When Fermín Tapia Espino was born in 1891, in Zacatecas, Mexico, his father, Pedro Tapia Morales, was 31 and his mother, María de la Luz Espino Rodríguez, was 26. He married Carmen Bernales Balderas Alarcón on 12 September 1912, in San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango, Mexico. He died on 2 September 1968, in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, at the age of 77.
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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.
The Yaqui Uprising was a conflict that was fought between the residents of Sonora and Arizona over several days. It started as an agreement of the Native Americans, in the state of Sonora, and Lauro Aguirre to start by capturing the customs house in Nogales. This confrontation was one of the last battles during the American Indian Wars. Several people were killed and wounded but was a win in the Revolution of Mexico.
"Pascual Orozco rebels against Madero. Victoriano Huerta's troops crush rebellion. Huerta exiled to France. Zapata and Francisco ""Pancho""Villa enter Mexico City. Venustiano Carranza establishes constitutional government at Veracruz."
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jorge, Manuel, Carlos, Miguel, Francisco, Jesus, Luis, Mario, Ramon, Ruben.
Galician, Asturian-Leonese, and Spanish: habitational name from any of the places in Galicia, Asturias, and Burgos so named with tapia ‘mud wall’.
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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