Mier Census of 1800

 

POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM MAY 10, 2019


A number of years ago Hesiquio Perez provided me with a copy of the 1800 Church Census of the Jurisdiction of Mier, Tamaulipas. The census appeared in HGJ Vol.7 #2, 1989 and was transcribed and submitted by Mary Lou Vela and Saul Vela, Ph.D., HGS member. I assume HGS is the Hispanic Genealogical Society of Harlingen and HJR is their journal. So thanks to them. If I am not interpreting the acronym correctly, my apologies to whoever is responsible for this information and thanks for your work. And thank you to Hesiquio for his kindness in sharing.

Most of the early settlers in Duval County immigrated from Mier and surrounding areas, so this information may be helpful to genealogists looking for family connections beyond Duval County. Just click on the link below. It is 21 pages, so make sure you do so when you have time to look it over closely. Also, make sure you read the first page which contains important information, like meanings of abbreviations. Finally, the document is searchable so you can use Control or Command F to find an ancestor’s name.

1800 Census of Mier, Tamaulipas

 

 

14 COMMENTSON "MIER CENSUS OF 1800"

  1. O B Garcia | May 14, 2019 at 10:14 am | Reply
    Thank you Mr. Cardenas for this information on the 1800 Census of Mier. My G-G-Grandfather Felipe Bazan is listed on that census. It will help us with this information to continue our family search.

  2. Mira | May 14, 2019 at 9:23 am | Reply
    Saul and Mary Lou Vela were very active members of the Houston group (not Harlingen).
    Thank you for sharing.

    • cardenas.ae@gmail.com | May 14, 2019 at 11:34 am | Reply
      Thank you, Mira. That had been my first guess but then I saw something on the Internet about members of the Harlingen group going to Mier so I thought maybe that was what the “H” stood for. Glad you cleared this up.

  3. Alma Saavedra Anzaldua | May 11, 2019 at 11:20 pm | Reply
    My father was born in Ciudad Mier in 1910. His family came To Benavides when he was a baby.
    Anastacio Saavedra. His parents are Feliciano & Benita Saavedra. Thank you for this great information!

    • cardenas.ae@gmail.com | May 12, 2019 at 11:23 pm | Reply
      Glad I could be of some help Alma. My high school algebra teacher was Leo Saavedra from Benavides.

  4. Jose Gutierrez | May 11, 2019 at 9:37 pm | Reply
    Thank you, most of my great great grandfathers and grandmothers came from Mier.

  5. Juan P. Castro | May 11, 2019 at 8:23 am | Reply
    Alfredo again thank you for this important information. Many of our Barra, and Bazan ancestors are in this census. Mil Gracias.

  6. Robert J. Garcia | May 11, 2019 at 8:03 am | Reply
    Thank you so much for posting this. I have relatives from both sides of my family.

  7. Stella Hernandez | May 10, 2019 at 12:48 pm | Reply
    WOW! Thank you for posting

cardenas.ae@gmail.com | May 11, 2019 at 11:27 am | Reply
Thank you, Stella. Glad you enjoyed it.

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