Micaela Estrada was born in 1848, in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. She married Silvestre Zabala in 1867, in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War. Texan independence confirmed. United States annexes territories of Upper California and New Mexico.
Santa Anna returns to Mexico and becomes president. Sells additional territory to United States under Gadsden Purchase.
United States railroad companies receive favorable concessions. Railroad boom.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Carlos, Manuel, Francisco, Luis, Ramon, Ruben, Jorge, Raul, Miguel.
Spanish and Catalan: habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal named Estrada, from estrada ‘road’, Latin stata (via) (from sternere ‘to strew or cover’), a term denoting a paved way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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