When María Prima Feliciana Escalera Dias was born on 9 June 1818, her father, Jose Gabriel Escalera Macías, was 25 and her mother, Ana María Paulina Díaz Guerra, was 23. She married Bacilio Escobar Martinez on 9 April 1836, in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 6 October 1901, in Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico, at the age of 83.
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Colonization grant given to Moses Austin to settle Texas. Plan of Iguala proclaims Mexican independence. Augustín de Iturbide and Spanish envoy sign Treaty of Córdoba recognizing Mexico's independence. treaty not honored by Spanish government, however.
Army of the Three Guarantees occupies Mexico City under Iturbide's command. Iturbide becomes emperor of Mexico as Agustín I. Iturbide deposed, and republic proclaimed by Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón.
Conservative rebellion against Bustamante. Santa Anna's dictatorship.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Jesus, Juan, Carlos, Manuel, Ana, Javier, Ruben, Miguel, Pedro, Rafael, Roberto.
Spanish and Galician: habitational name from any of several places called Escalera, for example in Lugo, Guadalajara, and Málaga, from escalera ‘stairs, ladder’, probably denoting in some cases a terraced slope.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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