NIŅO JESUS DE PRAGA CEMETERY 

(LA NORIA CARDENEŅA) 

Hidalgo Co. Cemeteries of Tx

Submitted by Frances Isbell

With Permission  of Hidalgo Co. Historical Commission (2005)

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NAME: Niņo Jesus de Praga Cemetery (La Noria Cardeneņa)

LOCATION: South of Miller Road and east of FM3250 on La Noria Cardeneņa Ranch ("Cardenas well"). Arch over cemetery gate reads Niņo Jesus de Praga (Infant Jesus of Prague) There is a small chapel nearby.

SURVEYED: Joe Fallin and Dale Swartzmiller for McAllen Genealogical Society, 30 March 1978.

HISTORY: In 1829 three Cardenas brothers, Joaquin, Fruto and Felix, established La Noria Cardeneņa Ranch, on San Salvador del Tule Land Grant given to Juan Jose Balli in 1798. They received the land in payment of a business loan, and named it after a freshwater well. Ranch headquarters was on the Old Salt Road from the historic royal salt lake, El Sal del Rey, which was part of the ranch, to Cerralvo.

Adjoining on the east was San Juan de Carricitos grant awarded to Jose Narciso Cavazos in 1793. Driven off to Mexico by Indians about 1782, the Cavazos family visited the ranch when it was safe over the next 60 years. Jose Narciso died in 1808, and his heirs established residence on the ranch in 1850. Over the next 100 years, they sold much of their land to King Ranch interests.

Cardenas and Cavazos families were united by the marriage of Amado Cavazos and Manuela Cardenas in 1862. There followed many other marriages between the two families. Together they built a strong cattle-ranching community, which became the hub of over 40 ranches. During the Civil War, the Cardenas family fled to Mexico. The Confederate government of Texas seized El Sal del Rey for its valuable salt. After 80 years of litigation, the Cardenas family recovered parts of San Salvador del Tule in a landmark decision involving sovereign mineral rights.

The two families have held reunions since 1913. The main ranchhouse built in 1855-1865 still stands. About 1924, new owners Martiniano Cantu and his wife Timotea Cavazos moved there from Sam Lane Ranch. They are buried in Niņo Jesus de Praga Cemetery, which has existed since 1835 when an Indian was buried there. Ramon and Eugenia Cantu Ramirez now live and farm on the ranch.

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

BIRTH DATE

DEATH DATE

ROW

COMMENTS

ALANIZ

GILBERTO C.

12DEC 1920

20 FEB 1950

F5

-

BALDERAS

SANJUANITA R. DE

11DEC 1949

21 AUG 1950

H8

-

CANTU

MARTINIANO

2JAN 1877

1960

A10

 

DOUBLE W/WIFE TIMOTEA, RANCH OWNER; PARTNER OF SAM LANE

CANTU

TIMOTEA C[AVAZOS]

27OV 1881

19 JUL 1945

A10

DOUBLE W/HUSBAND MARTINIANO

CANTU

CONCEPCION

-

15 AUG 1928

A11

AGE 77 YRS

CARDENAS

FILICIANA CHAPA DE

1OCT 1835

19 APR 1908

B06

FENCED 22 GRAVES, W/WOW MKR; W/O SALVADOR OF EL CARMEN RANCH WHO DIED 1873 IN REYNOSA

CARDENAS?

SALVADOR?

-

1873?

B06

CONCRETE TREE-WOODMEN OF WORLD? UNMARKED; FENCED PLOT W/FILICIANA

CARRIZALES

CARMEN C. DE [Sra]

10APR 1888

31 OCT 1942

E2

-

CARRIZALES

UBALDO

21MAY 1907

7 SEP 1976

E3

-

CARRIZALES

GUADALUPE

12DEC 1874

19 JUN 1950

E4

-

CARRIZALES

GUADALUPE

2JAN 1925

22 NOV 1945

F3

-

CARRIZALEZ

FILBERTO

17MAR 1910

9 APR 1948

D3

-

CAVAZOS

MARIA GUADALUPE

11JUN 1906

11 SEP 1948

A04

-

CAVAZOS

MANUELA C. DE

24JUN 1892

6 FEB 1915

A05

DOUBLE, 3 GRAVES, W/ JORGE, GUADALUPE C. FENCED

CAVAZOS

GUADALUPE C.

16JAN 1872

14 OCT 1931

A05

FENCED, 3 GRAVES W/MANUELA, JORGE

CAVAZOS

GEORGE

12APR 1909

22 JUN 1972

A06

-

CAVAZOS

JUAN N.

1890

1946

A07

DOUBLE W/LUISA B.

CAVAZOS

LUISA B.

1890

1956

A07

DOUBLE W/ JUAN N.

CAVAZOS

AMADO JR

27MAR 1873

10 AUG 1953

A08

DOUBLE W/SOFIA A.

CAVAZOS

SOFIA A/

6FEB 1894

19 MAY 1967

A08

DOUBLE W/ AMADO JR.

CAVAZOS

A.A. SR.

8MAR 1897

14 AUG 1955

AA2

-

CAVAZOS

ESTELA B.

9OCT 1900

-

AA3

-

CAVAZOS

SANTIAGO

22FEB 1918

5 MAY 1934

G10

-

CAVAZOS GUTIERREZ

JORGE

6SEP 1862

13 MAR 1934

A05

FENCED PLOT, 3 GRAVES, W/MANUELA, GUADALUPE

CRUZ

SANTANA DE LA

29JUL 1926

21 JUL 1929

A12

-

EASTWOOD

J.W.

13NOV 1867

31 AUG 1934

C15

DOUBLE W/REFUGIA

EASTWOOD

REFUGIA C.

14MAY 1892

22 DEC 1960

C15

DOUBLE W/J.W.

GARCIA

JOSE

20OCT 1902

5 JUL 1945

F7

PADRE

GARCIA

FERNANDO AMANTINO

1899

MAY 1926/1927

F8

-

GARCIA

FELIPE H.

24FEB 1891

7 SEP 1953

G5

-

GARCIA

JUAN F.

16JUN 1925

29 DEC 1967

G6

-

GARZA

ANTONIA

10MAY 1877

8 NOV 1934

G3

-vacant

GARZA

GILBERTO

5APR 1908

6 DEC 1937

H1

-

GONZALES

RAMONA V.

16JUL 1905

6 JAN 1941

H3

-

GONZALES

GUADALUPE

12JAN 1947

13 FEB 1948

H4

-

GUERRAS

RAMONA

17MAY 1897

28 JUL 1959

C14

SANTIAGO C . AND SONS

GUSMAN

HILARIA

-

-

F6

-

HINOJOSA

CARLOS

1875

1935

D1

-

HINOJOSA

VIRGINIA

1883

1957

D2

-

HINOJOSA

FELIX

1857

9 FEB 1937

G2

-

LANE

FRANCISCA XAVIER

3DEC 1919

18 FEB 1920

E16

-

LANE

SAM

24JUN 1924

JUN 1924

E17

PARENTS JACK AND ESTELLA LANE

LUNA

ALFONSO-

-

-

D8

-

MOLINA

LAZARO

28DEC 1868

6 JUL 1956

C10

EPD

MOLINA

VISENTA

1OCT 1930

10 MAY 1932

C11

CHILD

MOLINA

FEDERICO R.

9DEC 1920

23 MAR 1961

D11

-

MOLINA

ANDRES

10NOV 1876

16 AUG 1956

D12

-

MOLINA

DONISA

-

-

D13

BACK TO BACK STONES; W/ANISETO AND LIONICIA RIOS

MOLINA

ANSELMO

14APR 1903

5 JUL 1957

D14

-

MOLINA

MERCEDES

24SEP 1909

20 JAN 1976

D15

-

MOLINA

MARIA ROSA

1886

1973

D16

-

MOLINA

MARIA C.

2JUN 1904

17 JUL 1947

F1

-

MOLINA

LAZARO JR.

1902

1968

G1

-

PALACIOS

MODESTO

23JAN 1857

19 FEB 1937

E15

-

RAMIREZ

TITO

20JUL 1960

20 JUL 1960

AA01

-

RAMIREZ

PAPLITO

1889

1976

C6

-

RAMIREZ

CRENCIO

31OCT 1853

15 FEB 1958

D5

OVER 104 YRS OLD

RAMIREZ

TEODOSA C. DE

5MAY 1884

14 APR 1927

D6

-

REYES

GREGORIA M. DE

25SEP 1911

26 AUG 1933

C12

-

RIOS

ANISETO

-

1 JAN 1912

D13

BACK TO BACK STONES; W/LIONICIA AND DONISA MOLINA

RIOS

LIONICIA

-

1 JAN 1912

D13

BACK TO BACK STONES; W/ANISETO AND DONISA MOLINA

RODRIGUEZ

CECILLO

1FEB 1910

23 JUN 1968

A01

-

RODRIGUEZ

DARILLO

-

-

A02

DOUBLE W/NICOLASITA R.

RODRIGUEZ

NICOLASITA

-

-

A02

DOUBLE W/DARILLO R.

RODRIGUEZ

TOMAS REDON

1901

1976

BB1

-

RODRIGUEZ

JAC[I]NTA SALAS DE

10JUN 1891

15 NOV 1919

C1

HUSBAND TITO RODRIGUEZ

RODRIGUEZ

TOMAS R.

7MAR 1901

9 JAN 1976

C4

PADRE; DOUBLE W/ANTONIA

RODRIGUEZ

ANTONIA L.

2NOV 1909

21 JAN 1950

C4

MADRE,DOUBLE W/TOMAS R.

RODRIGUEZ

CONCEPCION

1909

28 SEP 1929

E12

 

RODRIGUEZ

ANDRES BALDEMAR

6OCT 1945

1948

G11

CHILD; PARENTS TITO AND ANDREA L. DE RODRIGUEZ

RODRIGUEZ

ANDRELLITA LUNA DE

4FEB 1897

31 JAN 1951

HH2

-

ROSA

GENARO DE LA

19SEP 1895

28 NOV 1945

B03

-

ROSA

JACINTA DE LA

18OCT 1928

29 DEC 1945

C3

-

SALAS

SALVATORA B.

-

-

B02

Age 79. MOTHER, HUSBAND, O/E SAEA 8

SALAS

RENE

-

1962

D4

-

SALAS

LAURRENCO

5SEP 1917

11 FEB 1938

G12

-

SALAS

LISANDRO L.

1SEP 1915

14 AUG 1974

HH1

-

UNKNOWN

-

-

-

22 GRAVES

22 UNMARKED

VELA

?

-

-

G4

LOW BRICK FENCE

VILLARREAL

ANTONIO JR.

30AUG 1952

15 OCT 1952

E13

-

VILLARREAL

ANTONIO

10NOV 1924

2 JAN 1952

E14

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