Antonio Contreras: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1.	Antonio Contreras was born on 2 Sep 1905 in Texas (son of Encarnacion Contreras and Matilde Farias); died on 22 Jan 1973; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas. Notes: His Military Marker on Find A Grave shows he was a PFC Army Air Forces World War II, Texas.

Generation: 2

Encarnacion Contreras was born on 15 May 1865 in Mexico (son of Victoriano Contreras and Guadalupe Garcia); died on 23 Dec 1933 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

Notes:

Informant Antonio Contreras, Beeville.

Encarnacion married Matilde Farias on 19 Jan 1900 in Bee County, Texas. Matilde was born on 14 Mar 1882 in Texas; died on 31 Oct 1975 in Beeville Memorial Cemetery, Bee County, Texas; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilde Farias was born on 14 Mar 1882 in Texas; died on 31 Oct 1975 in Beeville Memorial Cemetery, Bee County, Texas; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

Notes:

Her Texas Death Certificate shows her parents as Jacinto Farias and Lucia Contreras. Informant was Juanita C. Rodriguez. On the U.S. Social Security Claims index, on a filing by her daughter Maria Eusebia Contreras, Matilde's maiden name is also shown as Farias. However, on the Texas Marriage index, her maiden name is instead shown as Farillas.

Children:

Guadalupe Contreras was born in 1902 in Texas; and died.
Domitilda Contreras was born in 1904 in Texas; and died.
1. Antonio Contreras was born on 2 Sep 1905 in Texas; died on 22 Jan 1973; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.
Augustina Contreras was born about 1909 in Texas; and died.
Juanita Contreras was born about 1910 in Texas; and died.
Irene Contreras was born about 1915 in Texas; and died.
Maria Eusebia Contreras was born on 14 Aug 1916 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas; died on 9 May 2005.
Bernetha Contreras was born about 1919 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 3

Victoriano Contreras was born on 4 Sep 1834 in Mexico (son of Jose Manuel Contreras Trevino and Rafaela Garza Olivares); died on 24 Apr 1924 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

Notes:

Family Search shows him as a son of Jose Manuel Contrares Trevino and Rafaela Garza Olivares of Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Victoriano married Guadalupe Garcia on 18 Jun 1856 in Nuestra Senora del Refugio, Matamoros, Tamulipas, Mexico. Guadalupe was born about 1838 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guadalupe Garcia was born about 1838 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and died.

Notes:

Family Search shows her as a daughrer of Jacinto Garcia and Petra Loza, both of Matamoros.

Children:

2. Encarnacion Contreras was born on 15 May 1865 in Mexico; died on 23 Dec 1933 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.
Juan Manuel Contreras was born on 7 Oct 1868 in Mexico; died on 10 Jan 1928 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas; was buried in Our Lady of Victory Cemetery #1, Beeville, Bee County, Texas.

Generation: 4

8.	Jose Manuel Contreras Trevino was born about 1815 in Tamaulipas, Mexico; died on 22 Mar 1904 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Jose married Rafaela Garza Olivares about 1833 in Tamualipas, Mexico. Rafaela was born about 1818 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rafaela Garza Olivares was born about 1818 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and died.

Children:

4. Victoriano Contreras was born on 4 Sep 1834 in Mexico; died on 24 Apr 1924 in Beeville, Bee County, Texas.