If a river has a name like Campos it was definitely named after a
person. Most rivers, mountains, towns had Mexican, i.e. Nahuatl or
other indigenous language names before the arrival of the Spanish and
the word "campos" is certainly Spanish.

You will often find places that have both a Mexican and a Spanish name
to them such as Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman, tlaltenango meaning
"walled city" in Caxcan and Sanchez Roman being the name of an
illustrious resident post-colonization, or Cholula de Rivadabia, with
Cholula being the old Toltec name of the city and Rivadabia being a
Spanish name.

I know that one of the main rivers in the region where my parents are
from was known as Guajuquilla in the local Tepecan language before the
arrival of the Spanish, and now know as Colotlan (the name given to
the local town by Tlaxcaltec colonists brought by the Spaniards) or
Cartagenas (name given by the Spanish families who settled there in
the 1600s) so you can see the progression of names, with the Spanish
names coming last... and often reverting back to the indigenous names.
The town of Villa Guerrero, Jalisco now uses the Tepecan original
Xonacatic on much of its literature, perhaps as a prelude to the
reversion of the name to the original.

2006/9/10, Corrine Ardoin :
> Hi,
>
> I have been researching the Martin Del Campo name on the Family Search IGI
> and found a couple that may be connected to my family line. It appears
> someone has been doing microfilm research on the family, because there is a
> lot from the same source, the Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe Church in
> Guadalajara, Jalisco. The furthest back I have in my family history is a
> Tomas Martin Del Campo who married Nieves Munoz Aviles and that they resided
> in Guadalajara. Their son's marriage record spells the names just this way
> as I have. The IGI record shows a marriage between a Tomas Martin Del Campo
> and a Maria De Las Nieves Munes, which makes me wonder if these are the same
> people. I plan to look into this for myself because, if it is them, then I
> have found their parents, as well, which will take me one more generation
> back in my ancestry. Their parents names given are Alejandro Martin Del
> Campo and Tomasa Romero (Tomas's parents) and Jose Ynes Munes and Ysidra
> Alcala (Maria de las Nieves' parents). Tomas and Maria de las Nieves were
> married on August 31, 1850, according to this record. My Tomas and Nieves,
> based on their son's age at his marriage, I guessed would have been married
> about 1850-51, so it may be the same people. Still, I have to check on
> that. I have made mistakes before, so eager for someone to be the one I'm
> looking for!
>
> Another Martin Del Campo tidbit: The name "Martin" means "warlike." Mar is
> from the Greek word for war (Mars being the God of War). Del Campo means
> "of the fields" or "of the countryside." So, they were the Martins Of The
> Fields or Countryside. Looking at Steven Hernandez' information that the
> Martin Del Campos he researched came from Revilla de Campos. I looked on
> the map and the Campos River runs through there. I wonder which came first,
> the people and towns named for the river or the river named for the people
> and towns?
>
> Take care,
> Corrine Ardoin
>
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