I'm reading a book titled Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas about the Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan.
Chapter 4 begins with the Genoese or Italian explorers and the influence on the Spanish crown. During the early 15th Century the Genoese merchants were dominant in Mediterranean commerce. The Italians were very influential to the Spanish crown as there also happened to be a sitting Genoese Pope, Pope Innocent VIII. whose ancestry was purported to be Genoese on both sides of his family.
Among the prominent Genoese families was the Lomellini family. According to this book, the Lomellini's controlled the Portuguese Gold trade and dominated the salt and silver commerce of Sardinia and Ceuta. They brought most of the Gold from Africa by caravan and their other specialty was the slave trade. Unlike the Portuguese who traded slaves and then aimed to convert them to Christianity, the Genoese traded gold and slaves in Crimea, Tunisia, Malaga, Granada and Chios and their aim was to make money, not to convert slaves.
The slaves were Circassians, Ethiopians, Slavs, Bosnians, Berbers and Black Africans, Canary Islanders, Muslims and Greeks and even Christians. They would trade men women and children and trade them on the open world markets. They were great seafaring families as were Columbus and his brothers.
Just thought I'd share a little history with those who have Lomeillini ancestors.
Alicia,
San Jose, Calif
CASILLAS in Tepatitlan
I've seen the name Casillas on several posts lately - has anyone come across
Francisca Casillas who married Matheo Matias Robalcava in or around
Tepatitlan? Francisca would have died about 1701-1703, as Matheo married for
a second time in 1704. I'd like to find the Casillas-Robalcava marriage
record so I can see who the parents of Matheo are.
Thanks -
Susan Cadena
CASILLAS in Tepatitlan
Susan, a while back you had asked for a lookup in Jose Luis Vazquez y Rodriguez de Frias' book, Genealogia de Nochistlan.
There is a Mateo de Rubalcava but he was married to Catarina Cortes de Sandoval. Their son, Francisco de Rubalcava in November of 1684, in Nochistlan Zacatecas married Maria Rodriguez de Frias. After a year and a half, he was widowed and he marries, Maria Gutierrez, hija de la iglesia, daugter of the church from Jonacatan.
Here's another quote from this book.
"El 2 de Junio de 1652 en Nochistlan, caso Mateo de rrobalcaba, hijo del Capitan Antonio de Rubalcava y de Leonor Lopez de Elizalde y Burgeño; con Cathalina Cortes, siendo Cortes viuda de Matheo de Rubalcaba de hedad de quarenta años. No olvidemos que existen otros dos Matheo de Rubalcaba: el hijo de Lorenzo de Rubalcava y Catalina Gonzales y el casado con Cecilia Vazquez de Isla. (Capitulo 69) De este matrimonio se han documentado los siguientes cinco vastagos" END OF QUOTE.
It doesn't sound like your Matheo de Rubalcaba.
Alicia
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To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
From: Susan and Joe Cadena
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:56:32 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] CASILLAS in Tepatitlan
I've seen the name Casillas on several posts lately - has anyone come across
Francisca Casillas who married Matheo Matias Robalcava in or around
Tepatitlan? Francisca would have died about 1701-1703, as Matheo married for
a second time in 1704. I'd like to find the Casillas-Robalcava marriage
record so I can see who the parents of Matheo are.
Thanks -
Susan Cadena
More on Rubalcava
Susan,
I have copied the text as is written on Page 16 of Capitulo 5. There are quite a few Rubalcavas in this book and as I have time, I will forward the text to you and anyone else in the group who may have some interest in the Rubalcavas.
These are the 5 children of Matheo de Rubalcava, casado con Cecila Vazques de Isla.
1. Geronima o Melchora de Rubalcava y Sandoval, quien caso con Joseph Rodriguez de Frias, hijo legitimo de Juº Rodriguez de Frias y Gertrudes de Amaya (capitulo 15)
2. Matias de Rubalcava. El 2 de Abril de 1656 en Nochistlán fue bautizado Matías de Rubalcaba.
3. Josepha de Rubalcava. El 30 de Junio de 1658 en Nochistlán fue bautizada Josepha hija de Matheo de Rubalcaba i de Catarina Cortés, siendo padrinos Ana Ruis i esteban venegas su herº, siendo testigos benito polanco y diego gonsáles.
4. Juana Rubalcava Cortés. El 27 de Mayo de 1660 en Nochistlán fue bautizada Juana Rubalcaba Cortés, siendo padrinos Juº de Renteria y Cecilia Calderón (posible hermana de su esposa Ysabel de Calderón Orozco).
5. Francisco de Rubalcava. Fcº de Rubalcava hijo de Mateo de Rubalcava, difunto y Catarina (Cortés) de Sandoval casó con Maria Rodriguez de Frias, española, hija de Juan Rodriguez de Frias y Gertrudis de Amaya (Capitulo 15). El 10 de Noviembre de 1684 en Nochistlán (despues) de un año y medio que enviudó)
se presentó la información matrmonial de Francisco de Rubalcaba para casar con Maria Gutiérrez hija de la Yglesia, natural de la jurisdicción de Jonacatán deste obispado y bezina de la feligresia de tacotán.
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To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
From: Susan and Joe Cadena
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 6:56:32 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] CASILLAS in Tepatitlan
I've seen the name Casillas on several posts lately - has anyone come across
Francisca Casillas who married Matheo Matias Robalcava in or around
Tepatitlan? Francisca would have died about 1701-1703, as Matheo married for
a second time in 1704. I'd like to find the Casillas-Robalcava marriage
record so I can see who the parents of Matheo are.
Thanks -
Susan Cadena
More on Rubalcava
Hi Alicia,
Thank you so much for the quotes on Rubalcava. It is a name that seems to
come up a lot in records I've seen. I don't think Matias born 1656 (below)
can be the right one, as his second wife Mencia de Agundiz was herself born
1687 and the children with her were born starting 1705. There's probably a
generation missing here.
I notice I also have in my notes an Inés González de Rubalcava who married
Miguel Gutierrez de Hermosillo in Lagos de Moreno on 16 Apr 1654. However
this is yet to be confirmed.
Susan
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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] More on Rubalcava
Susan,
I have copied the text as is written on Page 16 of Capitulo 5. There are
quite a few Rubalcavas in this book and as I have time, I will forward the
text to you and anyone else in the group who may have some interest in the
Rubalcavas.
These are the 5 children of Matheo de Rubalcava, casado con Cecila Vazques
de Isla.
2. Matias de Rubalcava. El 2 de Abril de 1656 en Nochistlán fue bautizado
Matías de Rubalcaba.