I found the Nuestros Ranchos site through a note posted on one of my family members records.
To summarize my ancestors as they relate to Nuestros Ranchos – four of my paternal generations originated in Aguascalientes and eight generations were born and/or married in Jalisco, Mexico with the most recent being my grandmother Ana Maria Gomez who was born in Guadalajara in 1897. Her father was born in Ciudad Guzmán, Zapotlán el Grande. Five prior generations originated in Ojuelos and the earliest generation in Jalisco was in Guadalajara. Martin Perez de Gardea was born in Guadalajara in 1569 and his wife Mariana González de Rubalcava was born in Teocaltiche in 1587. Mariana’s father Alonso González de Rubalcava is my 11th great grandfather. Subsequent generations of his family founded San Antonio de los Adobes, now known as Union de San Antonio, on one of the most important estates they owned.
In 1526 Alonso was born in Heras about 10 km from his family’s ancestral home in Liérganes and 14 km from Santander, Cantabria, Spain. He emigrated to The Indies/New Spain when he was an adolescent in about 1540 and originally settled in Pátzcuaro in Michoacán. Alonso fathered a son by an indigenous woman in 1545. By 1560 he was married to a Creole woman, had been knighted and owned land grant in Santiago Copándaro, south of Lake Cuitzeo. He was a rancher and builder. He moved to Guadalajara when he was offered a special commission as master builder to erect Guadalajara's second Cathedral. Construction began in 1565.
Alonso was married to a Creole woman during this time, but about 10 years later returned to Pátzcuaro where he married Beatriz Baeza López y Perez Santaella in 1570. Her father Capitán Juan Baltazar De Baeza and maternal grandfather Capitán Francisco de Padilla Santaella were conquistadors during the Cortez Expeditions. Santaella was killed in the 1519 Battle of Tabasco. Alonso's maternal grandfather was Capitán Ruy de González Suárez who was also a conquistador with the Cortez Expeditions.
My lineage from Alonso González de Rubalcava is through his daughter Mariana González de Rubalcava who was born in Teocaltiche, Jalisco in 1587, as previously mentioned. Both Alonso and his wife are buried there. The generations that followed settled in Aguascalientes, Jalisco. My information about Alonso González de Rubalcava is from Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia. Alonso de Rubalcava by Mariano González-Leal.
I've also identified another branch in my lineage that begins with Miguel Ruiz de Esparza born in 1647 in Aguascalientes, Jalisco and goes back to the middle 1300s in what was then part of the Basque region in Pamplona, Spain. I’ve discovered that there was exchange about the Esparza family here back in 2016, but have yet to learn the final results. Perhaps, some of the information I’ve mentioned is helpful to another member of this group. My purpose in joining Nuestros Ranchos is to find documents that verify some of the data that has been entered on Family Search, but not necessarily supported by sources. Vital information like birth dates and locations have been changed and records merged resulting in conflicts that don’t make sense. Through the process I hope to sort out what is accurate through documented sources. My next step is to review more of what has been posted and uploaded here and share what I have that may be of interest.
Here’s a link to my folder: https://nuestrosranchos.org/lambchop48
I created this map to illustrate the locations I've mentioned in my introduction
According to the informacion matrimonial of my ancestor Emeterio Ramirez who got married in Michoacan in 1858 he was 38 during that time and was from Teocaltiche Jalisco. It also says his parents were Santiago Ramirez and Rafaela Ponce but after reading other documents I think his father was actually called Santos Ramirez.
Most of the files from that era and place including surrounding areas in Jalisco are indexed but I actually checked them anyway and found nothing. Apparently the family moved to Michoacan at some point but the only one who returned or remained there was his sister Josefa Ramirez who married Juan Gomez in 1847 in Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco.
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong in my research, I dont have experience with this region so I would like to read other opinions on this brickwall.
Hola a todos,
Perhaps some of you already know of this, in which case it’s old news, but for some time, FamilySearch has made available access to the padrones of Jalostotitlán, beginning in 1650 (of which those of the 17th century are handily transcribed and published in a series of books by Sergio Gutiérrez, which I highly recommend):
1650-1837 Jalostotitlán padrones: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9K7-WSZH?i=0&cat=2302…
And I just noticed the other day that they have finally uploaded the padrones of 1649 and 1689:
1649 Jalostotitlán: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-27CL-ZCFL?view=explore…
1689 Jalostotitlán: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-57C2-XSQP-H?view=explo…
While the rest of these padrones have been available, the 1689 padrón is new to me. This has helped bridge that gap between 1679 and the 1700s - an entire generation!
I hope you find these useful! Saludos,
Manny Díez Hermosillo