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1700s

1802

1802 Census Del Norte, Chihuahua:
Presidio y Vecindario (Now known as Ojinaga)
This has Rafael Mendoza on page 1 house 10; and Marcos Ramírez on page 13 house 21.

This 1802 Census of Ojinaga has the Marcos Ramirez family (house 21) at the bottom of page 13 and continuing on page 14.

21. Marcos Ramires        Casado         Mestizo 30 C
      Maria Jesus Aguilar             Yndia 21 C
      Gertrudis Ramires    Parbula [child]    Yndia    7 [Gertrudis is missing from Wirt/Madrid report]
      Petra Ramires            Parbula               Yndia    5 [Petra is missing from Wirt/Madrid report]
      Maximiana Ramires   Parbula     Yndia    2

[note: Irineo Ramirez was born to Marcos and Maria Jesús on April 7, 1802; and he is not listed in the household; so this census had to have been taken before 4/7/1802.

The Ramirez report written by Bob Wirt and Louisa Madrid Version 5, July 28th, 2011 ] has:
1. Juana Maria Ramirez was baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple in Ojinaga November 13, 1794.
[Missing from the 1802 Census]

2. Pablo Jose Ramirez was baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple January 31, 1797.
[Missing from the 1802 Census; would have been 5 or 6 years old -- close to Petra's age.]

3. Maria Maximiliana Bartola Ramirez was baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple August 24, 1800.
            [The 1802 Ojinaga Cenusus taken betwee Maximiiana's and Irinéo's birth]

4. Irinéo Ramírez was baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple April 27, 1802

5. Eusebia Ramirez was born in 1805 and baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple March 7, 1805.

6. Maria Teresa Ramirez was baptized in Jesus Nazareno Temple October 15, 1807.

1870

1870 US Census Presidio County
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Note: Presidio County at this time included Fort Stockton and Lylesville
Click on the census page number below (far left) to see the census page.

Fort Davis 16 page images
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Presidio del Norte 12 page images
page 01 of 12 Felix Hernandez; Secundino Lujan(?); Toribio Acosta lines 23-31; DeAnda,
page 02 of 12 Toribio Acosta [repeated from page 1] lines 6-14
page 03 of 12
page 04 of 12
page 05 of 12 Francisca Leaton; John Spencer; Rosario (male) Hinojos, Guadalupe (female) Hinojos
page 06 of 12
page 07 of 12 Luis y Rita Ramírez; Larken Landrum; ?? Pando
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page 09 of 12 Bustamante
page 10 of 12
page 11 of 12 Jose y Guadalupe Acosta, Bonifacio [6yrs] Acosta, Demetrio [7mos] Acosta
page 12 of 12 This is a blank form with nothing written in it.

Note: the Toribio Acosta family is enumerated twice. First on page 01 lines 23-31 as dwelling #3 family #3, and then on page 02 lines 6-14 as dwelling #6 family #6. Both pages were enumerated on August 7, 1870. The second enumeration of the Toribio Acosta family may be a correction for the first.

                   Differences
   page 01        page 02
for Toribio: age                    40 39
      Occupation     Driver          Laborer
   for Lucia: age                    10                  9
                  birth place       Mexico       Texas

Fort Stockton in Presidio County 12 page images
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The first six pages are private homes not soldiers.
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page 07 of 12 Three private homes and then the Garrison begins
page 08 of 12 Garrision:
page 09 of 12 Garrision: Black or Mulatto soldiers aka Buffalo Soldiers
page 10 of 12 Black or Mulatto soldiers and laundresses
page 11 of 12 first three are white; rest of sheet is Black or Mulatto soldiers
page 12 of 12 Garrision: all soldiers

Lylesville in Presidio County with Fort Stockton Post Office 4 page images
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page 01 of 04
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page 04 of 04 Juan Chavarría

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 This may have some of the Lujan families
Precinct 3: 14 pages (El Polvo and 5 ranches)
- pg 1 Davis Ranch
- pg 2 Landrum Ranch
- pg 3 Ranch Alamo
- pg 4 White's Ranch
- pg 5 Village of El Polvo - start Polvo Macanor y Marcelina Acosta
- pg 6 Village of El Polvo
- pg 7 Village of El Polvo: Line 40 Hilario y Victoriana Luján
- pg 8 Village of El Polvo: Mateo y Cecilia Carrasco; Severo Hinojos; Jesus Hinojos; Luciano Luján; Hilario y Nicolasa Luján
- pg 9 Village of El Polvo: Marcelo y Dorotéa Domínguez
- pg 10 Village of El Polvo
- pg 11 Village of El Polvo
- pg 12 Village of El Polvo: Toribio Acosta 45, [sons: Pascasio 23, Juan 21, Manuelo 18, Cleofilus 11, Sebastian 8, Monarcho 3].
- pg 13 Village of El Polvo: Toribio 61 y Simona 22 Hinojos; Secundino 40 y Matilde 38 Luján. - end Polvo
- pg 14 Kelley's Ranch
Presidio
Rancho De La Canagres
Rancho Del Alamo
Rodríguez 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)
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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 Pecos County Pct 1 ED 64 Ft Stockton village images 1 - 15
image 01 of 15 George Haseltine
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www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCZQ-KFV?i=18&cc=13252211900 Presidio County Enumerator's District (ED) 67

Dysart Village Precinct 2: pages 1-7 of 45 (7 pages)
image 04 of 45: Natividad Vásquez
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Polvo Town Precinct 3: images 8-12 of 45 (8 pages)

image 08 of 45:
image 09 of 45 Ju... Franco, Hilario y Tomasa Luján
image 10 of 45 Jesus Acosta,
image 11 of 45 Benjamín Leaton, Santiago Hinojos, Andres Luján
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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 (lines 75-81).
image 15 of 45:
image 16 of 45: Alejandro Luna family
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image18 of 45:
image 19 of 45: Francisco Franco Family Lines 34 through 40
image 20 of 45:www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DCZQ-KKP?i=15&cc=1325221
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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

image 14 of 25: Faustino Acosta, Julio Lujan, Preciliano Quintela, Josefa Gonzales, Teofilo Lujan, Betrice (?) Nuñez, Ohanio Acosta(?), Cresencio Acosta, Anselmo Leyva, Julio Galindo, Juan Leyva
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image 16 of 25: Vidal Acosta, Bernardo Lujan, Natividad Lujan
image 17 of 25: (possible Juan and Tiburcio Ramirez ?)
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image 22 of 25: Manuel Lujan,
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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 - 36 images; includes La Coyota

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image 10 sheet 5B: Leandro Sylvas (cont. from img 9), Ruperto Chavarría, Mariano Ramirez, Jose y Cleofas Ybarra (Tala's parents)
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image 11sheet 6A: Natividad "Talá" Ybarra (cont, from img 10), James L. Sublet & Belle Sublet,

1920 US Census Brewster ED 13 Pct 2 - 4 images

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image 04 sheet 16A:

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 Precinct 1

1930 US Census Precinct 2 West of Terlingua Creek

Image 13 April 15, 1930: Dolores Garcia, Joe White, Manuel Hinojos
image 14 Benigna Gonzales, Paz Molinar, Alberto Molinar
image 15 Antonio Franco, Vicente Franco, Jesus Garcia
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Precinct 2 West of Terlingua Creek Terlingua Town

Precinct 2: East of Terlingua Creek Images

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

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

image 27 of 34: line 25 - Joe Moss and wife Edna Moss

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]

1950

https://1950census.archives.gov/search/?page=12&size=100&state=TX#

Brewster County
1950 US Census Brewster County, Texas 12 Enumeration Districts:

1950 Census Brewster County, Alpine Town, ED 22-4
Sheet 29,
Block 10, Lot 7 empty
Block 10, Lot 8 empty
Block 10, Lot 9 Daniel Molinar
Cemetery Road

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