tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36115528239175888812024-03-05T01:06:42.186-08:00Maestro Gaxiola - Searching For My Rootsartist-link.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03219085447667445922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611552823917588881.post-8779793456885971752015-11-27T18:18:00.000-08:002016-02-28T12:27:15.648-08:00Maestro Gaxiola - Searching For My Roots<div class="MsoNormal">
I was born in San Luis Obispo, CA., in 1936, and so was my
father, Urban Felipe Gaxiola, (1910). My
father’s father, my grandfather, Urban “Barney” Gaxiola, was also born in San Luis Obispo,
CA., (1869), as was his father, my great
grandfather, Felipe Gaxiola, (1831). Felipe’s
dad, my gg grandfather, Jose Antonio Gaxiola was born in El Roserio, Sinaloa,
New Spain in 1786. I got this
information from the Mormon Temple in Oakland, CA. and from census
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I also found, Jose Antonio’s father, my ggg grandfather,
Joseph Antonio Gaxiola, (1745) and his father, my gggg grandfather, Diego
Gaxiola, (1729) but because they were born and I presume died in El Roserio, I
was unable to verify this because they were not on any US census. However in 2002 my dear friend Judy Mollica,
who was deeply into genealogy on the Internet, told me she had done the
research and confirmed Joseph and Diego as being in my family tree.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jose Antonio Gaxiola was listed as being born In El Roserio
(1786) and passing away in San Luis Obispo, CA in 1867. He had been a secretary on the city council
in Monterey, CA. back in 1829 and worked at the Mission Church in Hollister, CA.
before ending up in San Luis Obispo. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As he was born in El Roserio, New Spain I did some research and
found out that in 1560 a lot of people started coming from Old Spain to work
the silver mines newly discovered there.
Mazatlán, 30 miles north on the coast was already an established port
for Spanish ships so I assume most of them came by boat. So the question I had was; did the Gaxiola’s
come over to work the mines or were they already in El Roserio somehow connected
with the Catholic Church before silver was discovered there? </div>
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The Catholic Church in El Roserio, Our Lady of the Rosary,
was built in 1759 and because of the fact that Jose Antonio was obviously
educated and involved with the mission in Monterey and the mission in Hollister
I think perhaps his father Joseph Antonio was with the original settlers in El
Roserio and was perhaps connected with this church as a layman or solder. There is a good chance one or more members of the Gaxiola family were baptized in this church.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So with that in mind Alice and I decided to take a cruise on
my 79<sup>th</sup> birthday down to the Mexican Riviera which included a stop
in the port at Mazatlán. We were able to
book an excursion to El Roserio where I hoped to visit the Lady of the Rosary
Church where I assume the original Gaxiola family may have been baptized and
maybe find some Gaxiolas in the old cemetery. <o:p></o:p></div>
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boarded the Grand Princess in San Francisco on November 15, 2015, for a ten day
cruise to the Mexican Riviera which included the port cities of Puerto
Vallarta, Mazatlán, Manzillo and Cabo San Lucas</span></div>
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had to spend three days at sea before we landed at our first port of call
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There was always a lot of entertainment and dancing in the
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..and live “Vegas style” shows in the main theater every
night. We really enjoyed Frankie Marino two time entertainer of the year from Las Vegas. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8a7bajFbbU"> </a><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8a7bajFbbU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8a7bajFbbU</a></span></span></div>
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You always meet new and interesting people and there is always plenty of good food to eat!</div>
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day four we arrived in Puerto Vallarta.</span></div>
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We got off the ship and loaded onto a bus for a tour of the
city and a stop at the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe</div>
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Back on the ship and on to our next port of call; Manzanillo</div>
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We visited the Church San Miguel Archangel and I had enough
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Some local school children watched me do the painting. They were very friendly and wanted to take
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...and a coffee roasting plant for some coffee
tasting. Mr Peet’s coffee has them beat
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Then it was on to Mazatlán and an excursion to El Roserio.<o:p></o:p><br />
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boarded a bus at the port to take us to El Roserio. We had a great tour guide, </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 16.8667px;">Manuel</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">, who was very
helpful telling everyone on the bus to be on the lookout for anything with the
name Gaxiola on it because it might be one of my ancestors</span></span><br />
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When we arrived in El Roserio, about 30 miles south/east of Mazatlán we went directly to the Church of Our Lady of
the Rosary. This church is known for its
beautiful gold leaf alter. It is quite
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However, this was not the church where my family would have
been baptized. As it turns out the
original church was about a mile away. It seems
the original church began to sink because of a series of tunnels dug by the
silver miners below the town. The
tunnels caused streets and old colonial buildings to collapse. The
local people built this new church to replace the original church taking it
stone by stone to its new location It took
twenty years to complete. It was started
in 1934 and completed in 1954 leaving only a shell of the original church still
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After our visit to the new church we went to the remains of
the original church. It was a wonderful experience
for me as I thought about my ancestors walking around here over two hundred
years ago. They were the first Gaxiolas
to leave Europe and establish themselves in the new world. It made me think of how fortunate I am to be
a link in the Gaxiola chain and that I have, along with uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren added to that chain.<br />
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Because I wanted to continue to be connected to this sacred family
place I brought along a box of my ceramic crosses. I’ve left these crosses at historic spots I
have visited around the world. Places
like Russia’s Red Square, The Vatican in Rome, Elvis Presley’s grave, Arcosanti,
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West, to name a few. In the Les Blank documentary,
The Maestro King of the Cowboy Artists, you can see me leaving a cross at Jim
Morrison’s grave in Paris, France and at Christo’s umbrella installation on the
Grapevine Pass near Los Angeles.<br />
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<o:p></o:p>I have now left a cross in a gap in the rocks here at the
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As I was unable to get any information on my family at the
church I went to the old historic cemetery to see if there were any Gaxiolas buried
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After our church and cemetery visits we all went out to have
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This is our third visit to Cabo. This time we booked an excursion to San Jose
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