OLVERA AND JIMENEZ
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GERONIMO OLVERA BORN C. 1847 - DIED 11 MAY 1920
Known in Mexico as the "Intervención estadounidense en México" (U.S. intervention in Mexico), the Mexican-American War was prompted by the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. U.S. forces had ventured through Durango and the surrounding region around the time that Geronimo Olvera was born. The Mexican-American War ended in 1848 and resulted in the U.S. gaining territory in Texas, New Mexico, and California. The vital records of his children show that Geronimo and his wife, Anselma Vargas, daughter of Guadalupe Antonio Vargas and Tiburcia Galvan, lived in Hacienda de Guatematzin (near Lerdo, Durango). These records show that they had four sons and three daughters: Nazario, Francisco, Leandro, Gregorio, Agustina, Tiburcia, and Albina.
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