Hi Corrine ,

My name is Welester G. Alvarado and Im trying to trace my family from Villa de Santiago Nuevo Leon back through Saltillo , Coahuila to Zacatecas . Any way the reason for this mail is to share with you a common thing in those times . My family starting with my father and going backwards were all white with blue or grey violete eyes and blond hair . This was I suppose the spanish in them . A lot of the mixed or mistizos alos had these looks .

My father is Manuel Alvarado , Almaguer , his father was Manuel Alvarado , Trevino and his mother was Maria Antonia Almaguer , Garza

My fathers grandfather was Jose Damian Alvarado , Saldivar his grandmother was Quirina Saldivar , Gomez

Anyway , like I said all of these people were white , blond haired and blue eyed .

My brothers and sisters are like 31 flavors we come in all sizes and colors ;-)

Welester

> To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> From: corrine@ardoin.us> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:23:04 -0800> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Translation of Legend of the Yegua Rusa> > > I worked at translating the story of "Hacienda de la Yegua Rusa" and this is what I came up with:> > "A boy was abandoned on the steps of the "Hacienda de la Yegua Rusa" with very fine gowns in a small basket, and the boy had on a medal and very fine gowns and a note pinned, on which it said: this boy has already been baptized and his name is Martin, I ask that you never remove the medal for the rest of his life.> > The owners of the Hacienda were people already great in age and never had family (and possibly they thought that was the right place for the boy to grow up and if they wanted to be able to find him when he was grown).> > The boy grew and the families and the environment around him knew that the boy was not a descendant of the owners of the "Hacienda de la Yegua Rusa," so they began to say to the boy or to identify him when they spoke of him: "There goes Martin," and when they were asked which Martin, they simply identified him as "Martin, del campo" (of the Yegua Rusa), since the Hacienda was situated in an area that was big and surrounded by the beautiful countryside.> > This boy supposed that he was some accident of the royal family since he was white, fair-haired and blue-eyed and the gown was of very fine material and French lace, but accidents in families of high standing weren't considered good in those times, so the children were disowned and kept secret or given away but always had a pin to be able to give some day with the sons.> > This is the story of Martin del campo."> > Corrine Ardoin> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Nuestros Ranchos General Mailing List> > To post, send email to:> general(at)nuestrosranchos.org> > To change your subscription, log on to:> http://www.nuestrosranchos.org
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