Re: [ranchos] Re: Victor

[Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>]

Your family story is not boring. Please continue on.

Alberto.

--- latina1955@... wrote:

> Hi Victor,
>  
> I didn't realize the Villarreales were connected to
> Zacatecas, although  I 
> have read some history on Zacatecas and came across
> the Villarreal name  quite 
> often, particularly during the time of civil war - I
> thought the  original one 
> settled in Oaxaca.  I have not been able to make a
> connection  with Danny, 
> although the area that he mentions in Nuevo Leon
> (the place settled  by the 
> original settlers there - Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon) is
> where my father's  grandfather 
> was from.  It appears that the family moved to
> Coahuila around  1830 - not 
> really sure why, but I suspect it had to do with the
> Independence and  "free" 
> territory to those willing to fight the hostile
> Apaches who lived in  the area.  My 
> grandmother also happens to be a Villarreal, but her
>  relatives are from Cd 
> Victoria area.  I still have a great aunt who lives 
> in Nuevo Leon, she lives 
> in Monterrey.  I am hoping to make a journey there 
> this summer, to tap into 
> her memories.....
>  
> I would love to hear how you differ from some of
> Danny's assumptions....the  
> one thing that I can confirm is our Jewish
> background.  My great uncle had  
> kept this secret, and it turns out that my aunts did
> too, until recently, when  
> it no longer mattered.  If you feel that our
> conversation would be a bore  to 
> the rest of the group, email me
> privately.....perhaps we can find a  
> connection to our Villarreal side.  I have been able
> to go back to the late  1700's, 
> but it is connected mostly with my paternal's mother
> side - the  Bermea's, who 
> were the original settlers of the town my father was
> from - Villa  Union, 
> Coauhuila - then known as Rosales when my father was
> born....
>  
> Esperanza
> 


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