When Apolonio Villarreal was born about 1861, in Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico, his father, Rudecindo Villareal Leal, was 39 and his mother, Maria Petra Guadalupe Perales, was 35. He married Carmen Lopez about 1886, in Reynosa, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters.
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Moratorium on foreign debt payments. Tripartite agreement for intervention signed by Britain, France, and Spain.
French forces march on capital but suffer defeat at Puebla.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Carlos, Raul, Luis, Ruben, Guadalupe, Ricardo, Roberto, Armando.
Spanish: habitational name from any of several places called Villarreal, from villa ‘(outlying) farmstead, (dependent) settlement’ (see Villa ) + real ‘royal’ (from Latin regalis). The places were so named from having some particular connection with the Crown.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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