When Luis Gutiérrez Valdivia was born in 1794, in San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico, his father, Juan Joseph Coronado Gutiérrez, was 34 and his mother, María de la Merced Valdivia López, was 21. He married Juana María Ledesma Cervantes on 12 January 1820, in Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He was buried in San Miguel el Alto, San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico.
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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.
Santa Anna elected president. Dictatorship established in 1834. End of first liberal reforms. Tithes abolished.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Luis, Jesus, Manuel, Carlos, Francisco, Jorge, Pedro, Raul, Miguel, Roberto.
Spanish (Gutiérrez): patronymic from the medieval personal name Gutierre, from a Visigothic personal name of uncertain form and meaning, perhaps a compound of the elements gunthi ‘battle’ + hairus ‘sword’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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