Locations of Research Interest
I've researched my maternal grandfather's line. My grandfather's mother (great-grandmother) is originally from Ciudad Guzman (dob 1872) and had the maiden name of "Aguallo." A paternal uncle would tell me stories of how his grandmother would speak of her lineage. Although I've done some cursory searches on other lines (both on my maternal and paternal side) the "aguallo" lineage has always been of keen interest to me. In any event, during the COVID shutdown I went down the rabbit hole and followed the "aguallo" line back to the mid 1750's in Ciudad Guzman (Zapotlan Grande). I found records (baptisms, marriage and death) on Family Search belonging to the "aguallo" line. The oldest direct relative I found in Ciudad Guzman was Jose Vizente Ferrer de Aguayo (married in 1779), originally from Nochistlan, per his IM (a kind soul from wikitree helped find the unindexed IM). Unfortunately, I hit a wall at the time and could not find any additional documents for Jose Vizente Ferrer (ie a baptism record). His marriage registry and IM identify one Antonio Mergil/Margil de Aguayo as his father but that's where the confusion remains (wikitree lists my Antonio Margil with another as an "unmerged match"). From the IM, specifically a testigo (Clemente de Aguayo, a likely uncle/cousin), I was indirectly able to zero-in on the Nochistlan family cluster but, again, no direct connection. Frustrated at the time, I set this line aside until very recently. I decided to have AI/LLM review several Family Search derived docs to confirm my findings and possibly shed some light on my "wall." The AI helped in nominal ways but often it seemed to hallucinate. It did, however, make one interesting suggestion: it noted that given an age/time gap (the existing Antonio Margil de Aguayo on wikitree appears to have been born in 1710 and married in 1733), it was possible that the this represented a "generational collapse," meaning that the existing Antonio Margil de Aguayo may possibly have been an older relative with the same name married to a woman with a similar name (both Maria, possibly from the same "Yanez" family). The AI further suggested that Antonio Margil, and father of Vizente, was likely an unlisted (on wikitree) brother of Clemente (both sons of Joseph de Aguayo and Manuela de Aguilar), all from Nochistlan, vice the listed brother of Joseph de Aguayo. In other words, a son of Joseph sharing the same name as his uncle. Armed with this new "insight" I began searching the unindexed IMs on Family Search from Nochistlan circa 1750-55 (assuming that Jose Vizente Ferrer was born circa 1755). While searching, I came across a 1751 Nochistlan IM for one Antonio de Aguayo (son of Joseph de Aguayo and Manuela de Aguilar) married to Maria "Camacho Hermocillo" (not Yanez). Although unlikely to be my Antonio Margil, the IM does seem to identify a previously unlisted son of Joseph (brother of Clemente). I've thus now resorted to searching through Nochistlan baptism records from 1750-1758 with no luck. Needless to say, I'm back at my "wall," which is why I'm here, in the off chance someone has done some work on this line that can help me move past my wall. Any help would be appreciated.
Surnames Researching
de aguayo
Yanez
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Antonio Mergil/Margil de Aguallo (Nochistlan)
m. Maria Tereza Yanez
│
└── Jose Vizente Ferrer de Aguallo (b. 1750, Nochistlan)
m. 1779: Rosa Maria de Orosco (Melendres) (Ciudad Guzman)
│
└── Jose Anselmo Aguallo (b. 1775, Ciudad Guzman)
m. 1804: Maria Felipa Jacinta Plazola (Sayula)
│
└── Pedro Aguallo (b. 1813, Ciudad Guzman)
m. Josefa Ramirez
│
└── Antonio Aguallo (b. 1838, Ciudad Guzman)
m. Maria Dolores Solorzano (b. 1853)
│
└── Maria Luisa Aguallo (b. 1874, Ciudad Guzman)
m. 1895: Placido Bueno (b. 1868, Ciudad Guzman)
│
└── MARGARITO BUENO (b. 1898, Ciudad Guzman)
m. 1925: Florencia Zamora (b. 1901, El Limon)