Molinar Family Tree

The Molinar Family Tree is a work in process and is not completed yet.
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 0. Cosme Molinar 1610 born in Allende, Chihuahua, México Earliest Known Molinar     
       1. Alonso Molinar 1645 born in Cuencamé, Durango, México
               2. Diego de Molinar y Sapien 1676 in Allende, Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico
                       3. Antonio Eudovignio Molinar 1732 in Allende, Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico
                               4. Antonio Molinar 1790
                                       5. Vicente Molinar 1809
                                               6. Dolores Molinar Mesa daughter b 1838 in Ojinaga
                                               6. Mariano Molinar
                                                       7. Miguel Molinar
                                               6. Victoriano Molinar
                                                       7. Alberto Molinar
                                                               8.  José Molinar
                                                       7. Juan Baeza Molinar
                                                       7. Paz Molinar
                                                               8. Tomás Molinar
                                                               8. Alfonso Molinar
                                                       7. José Baeza Molinar
                                                               8. Adolfo
                                                                      6. Silverio Molinar
                                               6. Atilano Carrasco Molinar
                                                       7. Atilano Quiroz Molinar
                                               6. Juana Molinar Franco
Cosme Molinar's wife's paternal grandparents were born in Portugal around 1580.
There is no record of where they were born in Portugal, but hints from written notes suggest one possibility might be Óbidos, Portugal, which is known as "villa de las reinas" because King Dinis gave  Óbidos to his wife, Saint Isabel of Aragon. After that the kings gave Óbidos to their wives by custom.

Click the image below to see an enlarged image of the Portuguese roots for the Molinar family of Terlingua.
Find your connection to Ponce de Leon
You can use the screen shot at the right from the FamilySearch.com site to search the FamilySearch site from Cosme Molinar's grandson's wife to Ponce de Leon.

Cosme's grandson, Diego de Molinar y Sapién's is the doorway to the far past.  He was born on August 30, 1676 in Valle de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico (though, of course, it was New Spain then.) Diego was married three times and had 8 children by his first wife, 7 children by his second wife, and (lucky for us who descend from him) 9 children by his third wife María Theresa Cordero Domínguez including Antonio Eudovigio Molinar from whom the Terlingua descendants issue.
How to trace back using FamilySearch:
1.  Sign on to your free account on familysearch.com

2. Go to María Theresa Cordero Domíguez's record at this link L6MR-LMN
    (third wife of Diego de Molinar y Sapién 1676–Deceased  •  LJ16-ZC5 ​​Marriage: 20 AUG 1725)
click image to magnify
3. On María's page click on the View Tree icon that looks like this:
4. From María Theresa go to her great grandmother María Juana Romo de Vivar Rangel.  To do this follow steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 shown in this image:        

Note:  María Juana Romo de Vivar was born in Chihuahua in 1626. Her father Capitán Diego Miguel Romo de Vivar y Perez de Utiel was born in Spain in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain in 1589.
5. Step 4 above takes you from María Juana Romo de Vivar to her father Capitán Diego Miguel Romo de Vivar y Perez de Utiel.  Then you go from Capitán Diego Miguel up to his paternal grandmother, Catalina Ponce de Leon y Fernandez de Castañeda L8BD-DST ​born about 1520 in Feria, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. 

Catalina's father was the famous Capitán and 1st Governor of Puerto Rico Juan Ponce de León y de Figueroa born 1474, died July 1521  •  KP99-TST ​​
Cosme Molinar family tree shows ancestors for many people from the Terlingua area who descend from the Molinar, Franco, and Sandate families of the area.  It is my vision that many of you, whether a Terlingua descendant or not, will add to the family trees in the Family Search website.  Who knows what surprising results may come from that? No money to pay, just your time and effort.

Access to the FamilySearch.com site is open to anyone and free of charge.  We all owe a great debt of gratitude to them and also to individuals who have voluntarily converted written records to digital information as well as the many who have spent hours adding records of their families or resolving duplicate records.  By merging duplicate records all of a sudden your small family tree can become huge - even all the way to centuries ago.  I encourage you to sign up for a free account if you don't already have one and to add your family information and merge duplicate records.
This page was updated October 2, 2018.
This page was created May 20, 2018
created largely from information in the Church of Latter Day Saints' Family Search website.