Census-based Geography

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1700s

1870

1870 US Census Presidio County

Presidio del Norte 12 images
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05 of 12 Leaton, Spencer
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07 of 12 Luis Rita Ramírez, Larken Landrum, ?? Pando
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12 of 12 This is a blank sheet with nothing written into the form.

1880

1880 US Census, Townships and other divisions of Presidio County Texas

Borachito
El Indio
El Rancho De Guadalupe see notes below
El Rancho De La Cruz
Favers Sheep Camp
Fort Davis
Jose Rodriquez Ranch
La Cienda
La Cienega
Las Juncas
Lipanes
Milton Favers Ranch

Pena Colorado
Pena Colorado and Fort Davis
Precinct 2
Precinct 3
Presidio
Rancho De La Canagres
Rancho Del Alano [should be Rancho del Alamo]
Rodriguezs Ranch [should be Rodríquez Rancho]
Ruidoso
Salitrara
The Old Burges Ranch

Note: 1880 US Census Presidio ED 126 titled "El Rancho de Alano [Alamo]"
lines 1-18 have entries for El Rancho de Guadalupe
line 19 says "Here ends the settlement of Ranch de Guadalupe"
line 20 says "Rancho del Alano" supposed to be "Rancho del Alamo"
lines 21-32 has entries for two houses: Vicente Molinar, and Francisco Franco in one; Victoriano Molinar in the second house.
line 33 is blank
line 34 says "Here ends the settlement of Rancho del Alamo"
line 33d

Page 1 of 1: Vicente y Petra Molinar; Francisco y Juana Franco (same house as Vicente Molinar her father)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBP-JVQ?cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMFJ4-M94

1890

1890 US Census

1900

1900 Brewster County ED 9 Precincts 1-2; 28 images
     image 01 of 28 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LW3-VRL?cc=1325221
     image 22 of 28 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LW3-62G?i=21&cc=1325221 Luis y Pomposa Baeza
     image 23 of 28 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LW3-K2Q?i=22&cc=1325221 Severiano y Rita Chavarría
     image 26 of 28 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LW3-V92?i=25&cc=1325221 Andres Rocha, Leandro Silvas, Cipriano Hernandez

1900 Caldwell County Pct 5 ED 124
Harden Loyless Family Lines 81 through 86

1900 Presidio County Enumerator's District (ED) 67

Dysart Village Precinct 2: pages 1-7 of 45 (7 pages)

Polvo Town Precinct 3: pages 8-12 of 45 (8 pages)

Presidio Town Precinct 4: pages 13-24 of 45 (12 pages)
image 13 of 45: Molinar families (Silverio, Mariano, Atilano)
image 14 of 45: Mata family, Baeza families, Molinar familes.
image 15 of 45:
image 16 of 45: Alejandro Luna family
image17 of 45:
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image 19 of 45: Francisco Franco Family Lines 34 through 40
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image 21 of 45:
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image 24 of 45:
Shafter Town Precinct 5: pages 25-45 of 45 (20 pages)

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCZQ-KFV?i=18&cc=13252211900 Presidio County Pct 4
image 19 of 45: Francisco Franco Lines 34 through 40 Francisco Franco Family

1910

1910 US Census Brewster County
Pct 2 www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYY-9M2P?i=9&cc=1727033&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM2MY-3PD

Pct 3 ED6
image 10 of 32 Juana Valenzuela y Anastacio www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-9SW7?i=9&cc=1727033

1910 US Census
http://sites.rootsweb.com/~txbcgs/brew10p3.html

United States Census, 1910 Texas , Brewster , Justice Precinct 2, ED 5

1920

1920 US Census Brewster ED 13 Pct 2 Contains La Coyota

image 10 of 36 Leandro Sylvas (cont. from img 9), Ruperto Chavarría Mariano Ramirez, Jose y Cleofas Ybarra
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Julian Garcia immigrated 1880 and family Ysabel (wife)immigrated 1880, lines 35 thru 41

Julian Garcia, Ysabel Garcia:

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1930

Mexico Census

1930 Mexico Census: search record information.
1930 Mexico Census Chihuahua: browse census images.

1930 Census Chihuahua https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHG3-C5Z?owc=MG8P-6TL%3A287605601%3Fcc%3D1307314&wc=MG8P-6BR%3A287605601%2C293217101%2C293261901&cc=1307314www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DHG3-C5Z?owc=MG8P-6TL%3A287605601%3Fcc%3D1307314&wc=MG8P-6BR%3A287605601%2C293217101%2C293261901&cc=1307314

United States Census

1930 US Census

image 22 of 34: Vicente Molinar (misspelled as "Bicente Morinar")

image 23 of 34: Victoriano and Luz Molinar (sons of Vicente)

1930 Presidio County, Marfa ED 2
image 11 of 42: Blandina Franco, Carlos Franco

1940

Pablo "Chiquito" Chavarría Family
Lines 72 through 76 [figure out where this goes]

1940 US Census Brewster Pct 2 ED 6

image 1: Macario y Severiana Hinojos, John White, Juan Molinar

image 2: Hans Zassenhaus mine superintendant, Leyva;
"Terlingua begins" on line 74: Keller school principal;

image 3: (teachers) Chisos-provided rent free housing

image 5: Josefa Valenzuela, Antonio y María Valenzuela, Nabor Cervantes

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image 9: Santiago Sabala, José Fuentes, Pedro Huerta, Ponciano Castro, Marciano Mireles,
José Rivas, Pondot [Sandate?], Isabel Vega, Tomás Vega

image 10: Tomás Vega, Narciso Quistano, Hernandez, Macias, Martinez, Transito Ybarra, Carrillo, Vásquez, Jáquez

image 11: (Terlingua ends on line 28 - William Jarvis born in suburb of Cleveland OH)

Presidio County
1940 US Census Township or Other Division of Presidio County, Texas

Justice Precinct 1
Justice Precinct 1, Marfa
Justice Precinct 1, Marfa Airdrome

Justice Precinct 2, Casa Piedra
Justice Precinct 3, Redford
Justice Precinct 4

Justice Precinct 4, Presidio
Justice Precinct 5
Justice Precinct 6, Ruidosa

Justice Precinct 7, Porvenir
Justice Precinct 8, Candelaria

1940 US Census Presidio ED: 189-9 Justice Pct 4 Outside Presidio East of US Highway 67 extending to Toll Bridge
image 01 of 10 Presidio
image 02 of 10 Presidio
image 03 of 10 Presidio
image 04 of 10 Anastacio y Rita Madrid (start on prior page), Ildefonso Madrid
image 05 of 10 Ft. Leaton; Miguel Molinar
image 06 of 10
image 07 of 10 Casa Blanca
image 08 of 10 Casa Blanca
image 09 of 10 Loma Pelona: Merced Franco, Mariano Valles Molinar
image 10 of 10 Alamito Creek:

Image 5 of 10 Miguel Molinar [need to add this image to Mariano's family page]

Image 9 of 10 Merced Franco, Mariano Molinar [need to add this image to Mariano's family page]

Census-based Geography

The idea is to locate families by the sequence of their listing in official census records and use that as a guide to determine who lived in which ranches, settlements, or towns. Who lived next door or near each other.

El Indio

1880 US Census jpg image 1of 1: Clemente Baeza (Biza); Pedro Garcia

Terlingua

Lower Terlingua Creek Area