Notes from my grandfather

My grandfather Felipe Neri de la Brambila was a Mexican historian. The following excerpt is from his unpublished book: According to the Nueva Galicia historian Sebastian de la Costa Padilla (attorney at law), the following events took place in the year 1527 during the conquest of the state of Jalisco, Mexico by Spanish forces. the state of Jalisco was known as Nueva Galicia during the Spanish occupation of Mexico. Fransisco Cortez de la Buenaventura, first infante (royal prince of Spain; not heir to the throne), nephew of the Marquis Del Valle, was given the order to conquer this area: i.e., Nueva Galicia. Fransisco was accompanied by one hundred Spanish soldiers, especially selected for this task by Fr. Juan Padilla, bishop of Bologna, Italy.

The following soldiers accompanied Fransisco:

Captain Fransico de la Brambila
Lt. Nicolas Corona
Sgt. Antonio Pantaleon Gomes
Rafael Garcia de Alba
Juan de la Cueva
Diego Benavides
Jose Hernandez
Second lt. (alferes) Fransisco Giron
Fransisco Gomez
Diego Brambila
Juan de Medina
Xavier de la Castilla
Fransisco Lepe, and many others.

My grandfather notes that Captain Fransisco de la Brambila and Diego Brambila are our ancestors

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Descendents of Luis Brambila

Luis Rafael Brambila Contreras was born May 2, 1885 at exactly 5:30 in the morning in Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico. Luis' parents were Felipe N. Brambila and Florencia Contreras. Grandpa Brambila notes: When Luis was baptized, his godparents were Rafael D. Elias y Ms. Ponciana de Anda viuda de Fonseca. Luis Rafael Brambila died in Mexico City on August 1, 1927 Luis Rafael is my mother's brother. Uncle Luis was 19 years old when my mother was born. Luis Rafael married Margarita Lara. . His children are Maria Luisa, Maria Guadalupe, Margarita, Gilberto, Carlos Manuel, Elena Esperanza and Enriqueta. Maria Luisa was born October 9, 1910. Her maternal grandparents were Manuel Lara and Soledad Morales (my source is Alfredo Pena Perez-Plazola). Maria Luisa lived to a ripe age of ninety years. I don't know the vital statistics for Maria Luisa's siblings. Maria Luisa had four children: Antonio, Javier (aka el chato) Jorge and...

DNA Results

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What is this Blog About?

What I want to talk about is the content of this blog. My original intent is to convey some of the history of who I am and where I come from. I do this by providing some data that was originally written by my grandfather and the long conversations I had with my dearly departed father and mother regarding our family history. The other topic I want to cover is the wonderful journey that I have traveled as an immigrant to the United States for fifty-five years. I am so interested in the cultural differences of my country of birth in contrast to the values and mores of the people of this country; it is a fascinating subject. What has encouraged me so much to excel, regardless of my economic condition, is the number of Americans who have mentored me and encouraged me to attain my goals. My gratitude to Bill Baker, my long- time friend and mentor. I also include some information regarding DNA test results that might clarify some the information that I provide in this blog. I ho...

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