Juan de la Garza

Abt 1845 - 1908  (63 years)

• Name	Juan de la Garza
  Birth	Abt Jan 1845	Mexico
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Oct 1908	Wilson County, Texas
  Burial	Garza-Valadez Cemetery, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas
  Person ID	I144582	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Ester Valades,   b. Abt May 1850, Abasolo, Coahuila, Mexico d. 20 Mar 1935, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1866	Wilson County, Texas
  Children	1. Josefa Garza,   b. 1 Dec 1870, Wilson County, Texas d. 28 Oct 1954, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 83 years)   2. Francisco "Frank" "Pancho" Garza,   b. 18 Oct 1872, Wilson County, Texas d. 16 Apr 1951, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 78 years)   3. Estevan Garza,   b. 26 Dec 1874, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Maria Garza,   b. 24 Nov 1876, Wilson County, Texas d. 20 Jul 1958, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 81 years)   5. Juana Garza,   b. Abt 1879, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   6. Miguel Garza,   b. Feb 1882, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   7. Estanislao "Estanislado" Garza,   b. 13 May 1886, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas d. 22 May 1963, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas (Age 77 years)   8. Pedro Garza,   b. Abt Jan 1889, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   9. Rafaela Garza,   b. 23 Mar 1892, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   10. Cecilia Garza,   b. 5 Apr 1893, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas d. 24 Oct 1944, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas (Age 51 years)   11. Vicente Garza,   b. 5 Apr 1893, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas d. 3 Oct 1946, Floresville, Wilson County, Texas (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F55114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  There is an online tree (Family Search) that indicates Juan de la Garza's parents to be Fernando de la Garza and Francisca Velasquez.  There is no source info to verify/validate. There is also an online tree (Ancestry.com) that indicates Juan de la Garza's parents to be Estevan Elizondo and Ignacia Garza.  I did not find direct souce info to verify/validate. What do we know so far about Juan Garza. Note: Wilson County was created from part of Bexar [San Antonio] County. A 1866 a Wilson County, Texas plat/land map listed the original tract owner as Jose de la Garza, which in a 1921 plat/land map was listed as owned by Juan de la Garza.  This does not mean this was his father, but some relationship is normally inferred. The tract info was not held in Wilson County, but in Bexar county, where it appears the largest portion of the land was located (some in Wilson and some in Bexar counties).  Also in Bexar county, right next to Jose de la Garza's land in a 1868 plat/map was Jose Antonio de la Garza tract of land.  Interesting to note that the land of Jose de la Garza was marked as Tarin Injunction land on the Wilson County plats/maps. Not sure what this signifies. 18 May 1866 - Juan Garza married Esther Valades in Wilson County, Texas. Note: Esther's parents were listed in her 1935 death record as Francisco Valadez and Cecilia Garcia. 1870 - Juan and Esther located in Wilson County, Texas Juan noted as age 27 born in Mexco but Esther noted as age 20 born in Texas (Esther was noted in later census records as born in Mexico). Also living in the household is mother Cecilia Garcia, age 40 and her children Cevera, Paulo, Felicio, Calidro, and Antonio (all Garcia children born in Texas except Cevera, who is listed as being born in Mexico). 1880 - Juan and Esther located in Wilson County, Texas Juan and Ester both noted as born in Mexico, and children Josefa, Francisco, Maria, and Juanita all noted as born in Texas.  Note that Esther now listed as born in Mexico, which was different from the census in 1870. Juan de la Garza served in the Civil War, and his wife Ester applied for a pension in 1910. Juan de la Garza also owned 168 acres of land, that was noted as issued on 10 December 1859, survey #1493, section #6. The land was issued out of Bexar County, which Wilson County was once included in.  His wife Ester had stated the family had owned 100 acres of land in her request for her husbands pension, in an  application in 1910. It is possible that 68 acres were sold,  transferred to other family members. Apparently Juan de la Garza also owned another 160 acres of land about 16 miles out of San Antonio.  The land was provided to settlers of the area in 1870, but it appears he never settled on the land.