Arranged marriages

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Another reason for inter-marriages is that young ladies were not allowed to date or to go anywhere without a chaperone. Who did they see on a day to day basis without a chaperone? the neighbor and the sons or daughters of the neighboring landowners. Another factor is that marriages were quite often arranged by the parents, they decided who their children should or should not marry and many or most times it was the sons or daughters of their close friends, family and compadres. The compadres were usually family too.

 

My mother, my mother in-law and my tia Elvira all tell stories of the men they really loved and wanted to marry but were not allowed to do so by their parents.

 

If mom would have been allowed to marry the man of her choice I would not be an Avelar, Aguayo, Garcia, Gomez, etc. I'll have to ask mom what surnames I would have if she had married her true love.

 

 

Alicia Carrillo de San Jose, Ca

Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...> wrote:

> Are we just all related?
> I believe the Sanchez Castellanos families from
> Jerez/Xerez were related to the Duartes from Jerez. 
> Two of my great------grandmothers from Jerez were from
> Sanchez family and my uncle Tribucio Duarte and
> Francisco Castellano Sanchez were business partners
> back in 1815.  I do know that Francisco Castellanos
> was originally from Aguascalientes.
>
> Alberto Duarte Prieto
> Santa Maria, California
>
> --- Margarita Vallazza <TeaCozyGran@...> wrote:
>
> > Just posting some info I have found--
> > 
> > "Mezquital del Oro, Zac., Nov. 25 1748.  Exp. 24 -
> > Informacion 
> > Matrimonial del Ultramarino y Dispensa de Banas.  En
> > el Real de San
>  
> > Juan de Bautista del Mezquital, se levanto la
> > informacion de Don 
> > Francisco de Idon y Romay, esp., originario del
> > puerto de Marin en 
> > Reino de Galicia y residente en estos Reinos de diez
> > y ocho anyos, hijo 
> > legitimo de Don Marcos Idon y Romay y de Donya Maria
> > Gonzalez de 
> > Mendoza; con Donya Maria Sanchez Castellanos, espa.
> > de mas de 50 anyos 
> > de edad, originaria y vecina de la Villa de Xeres,
> > viuda de Don 
> > Francisco del Muro, tiempo ha de quatro anyos, hija
> > legitima de Don 
> > Joseph Sanchez Castellanos y de Dony Juana de Luna."
> > 
> > Well, this Joseph Sanchez Castellanos is the nephew
> > of my ancestor 
> > Francisco de Chavez Banuelos.  Wow! How great to
> > find peripheral 
> > relatives!!! I love it when I find branches of my
> > ancestors' families!  
> > MargeV:)
> > 
> >
>  
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