I forgot to add that I could also probably enlighten you on the tostado line. Some of the misinformation actually started in Spain and repeated in many genealogy books. I can clarify some of the information on the Tostados in Spain.

R.A.Ricci

I forgot to add that I could also probably enlighten you on the tostado line. Some of the misinformation actually started in Spain and repeated in many genealogy books. I can clarify some of the information on the Tostados in Spain.

R.A.Ricci

Gertrudis was the daughter of Jose Diaz de Leon and Maria Antonia Delgadillo aka ma. antonia martines, aka antonia Gonzales de islas.
I am still working on jose diaz de leon, I don't have his parents confirmed yet but I have many clues and brother that I am working on. It seems as they came from aguascalientes. I cannot tell you anything more on Jose because at this point it is pure conjecture until I confirm the data that I have.
On the mother Maria Antonia Delgadillo Martines de Alarcon y Gonzalez de Islas the information is confirmed but was a little tricky to do so because she used so many different surnames. I have antonias parents grandparents , and half of her great grandparents (4 of them)that I will send to you later.
Also I want to add that on the tostado side of the family was the smartest man of his time, an albert einstein that stood up to torquemada the inquistor and defended himself to the pope. he was much smarter than either one of them. Torquemada was frustrated because he could not debate with him. The Pope did not really understand all of the arguements but sided with tostado because it was obvious that he knew what he was talking about and that he could debate anyone. It was not that he had great rhetorical skills which he may have had. It was that he was highly knowledgeable combined with great anaylitical skills. He actually was ahead of his time in his analysis of scripture. He did not limit himself to theology though. He was knowledgeable in many areas.
Contrary to spanish folklore he did not suffer from his brain frying from so much study and writing. This is a myth that was not true that has been repeated in many genealogy books. He was brilliant until his death. He was given a title and post near the end of his life that showed that he still had it. He was named after his father. the myth probably had its root in that tostado means just that toasted, burned. when you see that amount of writing that he did it is hard to believe that one person did all that without burning out. there are a couple of sayings in spanish that refer to him. to write a lot is "escribir como el tostado" and another one that I can't remember right now I guess my brain is toast.
R.A.Ricci