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Source:
With The Makers
of
San Antonio
Genealogies
Early Latin, Anglo-American, and German
Families with Occasional Biographies,
Each Group Being Prefaced
With a Brief Historical Sketch
and Illustrations
by
Frederick C. Chabot
Author of various publications
Regarding
The Early History of Texas and San Antonio
Such as San Antonio and Its Beginnings;
Alamo, Mission, Fortress and Shrine;
and Indian Excerpts from Morfi'sMemorias

Copyright 1937 by Frederick C. Chabot
Privately Published.  Printing by the Artes Graficas, San Antonio, Texas
April, M. DCCCC. XXXVII

 

 

CONTENTS

PREFACE

SPANISH - MEXICANS

ALVAREZ TRAVIESO - Puentes - Barcen_: 163
AMADOR - Enrriques - Santa Cruz - Salazar: 194
ARAGON: 193
ARCINIEGA - La France: 234
AROCHA - Montes deOca - Calbillo - Farl__ - Brown - Henry - Bruni: 167
ARRIOLA: 221
AVILA: 135
BANUL: 117
BARRERA - Shardein - Baumberger - Campbell: 99
BOTELLO: 68
BUENO - Rojas - Hernandez: 130
CABRERA: 174
CADENA: 66
CAMACHO: 134
CANTU: 82
CARABAJAL - Prou - Leon; 32
CASSIANO - Smith - Gonzales - Steel - Garcia - Pena - Peres - Ximenes - Lightfoot - Carvajal - Marmion - Campbell - Garza - Moroney - Freeman - Bricker: 223
CASTILLO: 194
CASTRO - Vergara: 67
CERVANTES - Calderon: 220
CHARLE: 69
CHAVES - Bean - Flores - Gibson - Garcia- Fragoso - Galindo - Henry - Saldana: 183
CHIRINO: 65
CORDERO: 238
CORTINAS - Duran: 131
CRUZ: 97
CUELLAR - Ramires: 221
CURBELO - Calderon - Morin - Santos - Smith - Tobin - Newton: 154
DE LA FUENTE - Fernandez - Ramos: 69
DEL RIO - delos Rios: 192
DEL TORO 69
DELGADO - Burguai - Padilla - Urrutia - Garcia - Pena - Zepeda: 171
ESPARZA - Oliva - Veramendi: 206
ESTRADA: 193
FALCON - Ceullar - Valdes: 195
FLORES - Abrego - Valdes - Romero - Leone - Mateu - Smith - Froboese 56
GALINDO: 65
GALVAN: 102
GARCIA: 68
GARZA- Trueheart - De Witt - Crawford: 78
GIL YBARBO - Gill: 216
GONZALES: 68
GORTARI - Hernandez - Riojas - Cuera - Cantu - Saenz - Delgado: 195
GRANADO - Villareal - Flores: 175
GUERRA: 64
GUERRERO - Huizar: 137
HERNANDEZ - Rusei - Orandain: 35
   
LEAL - Goraz - Arredondo - Escalera- Guerrero - Mooney - Lozano - Dominguez - Gallardo y Salazar - Ramires - Agreda - Peres - Cassnova - Garcia - Olsen - Martinez - Dwyer - Bullis - Russell - Schmidt - Leighton - Monjaras - Casillas: 147
LORENZO DEARMAS - Berban: 177
LOSOYA: 210
LUNA: 103
MALDONADO: 54
MARTINEZ: 81
MARTINEZ: 241
MEDINA - Mata: 129
MENCHACA - Palma y Carillo - Glanton - Neuendorff - LaCoste: 103
MONTEMAYOR: 72
MONTESDEOCA - Garza - Hoyos - Rosas - Guerrero: 191
MONTOOYA: 134
MORALES: 72
MUNOZ: 237
NAVARRO - Ruiz - Pena - Ogden - Ross - Langston - Swisher - Flores - Cook: 202
NIZ - Rodrignez: 162
NUNEZ - Morillo: 135
OCON Y TRILLO: 136
OLIVARRI - Ochoa - Garza - Sanches - Wulff - Jamieson - McCart - Tyrrasch - Mayer - Brown - Hall - Lammers - Riojas - Smith: 208
PADRON - Chaves: 160
PEREZ - Sanches - Vergara - Tejeda: 94
PERES - Casanova - Cordova - Espinosa - Escalera - Cordero - Linn - Herrera - Walsh - Vargas: 178
QUINONES - Fragoso - Farias: 63
QUINTANA: 222
   
RAMON - Gomes - Saint Denis - De Mesieres - Callaghan: 46
RIPPERDA: 236
RIVAS - Flores - Vela - Chapa: 221
RODRIGUEZ - Vaca - Mederos: 73
RODRIGUEZ - Castelo - Jaimes: 166
RODRIGUEZ - Mason - Bullis: 170
RUIZ - Herrera - Feille - Wall - Fisk - Kroeger - Carnal - Broadbent - Wofford - Ross - Roach - Farnsworth: 198
RUSTILLO Y CEBALLOS - Huizar: 197
SAIS: 72
SALCEDO: 240
SALINAS: 194
SANDOVAL - Garza 207
SANTOS- Munoz: 160
SANTOS - COY - Navarete - Dias - Monjaras: 75
SARTUCHE: 65
SAUCEDO - Ramires: 65
SEGUIN - Lewis - Tarin: 118
SOSA: 102
SOTO: 193
TARIN - Ruis - Mondragon - Cadena - Gortari - Rodriguez - Casanova: 234
TREVINO - Lockmar - Giraud- Soto: 131
URRUTIA: 15
VALDES - Magoffin 55
VERAMENDI - Bowie: 243
XIMENES - Sisneros: 97
YTURRI CASTILLO - Edmunds - Marx: 226
ZAMBRANO - Indo - Flores - Foutrel: 196
ZEPEDA - Trevino: 219


FRENCH

   


ANGLO-AMERICANS

   


GERMANS

MRS. CHABOT (NEEVAN DERLIP):  Dedication Page  
SAINTANTHONY OF PADUA. 
     From A Statuette, a Valdes heirloom; See page 231 of text. 
     Courtesy of the Canary Island Society:  Frontispiece
 
SAN JOSE MISSION PORTAL. 
     From the painting by Thomas Allen, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 
     Reproduced in Chabot, "Indian Excerpts from Morfi's Memorias."
Facing: 14
CATTLE BRNADS.  Facsimilie. 
     From the Bexar Archives.  Approved by the Governor, May 19, 1778, for the Rancho de las Cabras.
Facing: 30
MARRIAGE AT SAN JUAN MISSION. 
     From the painting by Thodore Gentilz.
     Courtesy of the Yanaguana Society, owners.
Facing: 46
GENTILZ HOME NORTH FLORES STREET.
     Showing "Buffalo Camp Yard."
     From the painting by Gentilz, presented to the Yanaguana Society by Hobart Huson.
     Courtesy of Lucy Maverick.
Facing: 62
THE KITCHEN.
     From the painting by Gentilz. presented to the Yanaguana Society by Mrs. Fanny Steves.
Facing 78.
JUAN LEAL.  1808-1884
     From the painting in possession of Rosa NEwton (nee Leal).
     Courtesy of Connie Garcia, his greag granddaughter.
Facing: 94
MILITARY PLAZA.
     Showing Mexican chili stands in back of San Fernando Church.
     From Erhard R. Guenther, owner.
Facing:110
JUAN N. SEGUIN.
     From the painting in possession of the City of Seguin
 
ANTONIO MENCHACA.  Texas Patriots.
     Courtesy of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Facing: 126
EAST SIDE OF MAIN PLAZA, 1849.
     Showing the Granado-Bethencourt Home, the Cagildo or Municipal Hall, and the Padron-Chaves Home.
     From the painting by W. G. M. Samuels, in the Bexar County Court House,San Antonio, Texas.
Facing 142
MARIA DE JESUS SMITH (NEE CURBELO).
     From a photograph.
Facing:158
MANUEL YTURRI.
     From the painting by Carl G. vonIwonski.
Facing: 174
CHAVES CEDULA.
     Facsimilie.
     From the Chaves Papers, presented to the Younguana Society by Estevan Chaves.
Facing: 190
JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO.  
FRANCISCO RUIZ.
     From a painting in possession of the Herrera family
     Signers of the Texas Delcaration of Independence.
     Courtesy of the League of United LatinAmerican Citizens.
Facing 206
JOSE CASSIANO.
     From the painting by Iwonski, in possession of the Antonio Perez family.
 
JUANA MENCHACA (NEE pEREZ).
     From the painting in possession of Mrs. Lightfoot, her niece
Facing: 222
ERASTUS (DEAF) SMITH.
     Native of Duchess County, New York; Texas' most efficient and alert scout.  General Sam Houston regarded him so highly that he had a painting of him made.  This was after the Battle of San Jacinto.  The original was given the san Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas by Houston Williams, a grandson of General Houston.  Itnow hangs in the Public Library, Houston, Texas.
Facing: 238
DOOR OF VERAMENDI PALACE.
     From the sketch by Julia Johnston, in possession of Sarah King.
Facing: 254
ANNE M. BRADLEY (NEE LEWIS).
     From a photograph.
Facing: 270
SAMUEL A. MAVERICK.
     From a photograph.
 
MARY A. MAVERICK (NEE ADAMS).
     From a daguerreotype.
Facing: 286
DAVID C. VAN DERLIP.  
JULIANA A. VAN DERLIP (NEE COOK).
     From the miniature on ivory.
Facing: 302
JACOB WAELDER.
     From the engraving in the "Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas," New York, 1880.
     Courtesy of Gus Groos.
Facing: 318
JOHN JAMES.
     From the painting by Edward Grenet.
 
ANNIE JAMES (NEE MILBY).
     From a photograph.
Facing: 334
DUNCAN C. OGDEN.  
ELIZABETH OGDEN (NEE COX), and daughter.  
CORA (MRS. N. T. WILSON). Facing: 338
GEORGE S. PEACOCK.
     From the painting by Sully.
 
JOHN BOWEN (RALPH W. PEACOCK).
     From a photograph.
     This engraving is dedicated to the love of the "Two Brothers," by the grandchildren in San Antonio, Texas.
Facing: 350
JOHN CONRAD BECKMANN.  
REGINA BECKMANN (NEE MUELLER).
     From the watercolors by Wisard, Zurach, Switzerland; in possession of Regina Hurst (neeBeckmann).
Facing: 366
KARL WILH. A. BROOS.
     From a painting.
Facing: 382
CARL HILMAR GUENTHER.  
HENRIETTA DOROTHEA GUENTHER (NEE PAPE). 
     From the paintings by Iwonski, in possession of Amanda Wagner (nee Guenther).
Facing: 398
EDUARD STEVES  
JOHANNE STEVES (NEE kLOEPPER).
     From the paintings by Iwonski, in possession of Mrs. Fanny Steves.
Facing: 406


ILLUSTRATIONS
PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES
By Elson Company, Inc., Belmont, Mass.


TEXT CUTS

SEATED INDIAN: 1
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI: 9
RELACION DE MISIONES.  Facsimilie: 87
PERFIL.  San Fernando:  145
CANTINA.  From the painting by Gentilz; presented to the Yanaguana society by Mrs. Fanny Steves:  210
VERAMENDI HOUSE: 232
SIGNATURES OF HISTORICAL PERSONAGES: 249
RELACION CLARA.  Facsimile: 258
THEODORE GENTILZ: 262
EDWARD GRENET:  263
WILD HORSES:  267
MR. AND MRS. JAQUES: 290
SARAH RIDDLE (MRS. EAGAR).  From the painting by Mrs. Wueste:  303
DAVID C. VANDERLIP.  From the painting by his daughter, Mrs. Chabot, from a daguerreotype: 309
OSCAR B. BRACKETT.  From a daguerreotype: 333
DUNCAN C OGDEN: 343
JACK HAYS.  From the painting in the Alamo:  349
JAMES P. NEWCOMB: 355
MILFORD P. NORTON.  From a miniature: 359
DR. FERDINAND HERFF:  411
 

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Alamo Buildings when the Battle Ended Frontispiece
Mission San Juan before restoration 12
San Fernando Cathedral 20
Historic Old "Quina" 29
Remains of Arches, Mission San Jose 36
Veramendi Palace 40
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion 45
Acequia 58
Seal on Boundary Treaty between United States and Republic of Texas 78
Home of Early German Settler 105
Old Landmark 129
A Jacal in "Little Mexico" 133
Granary in Court of Mission San Jose 149
Mission San Juan de Capistrao 152
Mission San Francisco de la Espada 157
Door of Mission San Jose 160

 


 

 

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