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Geronimo Olvera (Generation 3
GENERATION 3
GERONIMO OLVERA
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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.
OLVERA AND JIMENEZ
By 1905, Geronimo was a widower living in El Quemado, a town in the Municipality of Gómez Palacio (Durango), per the marriage record of his daughter Albina. In 1907, he is the only Olvera listed in the city directory of El Paso, Texas, living at 502 S. Oregon Street. The residence was a "boarding house" owned by Wong Dung Leng and was in the center of El Paso's "Chinatown" . When Geronimo died on 11 May 1920, he was residing at 3618 Oro Street (now known as E. Missouri Avenue, part of the L&J's Cafe building) with the family of his brother Zeferino and sister-in-law Juana Rosas. He was buried in Concordia Cemetary. Spouse: Anselma Vargas (Born C. 1850 - Died C. 1905)
