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Jesús María Vásquez

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Jesús María Vásquez
Born 1885 in Mexico
[read about life in 1885]
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Virginia Davalos
Born 1896 in Mexico

_Jesús María Vásquez  married Virginia Davalos about 1912

They had ten children:
1. Raúl D. Vásquez
b. Feb 28, 1913; Coahuila, MX
d. June 1987; El Paso, Texas
            [see story below]

1914: Family moved from
Coahuila Mexico
to Marathon Texas.

2. Manuel Vásquez
born 1915 in Marathon, TX
Manuel was the first one born in the US.  He and all his younger siblings were born in Marathon, TX



3. Virginia Vásquez
b. Oct 18, 1917
d. May 31, 1998; Pecos, TX
           [see story below]
4. Petra Vásquez
born 1922
5. José Vásquez
born 1926
6. Juan Vásquez
b. Dec 1, 1929
d. 1955
7. Juana Vásquez
b. July 10, 1931
d. March 14, 1999
       [see story below]
8. María Victoria "Lupe" Vásquez
b. May 9, 1932
married Unk Bass
9. Donicia "Nicha" Vásquez
b. April 8, 1934 in Brewster County
d. October 13, 2011 in Ft. Stockton,TX
10. Román Vásquez
b. August 9, 1936
d. February 14, 1996

Jesús Vásquez Family Album
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María Victoria "Lupe" Vásquez
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Donicia "Nicha" Vásquez
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The Story:  Both Jesús and Virginia were born in Mexico.  He was eleven years older than Virginia.  When they got married in Mexico about 1912 he was 27 and she 16 years old.  Their first child Raúl was born in the state of Coahuila, Mexico in 1913 when Carranza was the governor there.  [The one telephone in Terlingua was installed in 1913 at the Chisos company store.]
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Carranza
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The following year, 1914, was a messy year.  World War I broke out in Europe and Mexico was in a civil war which involved the Mexican states of Coahuila and Chihuahua.  In 1914 Coahuila governor Carranza united the revolutionary leaders Alvaro Obregon, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata against president Huerta.  Then President Wilson thought he was aiding Carranza against Mexican President Huerta by taking over Mexico's main port of Vera Cruz; but even though Huerta left the country, this backfired. The second takeover of Vera Cruz by the US united all Mexicans on both sides of the revolution against US meddling in Mexican affairs.
So in the midst of all this confusion, the 1930 Census indicates that Jesús, Virginia, and Raul entered the U.S. in 1914 from Mexico and were naturalized.  The last nine children were born in the United States in Marathon, Texas.
Raúl Vásquez, their first child, married Concepción Luján September 10, 1933 in El Paso, Texas.  This marriage unites the Vásquez family with the Rita and Severiano Chavarría family since Concepción's mother was Fernanda Chavarría, fourth child of Rita and Severiano.  Concepción was born about 1912 in Terlingua.  Did Concepción's mother Fernanda leave La Coyota where her parents lived when she married Julio Márquez Luján and go live in Terlingua? [Click here to read about what place was called Terlingua when Concepción was born.] 
Virginia Vásquez their fourth child married Liberato Gambóa January 10, 1935.  This marriage unites the Vásquez family with the Gambóa family.
Juana Vásquez, their eighth child, married Panfilo Morales.  Panfilo was born in Mexico June 1, 1896; and died November 3, 1992 in Indio, Riverside, California.  Panfilo's mother's maiden name was Anaya.  It is not certain, but Juana and Panfilo may have had a son, Panfilo V. Morales, born June 11, 1951 and died July 28, 1972 at the age of 21.

What the world was like in 1885 when Jesús María Vásquez was born:
Transportation was changing.  The year 1885 saw the world’s first gasoline pump in Indiana, the world’s first motorcycle, the patent for the bicycle, and the world’s first practical public electric tramway (in England). 


Daily living was being transformed.  Good Housekeeping first came out, and Mark Twain published "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."  The first cafeteria opened (in New York City).  Louis Pasteur successfully tested an anti-rabies vaccine.  Shoes started being mass-produced.  Eastman Film Company manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.  And special delivery mail service started in the US.

In public life, the world we know was being created.  The Washington Monument was dedicated; and the Statue of Liberty arrived in the US; AT&T incorporated; and the US Salvation Army and the Boston Pops started.

What place was called Terlingua in 1912 when Concepción was born? 

There have been several places which were called Terlingua.  The name is "official" with the post office that carries the name.  So it becomes a question of where was the post office called Terlingua at any given time. 

Bob Wirt wrote in a post on June 23, 2010 in Familias de Terlingua discussion page Discuss any Family that the original  Terlingua possibly is “… a farming community along Terlingua Creek about 2 miles upstream from Santa Elena Canyon. When I ask people who lived there about where they lived, they frequently answer 'Terlingua,' because to them that was the original Terlingua. The miners stole the name and renamed the farming community Terlingua de Abajo (also occasionally referred to as Terlingua Vieja). To confuse the issue even more, the whole area (including Terlingua, Terlingua de Abajo, Castolón, Study Butte, Lajitas) was often referred to as Terlingua because that is where the post office was most of the time.”

By 1912 the post office for "Terlingua" was at the Chisos mine company store where the current Terlingua Ghost Town is. 

The information for this page came primarily from family members including Ramón Vásquez and Sue Carrasco. Family photos from Sue Gamboa Carrasco.

with additional background research by Familias de Terlingua editors.

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