Agapita Ornelas Alvarez

Brief Life History of Agapita

When Agapita Ornelas Alvarez was born about 1815, in Puga, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, her father, Juan Nepomuceno Ornelas, was 32 and her mother, Juana Geronimo de los Angeles Alvarez, was 31. She married Ignacio de Jesus Hernandez Polanco on 31 December 1832, in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Ignacio de Jesus Hernandez Polanco
1809–
Agapita Ornelas Alvarez
1815–
Marriage: 31 December 1832
Dolores Hernandez
1834–
Maria Lorenza Hernandez
1835–1862
Santos Hernandez
1864–
Maria de la Concepcion Encarnacion Hernandez Alvarez
1837–
Custodio Hernández
1839–1890
Jose Ventura Hernandes
1841–
Juan Nepomuceno Hernandez Ornelas
1843–
Jose Ysabel Hernandez
1844–
Maria Espiridiona Hernandez
1845–
Jose Sabas Hernandez
1847–
Silverio Hernandez
1850–

Sources (42)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Agapita Ornelas - Church record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Agapita Ornelas
  • Ma Agapita, "México, Nayarit, registros parroquiales, 1596-1967"
  • Agapita Ornelas, "México, Nayarit, registros parroquiales, 1596-1967"

World Events (8)

1821

Colonization grant given to Moses Austin to settle Texas. Plan of Iguala proclaims Mexican independence. Augustín de Iturbide and Spanish envoy sign Treaty of Córdoba recognizing Mexico's independence. treaty not honored by Spanish government, however.

1822

Army of the Three Guarantees occupies Mexico City under Iturbide's command. Iturbide becomes emperor of Mexico as Agustín I. Iturbide deposed, and republic proclaimed by Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón.

1846

Mexico severs diplomatic relations with United States. Beginning of Mexican-American War.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Francisco, Carlos, Raul, Miguel, Pedro, Javier, Ramon, Arturo.

Portuguese: altered form of Dornelas (by its misinterpretation as d'Ornelas), a habitational name from any of several places called Dornelas, from the plural diminutive of dorna ‘vat, tub’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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