Brief Life History of Jose Gabriel
When Jose Gabriel Villa Barron was born on 18 March 1884, in Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, his father, Juan Villa Rodriguez, was 30 and his mother, Juana Barron Rodriguez, was 24. He married Maria Dolores Briones Cisneros in Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Los Herreras, Los Herreras, Nuevo León, Mexico in 1930. He died on 15 March 1978, at the age of 93.
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- Graviel Villa, "Mexico National Census, 1930"
- Gabriel Villa in entry for Ygnacia Villa Bruno, "Mexico, Nuevo León, Civil Registration, 1859-1962"
- Gabriel Villa, "México, San Luis Potosí, registros parroquiales, 1586-1970"
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1888
Constitution changed to allow Díaz to succeed himself.
1891 · The Garza Revolution
The Garza Revolution was a conflict fought between the residents of Coahuila and Texas. It began when a campaign to start an uprising against Porfirio Diaz. Even though it was a minor conflict, it is seen as a precursor to the Mexican Revolution.
1910
Mexico's 100 years of independence celebrated. Seventh reelection of Díaz. Madero's Plan of San Luis Potosí. Rebellion breaks out in north and in Puebla.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Francisco, Jesus, Carlos, Luis, Mario, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Ramon. Italian Antonio, Lorenzo, Angelo, Dario, Federico, Luciano, Dante, Leonardo, Marco, Mauro, Salvatore, Vito.
Spanish: topographic name from villa ‘(outlying) farmstead, (dependent) settlement’ (see 2 below), or a habitational name from any of the places (mainly in Asturias) called Villa, or from any of numerous places called with this as the first element. Compare Billa and Lavilla .
Italian: topographic name for someone who lived in a village as opposed to an isolated farmhouse, or in a town as opposed to the countryside, from Latin villa ‘country house, estate’, a term later used to denote a group of houses forming a settlement and in some dialects to denote the most important area or center of a settlement. This may also be a habitational name from any of various places called with villa. Compare Davilla .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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