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By Cindy Roberts |

Hi everyone, my name is Cindy Pesqueda Roberts and it's very nice to meet you. I found this group when I happened upon the Mexican Genealogy Facebook page, and I am so thankful for these groups. I began doing a little genealogy research several years ago, but started actively doing more after our oldest son bought DNA kits for us for Christmas. It is so addicting. I try do some research any chance I get, but it's never as often as I'd like. I've gotten quite a few names on all my branches but just recently decided to go back and concentrate on my paternal line and confirm that everything that I have is correct before moving on. I'm also trying to fill in a lot of missing pieces. I believe that our surname was originally Esqueda and if I'm correct, it changed to Pesqueda sometime between my great-grandfather, Andres Pesqueda (b. abt. 1874), and my great-great grandfather, Rafael Esqueda/Pesqueda (b. abt. 1828). I'm still trying to find more documentation to confirm (or deny) this theory. According to my father, his siblings, and his cousins, the family was from Los Potreros and Aguascalientes. I have not been able to find Rafael's birth/baptismal record or Andres' marriage record. If anyone could point me in another direction of where to find these records I would be ever so grateful.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this group. And thanks in advance for any information, guidance, and support you can give.

Cindy

Be sure to check out the Aguascalientes civil records at Ancestry.com. They have been indexed, and are linked to the images of the documents.

From Ancestry’s search menu, search the catalog for Aguascalientes (or any other state of interest) and from the resultant list you can select Aguascalientes birth, marriage or death records. You can select the one of interest and search specifically for Aguascalientes records. This gives you more relevant results than the general search.

This works for any state in Mexico, but I am not sure how complete they are.

You can search these records for free at any LDS Family History Center, and at many public libraries.

The civil records begin at the end of the 1850’s and from their it is an easy transition to the church records.

George Fulton

Rafael Pesqueda cc. Ynes Rodriguez
1842 – 1947 • LB77-GF5
According to his IM his parents are Francisco Pesqueda and Maria Josefa Gertrudis Andrade (Andrada)
Ynes Rodriguez 15yo orig. from Potreros parents: Francisco Rodriguez and Clara Cruz

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GGXC-9GPP?from=lynx1UI…

Jose Andres Cerafin Luz was born in 1880
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-P29F-MW?i=310&cc=18833…

Maybe there are two Andres. I believe that there is a Luis Pesqueda married to Aguilar who according to other ancestry trees father is Francisco. Sometimes Luz was changed to Luis.

It looks like many of your relatives went to Potreros but were for a long while in Guanajuato.
Potreros, San Francisco, Angamacutiro de la Unión, Michoacán, Mexico. Not sure if the ones in early 1650's in Aguascaliente.s are the same family.

As for your Rafael with Ynes Rodriguez that is complicated. Only two children have her as mother but what gets complicated is that when one of them passes they have Rafael Pesquedo and Enes Rodriguez as parents and not any of the other surnames.

I have a grandmother who has gone by the name of rosalia Lira, alvarado, de la cruz, Dias and saucedo. I've been searching years so I can find her real name/s

Hopefully some small piece is not what you already have.

Wow! I am so excited to see this new information. I cannot thank you enough for sharing it with me. I was back in the 1600's on the Pesqueda line but the whole reason for me going back to my great, great grandfather was because I just felt like something was off. I think this just might be the missing piece I was looking for. I will start researching this over the next few days and see where it leads.

Thanks again!

Cindyh

George, thank you so much for the instruction on how to search the catalog on Ancestry. I did not know that existed. A while back, I did discover the catalog on Family Search and figured out that if I had the film number and the date to search for, I could find the actual image of the record I was searching for . I've actually gotten quite good at it.

One problem I'm having however is that I'm not familiar with the geography of all the towns, ranches, etc. so I'm not even sure where Los Potreros is in Mexico. Could you help me with that?

Cindy

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R.A.Ricci

5 years ago

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Jose Rafael Pesqueda is the son of Jose Rafael Esqueda and Maria Felipa Asencion Aguirre.

Jose Rafael Esqueda is son of Joseph Antonio Damacio Esqueda 1739 - 1790.
and Anna Maria Barthola Aguirre

Sebastian De Aguirre and María Francisca de Escamilla are the parents of Anna Maria Barthola Aguirre

marriage:29 November 1721Morelia,Celaya,Guanajuato,Mexico

Maria Felipa Ascencion Velasquez
baptized 04 MAY 1788
San Juan Bautista,Apatzeo El Grande,Guanajuato
Daughter of Jose Casimiro Velasquez and Maria Josepha Holguin (aka Olguina, aka Josefa O.)who were married marriage:22 June 1774San Juan Bautista,Apatzeo El Grande,Guanajuato,Mexico.

Rick A. Ricci

Thank you, Rick. I have most of that information but I still have not been able to find a birth record for Jose Rafael Pesqueda. That is what I would really like to find.

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AJaime76

5 years ago

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My Paternal 4th GG Dionisio Saldivar married Maria Carmen Esqueda (she was born abt 1782, and I can't find her parents...wondering if she's from the same lineage? Area of Nochistlan and Teocaltiche.

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Cindy Roberts

5 years ago

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The only person I have found close to that name is Maria Henrique del Carmen Esqueda Velasquez, but she was born in 1807 in Apatzeo, Guanajuato. Her parents were Jose Rafael Esqueda and Maria Felipa de la Acension Velasquez Holguin.

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Cindy Roberts

5 years ago

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Hi there and thanks for reaching out! Rafael Pesqueda is my 2x grandfather. Unfortunately, I don't know much about him. He and his son Andres (my great grandfather) are the ones I am searching for right now. I haven't even been able to locate a birth record for him. The only way I know he existed is from birth and death records of his children and his marriage record. I know his wife was Maria Ynes Rodriguez. I've also seen her with the surname of Avalos. I believe the surname used to be Esqueda.
He had 4 children:
Juana Pesqueda Rodriguez (about 24 Jun 1860) married to Tomas Rodriguez. As far as I know, they only had one child; Maria Socorro. They lived in Charlotte, Tx.

Maria Juliana Gabina Pesqueda b: 15 Feb 1861 (I can't find any other records than her birth record).

Porfirio Pesqueda b. about 1869. He was married to Carlota Perez. I think they only had one son but as I'm typing this, they might have had twins. I'll have to do further research and get back to you...

Hilaria del Refugio Pesqueda b. 20 Jan 1873. Birth record is the only record I have found.

J. Andres Cerapion Luz Pesqueda (my great grandfather) b. 9 Nov 1874. Also the only record for him that I have found.

I am actively searching for him so if anything changes, or if I find more information, I will let you know. If you have any information, I would be so grateful if you would share it with me too. Thank you. Cindy

Welcome Cindy. I have this family in my line (I didn't known it). Not sure if this is your family as this family is from Guanajuato in the late 1870's. If this is not your family, perhaps you can share some more information about the couples spouses. Once again welcome.

Rafael Pesqueda
1840–1947 • LB77-GF5​​
Marriage: 29 FEB 1860
San Francisco De Asis,Penjamo,Guanajuato,Mexico

Maria Ynes Rodriguez
1840–Deceased • MFXQ-QQX

sarod77

Thank you! Yes, they are my family! Rafael is my 3-times GG on my paternal line. Do you have any information on him or his wife that you would be willing to share? How are you related to them? You are welcome to look at my tree and see my information. I have not been able to find a birth record for him. If you need any information from me, I am happy to help. Let me know. Thank you so much!

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