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Casildo Brambila

My second great-grandfather was Casildo Brambila. My mother told me that he was a Spaniard. Casildo's profession was a wine tester (Spanish catador). According to family lore Casildo had blond hair and blue eyes. He had three kids; Maria Rafaela de Jesus, Maria Ysadora and Jose Luis de Jesus.

Casildo was born in Tecolotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, on April 3, 1803. He was baptized six days later. Casildo's parents were Bernardino de la Brambilla and Josefa Gomez. Bernardino was the son of Jose Reyes de la Brambila and Margarita de Jesus Cueva Benavides.

Casildo was married to Maria Rita Gomez de la Paz, who is the daughter of Antonio Gomez de la Paz - captain of the loyalist Spanish forces during the Mexican war of independence. Antonio Gomez de la Paz was married to Josefa Garfia de Alba. According to my mother, Josefa was a decedent of the duke of Alba (Spanish royalty). My grandfather's sister Josefa was named after Antonio's wife. I wonder if I am named after my great aunt Rafaela. Casildo and Rita had two children: Rafaela and Luis.

According to my grandpa, Luis (his dad) was born on the year of Cholera (1833) in Tecolotlan. Luis married Maria Feliciana Fregoso. Their children were Felipe (my grandpa) Juliana, Epifanio, and Josefa. Luis Brambila died on July 28, 1910 at the age of seventy seven.

Maria Feliciana Fregoso was born in  Achale, Soyatlan, on March 31, 1835. She passed away in Tenamaxtlan on July 5, 1871. My grandpa must have been around seventeen years old when his mom passed away.

Casildo passed away in Tecolotlan on June 4, 1874. His wife Rita passed away on July 20, 1883.






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