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My parents and grandparents would always tell me that I had ancestors who had lived in Jimenez.
It was not until I met my future husband that I even knew where Jimenez was.
It turns out that almost my entire set of grandparents were in Jimenez at one time or another.
One of my ancestors, Jesus Cepeda along with his brother Cruz and their dad Bonifacio,
were among the original settlers of Jimenez, having come from Cuatro Cienegas, Coah. Both of my mother's grt-grandparents were also in Jimenez.
Her maternal grt-grandfather Juan Andrade married Rosa Torres, both having come with the group of settlers from Parras, Coahuila
in about 1894.
Her paternal ancestor was a Juan Arredondo, who working with the followers of Ricardo Flores Magón, led the first armed rebellion
against the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This event took place in September 26 and 27, 1906. Juan Arredondo was originally
from Morelos, Coahuila. His daughter Josefina, married Bacilio Ruiz, from nearby Margaritas. They were the parents of my grandfather Ricardo Ruiz,
my mom's dad.
Going back to the Cepeda line, my grt-grandfather Felix Cepeda was born in Jimenez in 1902 to Andres Cepeda and Juanita Hernandez.
Eventually he would end up in Del Rio, Texas. Felix's son Victor Cepeda would marry Dolores Castillo. Dolores'
mom, Virginia Rodriguez also lived in Jimenez for a ime before also ending up in Del Rio, Texas.
Her parents were Felix Rodriguez and Heriberta Amezcua, who had come from Sabinas, Coahuila, stopping briefly in Piedras Negras.
A sister of Heriberta, Julia Amezcua along with her husband Jesus González Galvan also had come along. They had some
of their children with them, one son Leon Ciro Gonzalez was born in Jimenez in 1911. They too would eventually end up in Del Rio, TX.
The third eldest of Julia & Jesus' children was Consuelo "Chelo" Gonzalez Amezcua, who would become one of the Southwest's most renowned artist.
It would be funny if it would turn out that my Marquez & Trujillo ancestors, who came from Jalisco and Guanajuato,
also stopped in Jimenez, on their way northward to Fort Worth.
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