1/29/05 Cousin Joseph: Yes, you may share the info on Hacienda
Hipasote. Especially if it will assist us in finding information about
our family.
We -- the Romans -- still have family living out on the ranches
surrounding Hacienda Hipasote. Also, one of our relatives is married
to the neice of the current owner, Fernando Macias -- she says that her
great aunt purchased the hacienda and her father & his brother -
Fernando Macias inherited the hacienda ---- then her father died.
This is how this lady - can't remember her name & forgot to
check my family tree maker program before typing this e-mail -- is
related: Julian Roman had a younger brother named Juan "Chico" Roman
-- he had a son named Jose Roman & Jose had a daughter named
Francisca Roman --- Francisca has a son named Guadalupe Ceballos &
Guadalupe is married to the Macias woman.
It was by accident that I came across this information. In 1997
- the 1st time that we visited Hacienda Hipasote (also spelled Ypasote)
& were told that Fernando Macias owned the hacienda I wrote the
information in my book. When we were in town, we were told that a
woman down the street, turn right on the next street and knock on the
third door on the left and ask to speak to Francisca Ceballos as she
was born a Roman. We did that & met Francisca, her son Guadalupe
& family. We went to Guadalupe's house the next day and while
sitting in their living room, I noticed the college dipolma of his wife
with her name of "Macias". We were excited about Hacienda Hipasote
and mentioned our visit & the fact that someone in Calif. by the
name of Fernando Macias was the owner. Guadalupe's wife said -- "what
do you mean"??? --- I am part owner of the hacienda & she told me
the story I related above.
By the way, Guadalupe Ceballos is the director and administrator
of the only Teacher's College in Colotlan and both he & his wife
are well educated.
I really need to document -- review all my notes -- & document
all the information that I have on our family -- most of it is just in
my head???
When we visit we find out very interesting information on our
family ----
Keep in touch-----------your cousin-------Gloria L.
The current owner is Fernando Macias, who lives in Calif. --
along the beach area -- I have not looked him up, but was told that he
lives in So. Calif. in a city named Santa _____ --- could be Santa
Monica or Santa Barbara.
This is the hacienda that I visited in 1997 & 1999. There
were caretakers at the hacienda when we visited as it is being restored
and no one lives there. We introduced ourselves [my mother, my aunt-Maria
Escandon who was born in Las Lajas rancho one of the - one
managed by Hipasote in the past & a friend from the city of
Colotlan] and told them that we were from the Roman family. Immediately
the caretakers knew the name and showed us the room
where Juan Francisco Roman (Julian's 1st son from
his 1st marriage) died in 1941. The caretakers let
us tour the hacienda, very carefully as there were boards holding up
the inside of the arches of the patio area, and I took pictures, etc.
The caretakers provided us some history on the Roman family. They
also told us that Juan Francisoc Roman thought of himself as a well to
do Spanish horseman and rode very nice horses and dressed in very fine
clothes.
I do not know if Julian Roman owned the hacienda or ranches, but
he managed them. Julian made sure that all brothers, sisters, uncles,
nephews, etc. had a ranch to manage -- so he took care of the families
by giving them specific responsibilities to earn income.
2. The other haciendas that Julian managed were: one in
Monte Escobedo and two in Santa Maria -- I do not know the names of
them.
Do you know the name of the haciendas in Colotlan that the
Felguerez family owned or ran in Colotlan??
If we had the time to just travel out there and talk to people,
we could find out a lot of information.
Keep in touch--------your cousin-------Gloria L.
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