RAUL N. LONGORIA'S GENEALOGY DATABASE

Nicolasa LONGORIA was born about 1782. Parents: Alejandro LONGORIA and Maria Teresa GARCIA.

Spouse: Jose Ramon RAMIREZ. Jose Ramon RAMIREZ and Nicolasa LONGORIA were married on November 21, 1804 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, New Spain.

Nicolasa LONGORIA was born on December 8, 1797 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. If the information is correct, then Nicolasa Longoria and her second husband, Jose Agapito Longoria, were first cousins once removed.

Nicolasa was the first cousin of her husband's father. Parents: Jose Ramon LONGORIA Hinojosa and Maria Josefa GARCIA.

Spouse: Juan J. HINOJOSA. Juan J. HINOJOSA and Nicolasa LONGORIA were married on April 30, 1821.

Spouse: Jose Agapito LONGORIA. Children were: Octaviano LONGORIA, Vidal LONGORIA, Leocadia LONGORIA.

Nicolasa LONGORIA was born on September 17, 1824 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Leonardo LONGORIA and Ana Maria CHAPA.

Nicolasa LONGORIA was born about 1840. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Unmarried] Nicolasa died not married but had two children. Oral history indicates that Ponciano was the father of one of her illegitimate children, Leandro. This oral history has been confirmed by Leandro's death certificate which shows Ponciano and Nicolasa as his parents.

The 1860 Census shows that the next house visited by the census taker after he visited the Juan Longoria home was a home with only one occupant, 16 year old Nicolasa Longoria. Nicolasa thus was about 8 years older than Ponciano and lived next to or very near to the house of Juan Longoria. Nicolasa must have lost her mother before 1860, since the census does not show anyone else living there. Her occupation was listed as seamstress. Parents: Catarina LONGORIA Flores.

Spouse: Santiago FLORES. Children were: Ruperta LONGORIA.

Spouse: Ponciano LONGORIA Villarreal.
Oral history also says that Ponciano was the father of an illegitimate child named Leandro Longoria. The mother of the child was Nicolasa Longoria, who apparently lived next to or near the house of Ponciano's father, and was a first cousin of Ponciano. This oral history has been confirmed by Leandro's death certificate which shows Ponciano and Nicolasa as his parents.Children were: Leandro LONGORIA.

Nieves LONGORIA was born in 1921. Parents: Santos LONGORIA and Victoria S. GARCIA.

Spouse: Guadalupe ______. Nieves LONGORIA and Guadalupe ______ were married.

Noelia LONGORIA Rodea. Parents: Samuel LONGORIA Jr. and Maria Olivia BARRERA.

Norma LONGORIA. Parents: Octavio LONGORIA and Albesa RIVAS.

Norma Linda LONGORIA. Parents: Ponciano Noel LONGORIA Trevino and Maria Lorenza CADENA.

Spouse: Carlos LEAL. Carlos LEAL and Norma Linda LONGORIA were married.

Norma Linda LONGORIA Garcia. Parents: Samuel LONGORIA Jr. and Maria Olivia BARRERA.

Obediah Lemuel LONGORIA. Parents: Jose Angel LONGORIA and Brendeen ALLRED.

Octaviano LONGORIA died on July 23, 1903. He was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Jose Agapito LONGORIA and Nicolasa LONGORIA.

Spouse: Francisca GARCIA. Octaviano LONGORIA and Francisca GARCIA were married on July 19, 1868 in Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Children were: Leocadia LONGORIA, Octaviano LONGORIA, Herminia LONGORIA, Francisco LONGORIA, Delfina LONGORIA.

Spouse: Encarnacion YZAGUIRRE. Octaviano LONGORIA and Encarnacion YZAGUIRRE were married by 1887. Children were: Manuela LONGORIA de Hinojosa, Francisco LONGORIA, Delfina LONGORIA, Benilde LONGORIA, Hortencia LONGORIA.

Octaviano LONGORIA was born on August 17, 1871 in Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He died on January 13, 1931 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. His mother, Francisca Garcia, died when he was very young. His father remarried, to Encarnacion Ysaguirre, but Octaviano could not get along with his stepmother. In 1887, he ran away to Nuevo Laredo and found a job as a clerk in a combination dry goods and grocery store. Before long, Octaviano opened his own grocery store. Later, he became a beer distributor for the Cuauhtemoc brewery from Monterrey. When the United States declared Prohibition, Octaviano opened an ice plant to supply ice to all the bars that were springing up in Nuevo Laredo to satisfy the needs of the thirsty Texans. Since the bars took in dollars, Octaviano then started a currency exchange house to convert the dollars to pesos. This led him also to open a bank to handle all the cash and to satisfy the credit requirements of his customers. Some of the loans were collateralized with ranch lands, and when the loans went bad, Octaviano started acquiring the ranch lands. He then built a mill that made cattle feed from cottonseed and built plants to refine the cottonseed oils. His factory complex, called Industrias Unidas, produced cooking oil, lard, and laundry soap. He also established real estate operations and eventually built an impressive building to house his Banco Longoria. Octaviano was the founder of the multi-million dollar Longoria empire of northern Mexico.

Despite his huge successes, Octaviano suffered from depression, and finally committed suicide by shooting himself in January 1931. Parents: Octaviano LONGORIA and Francisca GARCIA.

Spouse: Sara Hortencia THERIOT. Octaviano LONGORIA and Sara Hortencia THERIOT were married on May 31, 1900 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Children were: Laura Carolina LONGORIA, Octaviano ("Chito") LONGORIA, Alcide Federico LONGORIA, Shelby LONGORIA, Hortencia LONGORIA, Eduardo LONGORIA, Alfredo LONGORIA, Lilia LONGORIA.

Octaviano LONGORIA was born on August 8, 1933 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Octaviano ("Chito") LONGORIA and Alice PENN.

Spouse: Josefina RODRIGUEZ Morales. Octaviano LONGORIA and Josefina RODRIGUEZ Morales were married on November 28, 1959 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Children were: Octaviano Luis LONGORIA, Antonio Luis LONGORIA, Alice Alejandra LONGORIA, Pablo Gerardo LONGORIA, Josefina Beatriz LONGORIA, Sofia Isabel LONGORIA.

Octaviano ("Chito") LONGORIA was born on March 23, 1905 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Parents: Octaviano LONGORIA and Sara Hortencia THERIOT.

Spouse: Alice PENN. Octaviano ("Chito") LONGORIA and Alice PENN were married on May 18, 1927 in Laredo, Webb County, TX, USA. Children were: Sara Alicia LONGORIA, Gloria LONGORIA, Octaviano LONGORIA.

Spouse: Jeanette HERRMANN. Octaviano ("Chito") LONGORIA and Jeanette HERRMANN were married on March 1, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico. Children were: Jeanette LONGORIA.

Octaviano Luis LONGORIA. Parents: Octaviano LONGORIA and Josefina RODRIGUEZ Morales.

Octavio LONGORIA Jr.. Parents: Octavio LONGORIA and Ida GARZA.

Spouse: Dalia LONGORIA. Octavio LONGORIA Jr. and Dalia LONGORIA were married.

Octavio LONGORIA was born on February 21, 1926 in Santa Rita Ranch, Brooks County, TX, USA. He died on February 24, 2009. He served in the Army Co. A 59th Armored Infantry Battalion under General Patton during WWII, in central Europe and Germany. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and other citations. Parents: Mateo LONGORIA Villarreal and Maria Sabina SOLIS Zarate.

Spouse: Ida GARZA. Octavio LONGORIA and Ida GARZA were married in McAllen, Hidalgo County, TX, USA. They were divorced. Children were: Guadalupe Raquel LONGORIA, Ida Alicia LONGORIA, Octavio LONGORIA Jr., Diana Gilda LONGORIA.

Spouse: Albesa RIVAS. Octavio LONGORIA and Albesa RIVAS were married. Children were: Norma LONGORIA.

Odilia LONGORIA Trevino was born in Santa Rita Ranch, Brooks County, TX, USA. Odilia Longoria first started teaching at the Longoria school, which was located at the north end of the present day Eugenio Longoria property. She then went to teach in "Cuervitos" (now included in present day Rachal). After teaching for 7 years, Odilia then moved to the Weslaco Independent School District, where she taught for 38 more years until her retirement,

At my request, she wrote down (circa 1990) what she remembered about the Santa Rita ranch. This is what she wrote, under the heading of:

Abuelita Maria Rita Villarreal de Longoria and Santa Rita ranch

"Abuelita Rita married Ponciano Longoria on the sixteenth day of February 1876. The rite of matrimony was celebrated by J.W. Clos, a Roman Catholic priest, at Grulla, Texas. (I have the wedding certificate).

Abuelita Rita used to sit under a tree that stood between Uncle Mateo's kitchen and her kitchen. All of her small grandchildren who lived at the ranch sat on the sand to listen to her stories.

Abuelita lived at the ranch until she became sick. She went to live at Las Cuatas with her daughter Maria until she died. She was buried beside her husband's grave at Santa Rita. Her rosaries were prayed at tia Panchita's house. I guess that was when we learned all the Spanish prayers and some 'alabanzas'.

She told us the family moved from La Grulla to La Blanca where there was a spring that provided water for them. Eugenio stayed at Mission with a brother-in-law, Manuel Trevino. Leonel and Raul attended a Catholic school there.

Abuelito started looking for a site to build their permanent homes. They saw Indians wandering along springs and saw many wild animals. Finally they found a site they liked and Santa Rita Ranch was founded.

Abuelita's kitchen was large. It had a fireplace and a stove. She preferred the fireplace to cook. At night her family congregated here and did chores they had to do. The ladies carded wool, mended clothes and gossiped. The men mended their harnesses and made ropes of horses' hair or animal hides called 'riatas'. Once in a while Saturnino Ruelas, Jose Ruelas' father, came and read to the families the Bible.

At the ranch, Santa Rita, Abuelita lived with her three sons, Eugenio, Mateo, and Juan, and her daughter Francisca. Each one had a house and separate building for a kitchen. Eugenio lived with Abuelita. The first house was tio Mateo's, Abuelita's, tia Panchita's and the last one was tio Juan's house. There was another house where Nacho and Andrea lived.

Sometimes when the sun goes down, the picture of the men coming from the fields comes to my mind. While our mother prepared supper she told us stories. I remember the title of the stories but not the stories. She told us a story about 'A Caballito de siete Colores' and another about 'The Blue Prince'. She also told us many sayings, such as 'Nuve en el poniente, suelta los bueyes y vente'. It meant it was going to rain. Another was 'Borreguitos en el cielo, gorgoritos en el suelo'. Baby sheep clouds meant big rain drops on the ground.

She also told us that when they first moved to Santa Rita the men traveled to Alice to buy supplies that were needed. They bought everything in large quantities to last for a month. They traveled by wagons.

Later on, Falfurrias was founded. Brooks County was formed from three counties -- Starr, Hidalgo and Jim Wells. By that time, Eugenio and Mateo had bought trucks. It was easier for the families to get their supplies.

The 'cochera' served as the first school and to store seeds, harnesses and farm implements. Ninfa Trevino, my mother's sister, was the teacher. She had attended Incarnate Word College in San Antonio as my mother did. Children from La Primavera, Santa Isabel and Santa Rita attended. Later on it was decided to build schools. The Encino community wanted a large building at Encino and children from La Mesa, Santa Rita and Primavera were supposed to be transported to Encino by their parents. Eugenio Longoria was school trustee an also county commissioner for our precinct. He argued that it was not possible for the parents to transport the children to Encino. Finally, he won and Santa Rita and La Mesa schools were built. Abuelita gave 2 acres of land to build the school.

After I became a teacher and came to Weslaco, my nephews and I went to la fiesta de Santa Ana at Encino. Melchora Solis and her daughter were playing bingo next to me. She commented that I was so young and was wearing glasses. She was ninety and did not need glasses. Then she said, 'Maybe all the studying weakened your eyes'. After that she said Eugenio was the one who made it possible for Santa Rita and La Mesa to have schools of their own instead of coming to Encino.

Abuelita told us that this part of the state was almost a desert. Small brush and grass covered the ground. Then a stampede of cattle came from the north and all kinds of trees grew after that.

She told us there was a drought that killed most of their animals. The people gathered mesquite beans to feed their animals. She said people gathered the bones of the dead animals and took them by wagons to be sold. If I remember correctly the bones were used to refine sugar.

Abuelita owned 3168 acres being out [of] Share Number two (2), of the partition of the Encantada and Encino del Poso grants. She gave each of her sons and daughters 100 acres along the farm road [FM 755] and another 100 acres along the [US] 281 highway. Eugenio decided to build a home along the farm road and came to live there. Juan followed and moved to the farm road too. Mateo decided to move on his property along highway 281. Only tia Panchita was left at the ranch. She and tio Simon died. Saul built a house at Santa Rita and later moved along the farm road. Florentino was the only left at the ranch living in the house Saul built. The house caught fire and Tino was burnt. That was the end of the Santa Rita ranch." Parents: Eugenio LONGORIA Villarreal and Ana Luzgarda TREVINO Vidaurri.

Ofelia LONGORIA. Parents: Andres LONGORIA and Maria de los Angeles ALCALA.

Spouse: Carlos ARRIOLA Ranero. Carlos ARRIOLA Ranero and Ofelia LONGORIA were married. Children were: Maria del Rosario ARRIOLA, Carlos Andres ARRIOLA, Julio Cesar ARRIOLA, Ofelia de los Angeles ARRIOLA, Maria de los Angeles ARRIOLA.

Ofilia LONGORIA. Parents: Felix M. LONGORIA and Anastasia GARCIA.

Olaya LONGORIA. Parents: Cosme LONGORIA and Edurvigis SAENZ.

Spouse: Encarnacion GARCIA. Encarnacion GARCIA and Olaya LONGORIA were married.

Olivia LONGORIA. Parents: Francisco LONGORIA and Josefa GOMEZ.

Olivia LONGORIA. Parents: Genaro Felix LONGORIA and Leonarda GONZALES.

Spouse: Manuel GONZALES Moreno. Manuel GONZALES Moreno and Olivia LONGORIA were married.

Olivia LONGORIA was born in May 1897. Parents: Pedro LONGORIA and Grace TURNER.

Spouse: Rosendo C. CANTU. Rosendo C. CANTU and Olivia LONGORIA were married.

Omar LONGORIA was born on March 6, 1940. He died on December 11, 1965 in Pharr, Hidalgo County, TX, USA. Parents: Leonel Eugenio LONGORIA Trevino and Rosenda YBARRA.

Orlando LONGORIA. Parents: Leonel Eugenio LONGORIA Trevino and Rosenda YBARRA.

Spouse: Gudrun Helga LIEHS. Orlando LONGORIA and Gudrun Helga LIEHS were married. Children were: Elizabeth Rose LONGORIA, Gregory Omar LONGORIA, Tina Marie LONGORIA.

Osvaldo LONGORIA Jr.. Parents: Osvaldo LONGORIA Trevino and Ana AYALA.

Spouse: Jody DUFOUR. Osvaldo LONGORIA Jr. and Jody DUFOUR were married in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX, USA.

Osvaldo LONGORIA Trevino was born on May 14, 1920 in Santa Rita Ranch, Brooks County, TX, USA. He died on July 8, 1994 in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX, USA. He was buried on July 11, 1994 in Longoria cemetery, Brooks County, TX, USA. Parents: Eugenio LONGORIA Villarreal and Ana Luzgarda TREVINO Vidaurri.

Spouse: Ana AYALA. Osvaldo LONGORIA Trevino and Ana AYALA were married. Children were: Eduardo Carlos LONGORIA, Osvaldo LONGORIA Jr., Edna Nora LONGORIA.

Otilia LONGORIA. Parents: Manuel LONGORIA Longoria and Catarina RODRIGUEZ.

Pablo LONGORIA. Parents: Jose Lorenzo LONGORIA Serna and Maria Gertrudis CHAPA.

Spouse: Maria Jorgia MARTINEZ. Pablo LONGORIA and Maria Jorgia MARTINEZ were married on November 23, 1835.

Pablo LONGORIA. Parents: Pedro LONGORIA and Francisca ALANIZ.

Pablo LONGORIA was born on March 2, 1875 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He died on July 13, 1914 in La Grulla, Starr County, TX, USA. Parents: Maximiliano LONGORIA and Eulogia ACEVEDO.

Spouse: Isabel GARZA. Pablo LONGORIA and Isabel GARZA were married. Children were: Herminia LONGORIA, Jose Maria LONGORIA, Aurora LONGORIA, Maximiliano LONGORIA, Hortencia LONGORIA, Cecilia LONGORIA.

Pablo LONGORIA was born in 1906. He died in 1935. Parents: Santos LONGORIA and Victoria S. GARCIA.

Spouse: Petra VILLARREAL. Pablo LONGORIA and Petra VILLARREAL were married.

Pablo LONGORIA was born on April 10, 1926 in Falfurrias, Brooks County, TX, USA. He died on February 11, 2002 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas. Parents: Jose Maria LONGORIA and Luisa VILLARREAL.

Spouse: San Juanita RODRIGUEZ. Pablo LONGORIA and San Juanita RODRIGUEZ were married on August 6, 1945 in Mathis, San Patricio County, Texas.

Pablo Gerardo LONGORIA. Parents: Octaviano LONGORIA and Josefina RODRIGUEZ Morales.

Panchita LONGORIA. Parents: Agapito LONGORIA Villarreal and Maria de la Paz HINOJOSA.

Patricia LONGORIA was born on April 15, 1960. The 1860 Census listed her age as 1. Seabury and James H. Edwards in his affidavit gave her name as Patricia. However, in his affidavit, Eulalio Elizondo gave her name as Patrocinia. Since Eulalio knew her personally as her second husband it would be natural to assume her correct name to be Patrocinia. However, her currently living descendants all knew her as Patricia and that makes it indisputable that her name was Patricia, not Patrocinia. Parents: Eugenio LONGORIA Flores and Gregoria YBARRA.

Spouse: Serapio CANTU. Serapio CANTU and Patricia LONGORIA were married. They lived in Los Villarreales ranch in Mexico. Children were: Lucia CANTU, Juan CANTU, Jose CANTU, Jesusa CANTU, Francisca CANTU, Emilio CANTU.

Spouse: Eulalio ELIZONDO. Eulalio ELIZONDO and Patricia LONGORIA were married.

Patricia Ana LONGORIA. Parents: Roel LONGORIA and Sylvia GALINDO.

Spouse: Mason Alan PECK. Mason Alan PECK and Patricia Ana LONGORIA were married in Mesa, Arizona. Children were: Katherine Marisa PECK, Aidan Nicolas PECK.

Paula LONGORIA. Parents: Espiridion LONGORIA and Remedios de los REYES.

Paula LONGORIA. Parents: Anastacio LONGORIA and Julia PONCE.

Spouse: Julio ABREGO II. Julio ABREGO II and Paula LONGORIA were married.

Paula LONGORIA.

Spouse: Celso VILLARREAL III. Celso VILLARREAL III and Paula LONGORIA were married. Children were: Irasema VILLARREAL LaRue, Thelma VILLARREAL Moreno, Annabel VILLARREAL Pena, Celso VILLARREAL IV.

Paula LONGORIA Gallardo was born on July 18, 1857. This is the baptism date. She was baptized on July 18, 1857 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. (Folio 357, Libro 4) Parents: Santos LONGORIA and Rosa GALLARDO.

Spouse: Jose Feliciano TREVINO Garcia. Jose Feliciano TREVINO Garcia and Paula LONGORIA Gallardo were married on July 26, 1871 in Roma, Starr County, TX, USA.

Paula LONGORIA was born on January 26, 1884 in Rio Grande City, Starr Co., Texas, USA. Parents: Higinio LONGORIA and Francisca OCHOA.

Paula LONGORIA was born on June 9, 1891. Parents: Florentino LONGORIA and Librada LONGORIA.

Pedro LONGORIA. Parents: Julian LONGORIA and Ygnacia LOPEZ.

Pedro LONGORIA.

Spouse: _____ SOLIS. Pedro LONGORIA and _____ SOLIS were married.

Pedro LONGORIA. Parents: Manuel LONGORIA and Guadalupe FARIAS.

Spouse: Ignacia GALVAN. Pedro LONGORIA and Ignacia GALVAN were married on November 21, 1831 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Pedro LONGORIA. Parents: Santos LONGORIA and Victoria S. GARCIA.

Spouse: Ramona CABALLERO. Pedro LONGORIA and Ramona CABALLERO were married.

Pedro LONGORIA. Parents: Macedonio LONGORIA and Bernarda BUSTAMENTE.

Pedro LONGORIA. Parents: Manuel LONGORIA and Margarita GARCES Trevino.