I was born in Aguascalientes, Ags. but live in Texas,  and from my mother [Eva de Loera] have been able to determine that my maternal grandmother [Maria del Socorro Loera] was born in El Terrero de la Labor c1930 and died 1977 in Ags., and that her mother [Petra Lara Loera] was born c1903 and died 1994 within the same geographical area.  My maternal grandfather [Cesareo de Loera] was also born in El Terrero de la Labor c1925 but i do not know his d.o.b. yet but he died @ 2 years ago.
 
Verbal accounts show that my maternal grandmother was a twin and had at least 5 siblings and that her mother had over 9 siblings all from Ojocaliente or Calvillo area. Their names are as follows:  Arnulfo de Loera, Herminio de Loera, Jesus de Loera, Jose de Loera (died 198?), Samuel de Loera, Hermelinda de Loera, Fidel de Loera (died c1926)
My great-great-grand-father Jose de Loera married (1st marriage) Dominga Luevano [who later died] they had the following children:  Braulio de Loera, Felicitas de Loera, Jesus de Loera (female) , Jose de Loera, Melecio de Loera, Miguel de Loera, Natalia de Loera, Refugio de Loera (female), Victoria de Loera
Jose then married a much younger woman Rosita (Lara???) and had the following children:  Camilo de Loera, Ines de Loera (female), Maclovia de Loera, Paula de Loera, Ramon de Loera, Santos de Loera, Silvestre de Loera
I have not been able to connect any names from the LDS files yet! but have not lost hope.  I was told that there was a fire that destroyed most records from the local registry and have asked several relatives that planned to attend "La Feria de San Marcos" to make time and search local archives.
I've been interviewing several elderly relatives but still do not have actual dates for most names.  My maternal family's name "according to my mother" is de Loera and not Loera.  My paternal surname is Alatorre but I am still trying to determine if from Zacatecas or Aguascalientes.
 
Cordially,
 
Karina Alatorre de Loera

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