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Need a second opinion please


By Esther Hernande... - Posted on 06 May 2019

Hi Everyone,

I hope I can get your opinion on the research I have done and have. I am not 100% sure or convinced the ancestors I have on my family tree are correct after my 2xGP (Buenaventura). I don’t want to waste my time searching if it not correct. I have been working on this for a year now but the reason I am not convince is because I cannot find the baptism registration on my 2x GF. I have searched different municipal church records page by page for it and can’t find it anywhere. Let me tell you why it’s so important.

My paternal grandfather Leon Hernandez Torres was only 6 months when his father was killed Dec 24th 1917 in Degollado, Jalisco, and the town was under siege by the bandit leader J. Ines Garcia Chavez and his men. His parents were not married, his mother abandoned my grandfather and he was raised by his paternal grandmother. Last record was 1930 census. His mother moved to either Yurecuaro or La Piedad, Michoacan. She worked at “una casa de citas” and my grandfather’s uncle went looking for her but refused to come back. I found records of her she died in Guadalajara in 1928 and she remarried. My grandfather lived a very sad life and it really hurt him that he didn’t have parents. He didn’t even know his mother’s last name. He was a very quiet man and I didn’t know him well.

*GF – Leon Hernandez Torres
Born: Jun 28, 1916, Degollado, Jalisco
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60017/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18570-13209-9/700183?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/180182933481/facts/citation/662050108515/edit/record
Died: Jan 12, 2006, Degollado, Jalisco
*Parents: F: Ladislao Hernandez Santana, B: June 27 1889, Degollado, Jalisco D: Dec 24 1917.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61089/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18688-37970-74/7059552?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/180246330568/facts/citation/662005886963/edit/record
M: Pomposa (Rosa) Torres Paz B: ABT 1887 D: Jan 26 1928, Guadalajara, previously married to Juan Torres Aboites had one child together Domingo Dionicio Torres Torres.

Ladislao Hernandez parents:
Buenaventura Hernandez Martinez
B: About 1850 D: May 21 1907, Degollado, Jalisco – I found a baptism document in Hidalgo,MX for July 14 1850 with same parents names but I don’t think it’s him because on his marriage document it says he was originario y vecino de este lugar, which is Degollado.
Maria Rodriga Santana Muñoz B: abt 1852
Marriage: April 9 1885, on this document Buenaventura sister Sanjuana Hernandez and husband Modesto Lopez are the padrinos but the weird thing is on all of their (sanjuana and Modesto childrens baptismals the grandparents are Juan Hernandez and Ma. Guadalupe Martinez but on the marriage document her parents names are different.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60017/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18570-15014-0/2488259?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/180247002817/facts/citation/662059021740/edit/record

Sanjuana Hernandez and Modesto Lopez marriage : I looked up his parents and they match their childrens baptism documents.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60017/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18568-34943-62/2485248?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/182059595188/facts/citation/662082872108/edit/record

Buenaventura Hernandez parents, this is where I question the rest of my research, if it’s them or not. I found this marriage document going page by page.

Juan Hernandez & Ma. Guadalupe Martinez
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60017/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18453-7447-62/3778233?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/180247003061/facts/citation/662058962878/edit/record

Children for sure, Buenaventura Hernandez, the rest are questionable because they were on documents.
*Sanjuana Hernandez (can’t find baptism doc.),
*Alejandra Hernandez , baptismal below
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60017/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18454-51340-26/306326?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/182037346913/facts/citation/662059146466/edit/record
* Modesto Hernandez (can’t find baptism doc.) was mention as a padrino with Ma. Guadalupe Martinez on Sanjuana’s child Cenobio Lopez Hernandez. Baptismal below
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61089/MM9.3.1_2FTH-1-18688-187-40/7050589?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/182059596071/facts/citation/662082863488/edit/record

I found a death doc. For a Ma. Guadalupe Martinez in Degollado but not sure if it is her, only reason I think it is because Modesto Hernandez is mention on there and the mothers first name matches the marriage doc. But not the last name.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60464/004840189_00162/4452853?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119201594/person/182004295714/facts/citation/662114200815/edit/record

I found a baptism for a Maria Guadalupe but again the fathers name some what match Antonio Martinez or Martin but the mothers last name is different again but the first name is the same. On the marriage the mothers is Isabel Montes, on baptism: Isabel Ayala but on this document there is mention of a Saavedra and on the death Isabel Saabrdra.

I know this is a lot of information and would greatly appreciate any thoughts.

Thank you in advance
Esther