Re: FYI: Misc Colotlan Hacienda Info

["Edward Serros" <ed@...>]

Gloria,

In reference to the information and question below regarding the Felguerez and Colotlan, I 
make a few comments. One, you can obtain an idea of the land owned by the Felguerez 
family by reviewing the article that I put in the photo section and labeled Valparaiso. 
Paragraph three of Cerro de Gallegos.jpg gives you an estimate of the size of the land 
ownership. In the 1800's ownership of land generally meant ownership of very large tracts 
of land. Secondly, the names of some of the ranchos owned by Felguerez family in 
Valparaiso (I think) were: El Astillero, El Tejujan, Las Cruzes. They also owned a silver 
mine, Santa Elena. In Colotlan, they owned La Trinidad and the silver mine called Bolanos. 
Thirdly, these properties were all lost in the Mexican Revolution to my knowledge. 
Fourthly, one of the Felguerez returned to Valparaiso in the 1920's, only to be murdered. 
Lastly, one of the great artists/painter/sculptors of Mexico today is from Valparaiso and 
part of the original Felguerez family: Manuel Felguerez.

Ed

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
the haciendas:
>  
> 1.    Hacienda Hipasote -- is in Colotlan -- and is the hacienda that 
> Julian was the manager of in the 1800s, probably 1860s to ------early 
> 1900s??   This hacienda is in the hills of Colotlan with ranches for 
> miles around.   It was owned at one time by the Sanchez-Castellanos 
> family, which I have not been able to connect to our Romans,  but I 
> think they are related.
>  
> 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.