When Jesus Valenzuela was born on 7 July 1835, in Sonora, Mexico, his father, Felipe Valenzuela Aldecoa, was 18 and his mother, Maria Jesus Molina, was 15. He married Candelaria Ruiz on 30 June 1853, in Mission, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Judicial Township 3, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1870 and Sisquoc, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1880. He died on 7 September 1907, in Madera, Madera, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera, California, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1850: San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Jesus, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Francisco, Luis, Ruben, Javier, Jorge, Fernando, Mario.
Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The placename is a diminutive of Valencia (see Valencia ), literally ‘Little Valencia’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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