My grandpa relates the following: I met my uncle Timoteo Fregoso in the town of Tenamaxtlan around 1860. He was a hog butcher, candle maker, and demolition expert. His wife, Trinidad Santana was Agapito Fregoso's sister. Agapito was a rich merchant in that area. Grandpa relates that Timoteo befriended Coronel Antonio Rojas as he was on his way to a battle. The opponent was General Remigio Tovar. The battle was to take place at night. Timoteo was charged with making a bundle of fireworks to be released up in the hills prior to the battle. At a given moment, Timoteo fired the flares up in the air, enabling the Rojas to surprise Tovar. What was not expected was that Tovar was assisted by 700 indians from Manuel Lozada, and headed by Guadalupe Corral de Guzman. He was able to defeat Coronel Rojas. What I have tried to impart to the reader is that my grandfather was a great historian who often included his ancestors as protagonists of epic battles that took place in Mexico.
This blog pertains to my assimilation as an immigrant to the US. It also pertains to the family roots of Spanish families who settled in southwestern Mexico in the late thirteen century. Este blog contiene las raices de varias familias que se establecieron en la parte suroeste de Mejico, en el pasado. Este blog tambien contiene pensamientos que me ocurren acerca de mi experiencia como imigrante a los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica