The First Cañamal Guerra Arrivals in New Spain (Mexico)

The first Cañamal Guerra immigrant to arrive in New Spain (Mexico City) was the son of Antonio Guerra-Cañamal and Maria de Porras, married in 1588 in Spain, named after his father, Antonio. Antonio Guerra Cañamal II, the son, was baptized at the Basilica Santa Maria de Llanes June 26, 1603 in Llanes. Asturias, Spain. At age 21, hearing about the New World, Antonio II pursued service with the King of Spain that gave him the opportunity to travel to the New World. He was Captain in the Spanish Army. The sailing date is unknown since the List of passengers sailing from Seville was only up to 1599. It is estimated that he sailed sometime during the 1620s, since his marriage to Doña Luisa Fernandez de Rio Frio took place in Mexico City on December 22, 1624. Soon after he arrived in the New World, he got married in the Cathedral of Mexico City. Luisa Fernandez Del Rio Frio was a Mestiza (Indian and Spanish descent). Her lineage could have been Olmec, Aztec, Tlascalan, Haustec, Mixtec, or of any other combination that lived in Mexico City by 1624. By this time most of the Indians were of mixed lineages. He was the first generation who settled in Mexico City in the 17th century and later families scattered throughout Mexico in other cities such as Monterrey, Cerralvo, Mier, and Revilla (Old Guerrero).

Antonio Guerra Cañamal's Baptism Record.

Marriage Record of Antonio Guerra Cañamal and Luisa Fernandez de Rio Frio El Sagrario in Mexico City. Mexico

Second Guerra Immigrant in New Spain.

Antonio II and Maria Luisa had four sons, Jose, Antonio, Ignacio and Vicente. Antonio II died at age 52 in 1655 and his wife, Luisa died three years later on May 11, 1658. Ignacio was baptized November 6, 1633 in Mexico City, Mexico. Records show that Ignacio (one of Antonio's II four sons) arrived in Nuevo Reino de Leon in 1659 at age 24 which was a year after his mother Luisa's death. Ignacio was the one who brought the Guerra surname to the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1659. Ignacio married Maria de la Garza, daughter of Juan Cavazos and he married a second wife Catalina Fernandez de Tijerina in Monterrey on August 4, 1676 at age 43. She was the daughter of Captian Gregorio Fernandez and Beatriz Gonzalez. Ignacio was Alcalde (mayor) of Monterrey during the a660's and 1670's. He was also notary of Monterrey. He had as many as 15 children from both marriages. He died December 7, 1701 in Monterrey. The eldest child of Ignacio and Catalina was Capitan Cristobal Guerra Cañamar born in 1677 in Monterrey. Cristobal married Nicolasa Baez de Treviño in February 26, 1702 in Monterrey. Nicolasa was born September 24, 1687 in Monterrey. She died a year after his death April 10, 1760 in Monterrey. The direct Guerra ancestor to the family in this website comes from Ignacio's second marriage to Catalina Fernandez de Tijerina. This marriage produced eight children. The oldest was Cristobal Guerra, the direct ancestor to the family.

Ignacio Guerra Cañamal's Baptismal Record

Marriage Record of Ignacio Guerra and Catalina Fernandez El Sagrario Metropolitano, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Marriage Record of Cristobal Guerra and Nicolasa de Treviño

Eight Guerra Generations starting with First Arrivals

Jose Felipe Guerra Hinojosa to Antonio Guerra Cañamal II

Capt. Ignacio Guerra Cañamar's Two Direct Lines to Salinas Family