SANTA GUADALUPE TORERO CEMETERY

Hidalgo Co. Cemeteries of Tx

Submitted by Frances Isbell

With Permission  of Hidalgo Co. Historical Commission (2005)

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LOCATION:  Northwestern Hidalgo County. 2.3 miles southeast of Puerto Rico on south side of FM1017.  

 
SURVEYED: December 1975 by Wilma and Kathryn Kosar for McAllen Genealogical Society.  On south, separated by barbed wire fence, is Lane Cemetery.  Gaps in numbering indicate vacant or unmarked graves.
 
HISTORY:  Santa Guadalupe and El Torero Ranches were located in San Ramon Land Grant given by Spain to Julian Farias in 1804.  From about 1850-1875, Gregorio Villarreal (1820-after 1897) lived in the stone ranch house which he  built on 1200 acres purchased from Juan Farias. 
   Union veteran (1st Texas Cavalry) Leocadio Trevino (1838-after 1913) was a substantial landholder at Rancho Guadalupe.  In 1873 he  purchased the Trevino League from Santa Anita Ranch. 
      El Torero Ranch was owned by the Bazan family. In 1897, Jesus Bazan (grandson of Gregorio Villarreal) and his wife Epigmenia Trevino sold 885 acres to Jesus Maria Vela of Laguna Seca Ranch. Gregorio's brother Hilario Villarreal sold to Vela 1502 acres of El Torero Ranch. Vela acquired other property which he sold in turn to Sam Lane. In 1880,Sra. Jesus Bazan donated land for the cemetery.
 
A01 VICTORIA T. ZALAZAR
A02 CRESENCIO ZALAZAR
A03 DAVID GARCIA T.
A04 JESUSA G. TREVINO
A05 FRANCISCO TREVINO 4Oct1891-19Dec1938  de su madre3 y hermanos y esposa Julia C. de Trevino [brother of Epifemia]
A06 URBANO TREVINO 25May1887-24Jun1933  de su madre y hermanos [brother of Epifemia]
A07 JOSE MARIE TREVINO 19Jul1857-2Nov1897  [brother of Epifemia]
A08 ALEJO TREVINO
A09 SOPHIA TREVINO
 
B12 AURELIO G. TREVINO 18Dec1893-9Apr1965  esposa e hijos
B14 EPIGMENIA T. de BAZAN 24Mar1850-18Nov1938.  ..sus hijos y hijas
B15 PETRA BAZAN de GARCIA 1875-1898        de su madre Epigmenia T. de Bazan y hnos.
B16 PEDRO BAZAN GARZA 27Nov1926 NB OGB
B17 [at the foot of B15] AMELIO BAZAN
B18 [at the foot of B16] ALICIA BAZAN
B19 PEDRO BAZAN Aug1883-4Jul1925 su madre y hermanos dedican..[inside wrought iron fence]
 
C20 RUMALDA ALVARADO Fallecio 29Jul 1929 a la edad de 75 anos.  Su hijo dedica..
C21 ROSA C. BAZAN 1884-1945    [double]BERNARDINO BAZAN 1881-1933  sus hijos...
C22 [old stone boveda.  Mr. Lane said that Bazan kin were buried here]
 
D23 ___OMESLADA LONGORIA 4AUG1968  77 years 10 mos 6 days [Wenceslada, wife of Eugenio?]
 
D24 EUGENIO LONGORIA 1876-1954  Recuerdo Lucas Longoir y familia
 
D25 [wooden box altar]
 
 
E27 Los mortales de RODRIGUEZ S___ Jan1906  su esposa ___ dedican .....Alice, Texas  [in script R.A  ser]
 
E28 ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ 17Oct1895-27Jan1935 Recuerdo de su esposa e hijos
 
E29 Sr. SANTOS LONGORIA
 
F30 VICTORIANA GARCIA Fallecio 1912 a la edad de 70 anos..sus hijos....
 
F31 TOMASA GARCIA Fallecio 13 Feb 1926 a la edad 32 anos.  Su esposo e hijos...
 
F32 CASPAR GARCIA 1876-24Aug1941 de sus hijos
 
G34 AMELIA T. GARCIA Died Nov 8, 19-- age 75?
 
G35 ERNESTO GARCIA T.
 
G36 JOSE GARCIA
 
G37 SANTOS RODRIGUEZ Edad 84 [24?] 22Jan1902-4Feb1926.  Su padres e hermanos
 
G38 YANEZ 11-14-48
 
H40  "G"
 
H41 J.M.GUERRA
 
H42 JUAN FRANSICO YANEZ 11-11-43 [homemade concrete cross identical to H38]
 
H43 GUADALUPE LEAL 22Oct1881-6Jul1937  sus hijos e su madre
 
H44 ISIORA LEAL
 
I46 NIEVES GUERRA 1875-1951  de la familia
 
I47 MERCEDES B. VELA 24Sep1884-___1974  MANUEL C. VELA 24Feb1884-26May1968
 
Also buried in this cemetery may be:
JOSE MANUEL VILLARREAL 1796-???? Father of Gregorio Villarreal. Killed by Indians in King Ranch area.