Category: Our People
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Captain Cesario de la Garza Falcon
Captain Cesario de la Garza Falcon was the son of Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon VII (1803-1872) and Jacoba Villarreal Cavazos. In 1834 Cesario’s father Blas de la Garza Falcon VII, received the Chitlipin Land Grant from the government of Mexico, which consisted of over 20,000 acres in present day Nueces and Kleberg counties…
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BALLI UPDATE ON THE NEW LAWSUIT PAPERS 11.06.2001
November 6, 2001 UPDATE ON THE NEW LAWSUIT PAPERS NOTICE: To all the heirs of Jose Manuel Ballí VillarrealRE: Cause No. 1261; The John G. and Marie Stella Memorial Foundation v. Sylvia Menchaca Ballí Aguilera, In the 105th District Court of Kenedy County, Texas. As many of you already know, the Kenedy Foundation has sued and in some…
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BALLÍ, JOSÉ NICOLÁS (ca. 1770-1829)
Naming of Padre Island, Texas José Nicolás Ballí, a secular Catholic priest, the oldest son of José María and Rosa María Hinojosa de Ballí, was born in Reynosa, Mexico, about 1770. His parents were both Spaniards. Padre Ballí was an original grantee of the Texas coastal island later named Padre Island in his honor. He…
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The Balli Family
The Ballí lineage actually was first known as Vailly and originates in the provinces of Verona and Paudua, Italy. The family name signifies “dweller in a valley”. They also became members of the Order of Santiago who fought against the Moors as mercenaries. The family’s Coat of Arms dates back to 1326. Ballí was a…
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Cristobal
G1 — Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) (1451–1506)Admiral of the Ocean Sea; Discoverer of the New WorldMarried Doña Filipa Moniz de Perestrelo, Portuguese noblewoman.└── G2 — Diego Colón, 1st Duke of Veragua (1479–1526) Married Doña María de Toledo y Rojas, niece of the Duke of Alba, member of the royal Toledo–Osorio house (and thus related to King…
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“Pedro the Priest” — Padre Pedro Esparza (José Pedro Esparza y Aríspe)
A Catholic priest, active in Lampazos de Naranjo and the mission of San Juan Bautista during the mid- to late 1700s. Son or brother of Manuel Elijio Esparza Aríspe (b. 1730). He officiated the 1775 marriage of Manuel Elijio Esparza Aríspe and María Rita Guajardo Quintanilla, and appears in parish baptismal registers for their children.…
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Padre José Nicolás Ballí (c. 1770–1829)
The namesake of Padre Island, Texas. Descended from the Ballí family of Reynosa and Matamoros Granted the island by King Carlos III of Spain (1759); formal title confirmed under Mexico in 1827. Served as priest and missionary along the lower Río Grande / Matamoros frontier. Built the chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción on…
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510-1554)
Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Coronado G1 — Don Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (c.1510–1554) — Conquistador & Governor of Nueva Galicia; explorer of the American Southwest (Palo Duro Canyon, Grand Canyon). Married Doña Beatriz de Estrada y de la Cerda, daughter of Governor & Royal Treasurer Alonso de Estrada (natural son of King Ferdinand…
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Hernán Cortés (1485–1547)
Lineage of Esparza de Navarro y Cortés de Moctezuma G1 — Emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1480–1520) — Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan.Married Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec. └── G2 — Princess Tecuichpotzin (Doña Isabel Moctezuma) (1500–1551)Married (in Indigenous custom, not recognized by the Church) Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), Conquistador. └── G3 — Doña Leonor Cortés y Moctezuma…
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Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Cavazos (1824-1885)
Juan Nepomuceno Goseascochea Cortina1. JUAN NEPOMUCENO GOSEASCOCHEA2 CORTINA (TRINIDAD1) was born 16 May 1824 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and died 30 Oct 1894 in Mexico City, Mexico. He married (1) DOLORES GOSEASCOCHEA TIJERINA 01 Jul 1846 in Matamoros ,Tamaulipas, Mexico, daughter of JUAN TIJERINA and FELICIANA GOSEASCOCHEA. She was born Abt 1830 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas,…