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| Chimney at Rancho Viejo |
Rancho Viejo is the name of the ranch were the Marroquines through my fathers side once lived starting in the 1880′s in northern Tamaulipas. The Marroquines in my family were originally from Allende and Santiago Nuevo Leon and have traced them back as far as 1680′s. I have yet to discover why they left their native Allende Nuevo Leon to settle this land. Pedro Marroquin was born and baptised in Allende and ended up marrying my great grandmother Maria Amalia Gonzalez in Mier Tamaulipas Mexico on Aug 27 1912. I have traced her ancestors as back far as the 1590′s. This picture is of the chimney that is left from my great grandparents original jacal. According to my father his aunt accidently burned it down to the ground and they built another jacal about 300 feet in front of this one but only the chimney remains also. Till this date Rancho Viejo continues to be property of the Marroquines.
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