Brief Life History of Josefa
When Josefa Villarreal was born in June 1895, in Texas, United States, her father, Cipriano Villarreal, was 39 and her mother, Juliana Aguirre Polanski, was 38. She married Jose Cruz rodriques martinez gonzales in 1913, in Zapata, Zapata, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Zapata, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 April 1977, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Josefa D Gonzales in household of Jose C Gonzales, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Josefa Villarreal - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Josefa villareal
- Josefa Villareal, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
1912
New Mexico is the 47th state.
1923 · Oil is Discovered on the Navajo Reservation
Oil was discovered on the Navajo Reservation in the 1920's. The Navajos did not want to lease any of the land towards the exploration for oil and gas. They were soon made a deal that they would be hired for all unskilled work if they would lease the land and, reluctantly, they gave in. Albert Fall, a Senator from New Mexico and was extremely hostile towards Indian rights.
Name Meaning
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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