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