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Molinar Family Tree

Francisco Franco


Francisco Franco  LKRJ-KWD
born July
1849 in Mexico
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Juana "Juanita" Carrasco Molinar LKGN-GGS
​ born Nov 1863 in Mexico
birth dates for both from 1900 US Census which shows month and year.

Francisco Franco married Juana Molinar circa 1877
1900 US Census estimates year of marriage as 1885

Their Children:

Page 47, entry 151: I Father José Hoban
baptized on February 26, 1873 José Juan Franco
born February 8, 1873, legitimate son of Francisco Franco and Juana Molinar,
paternal grand parents Atanacio Franco and Teodosa Ramos,
maternal grandparents (blank space) Molinar and Petra Carrasco,
godparents Buena Bentura Alarcón and Consuelo Mendias.

1. Cruz María Cruz Cleofes de Jesús (L2HQ-3W7) born 9 Apr 1877 in Presidio, Tx; died in the 1880's
                            [her baptismal record shows her birth date.]
                            [1880 US Census shows her as 2 yrs old born in Texas];
L2HQ-3W7
                          [1900 US Census says Francisco Franco immigrated to US in 1879.]
                          [1900 US Census says Juana immigrated to US in 1881.]


2. Antonio born 21 Jun 1881 [or Apr 1886] in Texas (maybe Shafter); died 25 Feb 1945; buried in Terlingua Cemetery

3. José born 16 Sep 1886** in Texas; lived and buried in El Paso
There are errors in the familysearch.com tree for sons named Juan/Jose

Juan José Juan

        Juan José Juan
The following record is the baptismal record for José Juan
born 8 Feb 1883
baptized 26 Feb 1883
legitimate son of Francisco Franco and Juana Molinar
Paternal grandparents:  Atanacio Franco y Teodosa Ramos
Maternal grandparents: [blank] Molinar y Petra Carrasco
godparents: Buena Bentura [Buenaventura?] Alarcón y Consuelo Mendias.
Click on image to enlarge it.
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4. Juan Franco (Reyes) born Sep 1887 in Texas; married Maria Alvarez

5. Jesús born Dec 1891 in Texas; married Ventura Franco; LKP3-GRG
                death certificate may be him but there are conflicts https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9Y1M-38GN?i=402&cc=1983324
                                                                                                  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSB7-XV8
6. María born 5 Feb 1894*** in Texas.  Married Roy  Loyless

7. Vicente born 2 Jul 1897 in Texas. Died 25 Jan 1978 in Fort Stockton, TX

8. Francisco Jr. born 2 Jul 1899 in Texas. Died 21 Nov 1968


Juana Molinar tells her story
Click on the image of Juana Molinar to hear Juana's story.

"My name is Juana Molinar Franco.  It's so nice to meet you. I’m happy for this opportunity to tell you a bit about my family and myself.

"Our Molinar family comes from the Basque Country of Spain.  Domingo Molinar, my 5th great grandfather like his father and grandfather before him was born in Gordexola, Vizcaya, Spain.  They were baptized in Gordexola's church San Juan de Molinar.

"Domingo Molinar crossed the Atlantic to Nueva Vizcaya; and around 1610 his son Cosme Molinar was born in Allende, Chihuahua, the first Molinar born in the New World. Cosme was about ten years old in Chihuahua when the Pilgrims landed in the Mayflower on the shores of the New World.

"My father Vicente Muñoz Molinar was born in 1809, in Chihuahua. My mother Petra Baeza Carrasco was born in 1824, in Ojinaga.
I had 9 brothers and sisters: Dolores, Mariano, Victoriano, Juan, Atilano, Silverio, Carmen, Esteban and Petra. Isn't that incredible?

"I took Francisco Ramos Franco, the love of my life, to be my husband. He was born in 1849, in Mexico.  Francisco immigrated into Texas in 1879; and I immigrated two years later.  We had 8 amazing children: a daughter Cruz who died as a child, Antonio, Juan, Jose, Jesús, María, Vicente, Francisco. We lived in Presidio County Texas where I was a housewife. 

"Francisco and I had 12 wonderful grandchildren from our son Antonio and his wife Valentina. We had Benigno, Manuel, 1st Roman who died as a child of a ruptured appendix, Secundino who drowned as a teenager, Juana, Isabel, Rita, the 2d. Roman, Florentino, Simon, Antonio who only lived 5 months, and Alejandra.

"I'm glad I could share my deep story with you. Thank you for watching. Goodbye."


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Manuel's tíos José & Juan Franco, Manuel Franco, and cousin Carlos Franco son of José
about 1950 at Manuel's home in Alpine, Texas.  Photo taken by Zenaida Franco


The Francisco Franco Family Story:
Francisco Franco was born in Mexico in 1848.  Juana was born in Mexico in 1863.  The  According to the 1900 US Census he immigrated in 1879.  Juana immigrated in a couple of years later in 1881.  The 1880 US Census shows Francisco, his wife Juana and their two-year old daughter Cruz living in Rancho del Alamo near Presidio, Texas.  Rancho del Alamo was very small and consisted of two buildings housing three households.  In the first building was Vicente Molinar with.  Rancho del Alamo consisted of two buildings  Vicente and his wife and children were living in one as well as

The Francisco Franco story is being written and will be updated here.  Please check back later.

Francisco Franco is believed to have moved to "San Antonio" in his later years. It does not appear that he moved to San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.  We found two San Antonios that seem possible where he might have gone.  First is San Antonio del Bravo across the Rio Grande from Candelaria.  This is very likely since family members reported having seen him in the area.


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Candelaria is 110 miles from Terlingua on highway 170. But because of the 9/11/2001 attack on the World Trade Towers the bridge between Candelaria and San Antonio del Bravo was torn down.  So if you go on Highway 170 west, when you get to Presidio, Texas you need to cross the border into Ojinaga, Mexico and go north on Vincente Guerrero road.  At the edge of town it becomes Guerrero which you follow past Ruidosa, Mexico to San Antonio del Bravo. 
https://goo.gl/maps/vey3grV6g7K6SeYB7
The other San Antonio lies in the municipality of Meoqui which is about a four hour drive south of Chihuahua City by federal highway 45.  The following map has it indicated indicated by the lower red arrow.
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San Antonio Meoqui is where the Francos were before they went to the Terlingua area so maybe Francisco Franco went back there.

1880 Census
1900 Census
Franco Family Discussion

Research Notes:
https://www.geni.com/inconsistencies/for_profile/6000000097902502905 Francisco Franco inconsistency


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95HZ-KR5?i=2102&cc=1922462 a Francisco Franco married to Leandra Valenzuela

Francisco Franco Ramos shows parents for Francisco Franco need to verify https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKRJ-KWD
1885 New Mexico Territory Census mentions a Francisco Franco about same age as this Francisco but his wife is Jesusita transcribed as Juanita and is about ten years younger than Juana. 
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/changelog/L7H7-NNM
details at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKGN-GKG


         * 1900 US Census record line 36 shows Antonio's birth as Apr 1886 (click on record to enlarge it)
** 1900 US Census record
line 38 shows Jose's birth as Apr 1889 (click on record to enlarge it)

Missing child?  This information from a baptismal record indicates that there is some problem with the info about the other children.  Either their dates are wrong or this is a new child that died in early infancy or a confusion with another child.  Need to find this original baptismal record and see if that helps start work on a resolution. Here is the baptismal info:
Page 47, entry 151: I Father José Hoban
baptized on February 26, 1873 José Juan Franco
born February 8, 1873, legitimate son of Francisco Franco and Juana Molinar,
paternal grand parents Atanacio Franco and Teodosa Ramos,
maternal grandparents (blank space) Molinar and Petra Carrasco,
godparents Buena Bentura Alarcón and Consuelo Mendias.
For the animated DeepStory go to https://www.myheritage.com/deepstory/result/1347899852-1?deepstory_origin=lobby&is_new_deepstory=1#

Louisa Madrid provided the information on this page and obtained the photograph of Juana from Socorro in Midland Texas. 
Additional information was provided by Bob Wirt. Link to Life Before the Ruins to read more and by research by Antonio S. Franco. 
US 1880 Census is at  1880_us_census_record-image_33sq-gybp-jvq.jpg
Go to the Franco Family Discussion page by clicking here.

This page updated November 20, 2017. This page updated March 8, 2020. This page last updated May 19, 2020. 
This page last updated July1, 2022 with Juana telling her story.

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