Name:
Antonio Vasquez or Antonio de Vasquez.
Birth:
He was born in 1833 in Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Migration:
He migrated from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas in 1847.
Marriage:
He married Paula Gutierrez Silva (1843-1895) in 1855, she was 13 years old and he was 10 years older.
Children:
Clemente Vasquez (1855-1944), Josefa Vasquez (b. 1857), Julia Vasquez (b. 1859), Jeronimo Vasquez (1866), and Gavino Vasquez (1869).
Death:
He died on July 26, 1902.
Burial:
The cemetery is at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge on the mesquite trail. The inscription reads: "A la memoria de Antnio Vasquez Y Paula Silva de Vasquez. Sus hijos que los lloran por la eterna ausencia les consagran estas lineas a su memoria. El Granjeno Nov 2, 1913." This translates as: "In the memory of Antonio Vasquezy Paula Silva de Vasquez. There children who cry for them because of their eternal absence consegrate these lines to their memory."
Memories about Antonio Silva de Vasquez:
"My great grandfather is Antonio Saenz Vasquez. He was the administrator of the Rancho Granjeno. The acreage was leased to him so he was referred to as the administrator. Now that acreage is part of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refugee."
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Name:
Antonio Vasquez or Antonio de Vasquez.
Birth:
He was born in 1833 in Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Migration:
He migrated from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas in 1847.
Marriage:
He married Paula Gutierrez Silva (1843-1895) in 1855, she was 13 years old and he was 10 years older.
Children:
Clemente Vasquez (1855-1944), Josefa Vasquez (b. 1857), Julia Vasquez (b. 1859), Jeronimo Vasquez (1866), and Gavino Vasquez (1869).
Death:
He died on July 26, 1902.
Burial:
The cemetery is at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge on the mesquite trail. The inscription reads: "A la memoria de Antnio Vasquez Y Paula Silva de Vasquez. Sus hijos que los lloran por la eterna ausencia les consagran estas lineas a su memoria. El Granjeno Nov 2, 1913." This translates as: "In the memory of Antonio Vasquezy Paula Silva de Vasquez. There children who cry for them because of their eternal absence consegrate these lines to their memory."
Memories about Antonio Silva de Vasquez:
"My great grandfather is Antonio Saenz Vasquez. He was the administrator of the Rancho Granjeno. The acreage was leased to him so he was referred to as the administrator. Now that acreage is part of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refugee."
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