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Pablo Lopez (Monroy) and Porfiria Vera Lopez had a big family of 14 children. The oldest was Jose Jesus Silvano Monroy Vera (Rafael's father). Pablo was a single mother child and his mother Maria Josefa Monroy Gomez gave their surname Monroy to Pablo, He accustomed to sign as Pablo L. Monroy using the initial "L" for Lopez.
Pablo L. Monroy and Porfiria Vera Lopez, Rafael's grandparents
José Jesus Silvano Monroy Vera father of Rafael met Maria Jesus Mera Perez in the course of his employment as administrator of haciendas in Mexico. Once they decided to live as a couple went to El Arenal, Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico, thery were living whith the relatives of Jesus. They had 13 children: Rodolfo the first was in 1877, after him Rafael Feliciano on October 20, 1878, then 3 women: Natalia, Jovita and Guadalupe. Then they got married on June 3, 1886 in Actopan, Hidalgo. Then other son named Pablo and then 7 more children (4 sons and 3 daughters) All these last 7 children and the first-born died in the childhood.
The survivals: Rafael, Natalia, Jovita, Guadalupe and Pablo were learned to write and to read by the relatives of Jesus. Praxedis Monroy was the teacher for all the children in El Arenal.
Below Monroy family in El Arenal, Actopan. Descendants of Pablo L. Monroy and Porfiria Vera. For the time in the photo the father of Rafael Jose Jesus Silvano Monroy has been passed away.
Rafael learned the job of their Father Jesus. he was very smart in the labors of the haciendas, agricultural tasks, sows, crops, cattle, etc.
Jesus Monroy had sentimental relation with other women, like Vicenta Rios, Marciala, Valentina Bisuet and Petra Vera. Guadalupe Monroy related He had two other children with Vicenta, these children passed away in the childhood.
Rafael grew under the big influence of his father. Both, Father and Son and due their Manager jobs, began to have relations with government officials, irrigation officials, Agricultural officials, etc. Some time later they got jobs in the Hidalgo State government.
Jose Silvano de Jesús Monroy Vera, Rafael's father
May 1st 1898, the family change their address from El Arenal to the Hacienda del Cedo, near to Actopan, Hidalgo in that time the family was integrated by: Jesus Monroy (48), Maria Jesus Mera (46), Rafael (22), Natalia (20), Jovita (16), Guadalupe (15) and Pablo (12). They lived in this hacienda from 1898 to 1906. Later they lived for a while in Tecajique, Hidalgo
Agustina Marcelina Maclovia Flores Pérez with her son Luis Juan
The Maclovia's parents were Cornelio Flores Pacheco and Dolores Perez Vera. Dolores had several half-sisters. One of them was Julia Becerra Pérez. One of the child of Julia was Lydia Pérez Becerra, she was a cousin of Luis Juan, she knew him and his mother "the aunt Maclovia". In 1999 we were in her home and we asked about the family, here her account:
TIA LYDIA's ACCOUNT: Luis Monroy's mom was my mom's sister, Luis is my cousin. I knew that the Luis' Dad was Rafael Monroy. My mom Julia Pérez Becerra visited several time to the Monroy's family. I had the honor of know Maclovia. Maclovia Flores was Luis's mom and his dad was Mr. Rafael, that never I knew.
In January 25, 1903 Jesus, the Rafael's father, died at the age of 50. Then his son Rafael immediately took the job position of his father as Hacienda’s Manager at the age of 24.
In this time He met a beautiful woman a Agustina Marcelina Maclovia Flores Perez, and they started a relation by almost 3 years. From this relation they had two children: Luis Juan at May 16, 1905 and Gerarda at October 3, 1906.
Lydia Perez Becerra with Maclovia Monroy Espejel in the house of the "tia Lydia" in Tecajique, Hidalgo, 1999.
After the revolution there was a shortage of corn. The revolutionaries burden the building where the corn was stored, the gentlemen landowners closed the barns, I think had forbidden them to sell corn. The money was gold coins of 2, 2.50, 5 pesos. There was a lot of money and it was not corn.
We cooked the barley in the "comal" and we converted in barley powder, then we boiled "mexal" with lime, like the corn and then we added barley powder, and if there was a little corn we added "nixtamal" and we cooked tortillas. I think that's why I am not tall, because the famine we happened in the childhood.
We suffered at that time. Today when I see the corn scattered in the floor makes me sad, because in my time there weren't corn. Currently the staled tortillas are give them to the chickens and the pigs, at my childhood was a big treasure to find a staled tortilla. I pray to God this famine never happens again but also I pray not to be wasted with food.
Lupe Perez was the brother of my mom, his surname was Lopez Perez and my mom Becerra Perez, Luis Monroy's mom was Maclovia Flores Perez, another sister was Teodula Coca Perez. All children from the same mother but different father. We watered like the birds.
We lived in the hacienda Llano Largo, Hidalgo. No longer exists today, only the town of the same name. When the government sent the Agrarianism order, the order said: "Turn down the walls and houses in each hacienda".
Luis and I went to the school together, we lived in Llano Largo, we did the first grade with a teacher Herminia Hinojosa by name, the following grade we moved to the village of Benito Juarez, Hidalgo. I had a sister, Mary by name, she bought us some notebooks with three sheets only, called the syllabary, with information of the five vowels, the alphabet and the numbers 1 to 20.
I tried to improve my performance into the school. Normally I walked with three other girls to the school; Luis went with his family: Pedro Pérez, Valente Pérez, Genaro Perez and Angel Hernandez.
I learned to write my name. An school's mate was Paz, other Albina. When we walked by the dusty road I told Paz "Come on and write your name here, just are three letters, we were on the road, tried here in the ground", but she did not put me attention, she did not wanted to learn. I tried to improve my intelligence into the school, but the poverty of my mom made me quit school. My brother was a "Tlachiquero" (worker for the maguey crops) in Llano Largo, if worker works He was a place in the hacienda if worker don't work there wasn't place in the hacienda.
Amalia born's name was Gerarda, but due her religion they changed their name to Amalia.
Two years later after the Monroy's family moved to San Marcos, Maclovia had other spouse relation with Santos Ortiz. They had two daughters: Juliana Ortiz Flores and Alfonsa Ortiz Flores. This Alfonsa was knew as Dolores later.
The Monroy family, I didn't meet, however I knew they came from El Arenal, where they were teachers, they were three women, one of them was a good horsewoman, Lupita Monroy by name, handle the horses like a men and she worked as a men checking the lands and crops, that is what people said I didn't knew her.
My aunt Maclovia passed away, and Mr. Santos Ortiz was widow. Juliana remained with his father Santos and my aunt Guadalupe Lopez Perez was at charge of the other three children: Luis, Gerarda and Alfonsa.
Gerarda (Amalia) went to Tula (with the Monroy's family) when she was 11 years old. Before that, some day we were gathering firewood in the field, there was a huge palm with big arms, by this time were palms in blossom stage (edible flower), I said her "look, here a palm, look, here other one", we surrounded the tree and we saw five palms coming born on the tree, I said "let's leave firewood, eat and come by palms", But later I forgot that and started to eat, then we were told that Gerarda climbed the tree in order to gain the palms and the tree's arm broken and she fallen to the ground, she hurt her leg and hip. I heard she lived all her life with her injured foot.
Luis then lived with his younger sister Alfonsa. But she also went to Tula to live with the Monroy, where the Monroy's family changed her name to Dolores.
When Luis was adult came several times to here (the Lydia's house), to visit me. He came one time when I was single yet. The last time I saw him I was married. He came in a horse, with other horseman, I was in hurry because I bring the lunch to my husband, I told him please come to my home to eat "un taco" , they ate tortilla with salt and water. That was the last time we met. God have Luis resting in peace! I born August 6 1906, I have 93 years old, Luis born one year before that me, Gerarda born later. We grew up in Llano Largo.
in December 1906 Monroy family changed again their residence to San Marcos, Hidalgo, Mexico. They started to have troubles with the owner in the Hacienda del Cedo, so they went to Tecajique, Hidalgo with some relatives there. Some family's friend and Father's friend, Mr. Matus got a government change of place from Actopan District to Tula District. He help Monroy's family to got change in the Teachers places and jobs for Rafael and Pablo. Rafael was assigned as the Tula Police Commander and Pablo as Manager of the Abbortion
By many years they were living in semiarid lands, the haciendas where they were had the Maguey crop, and the Pulque industry. Pulque is an alcohol’s beverage, used by centuries in the Mexico central valleys. The maguey doesn’t need many water, so the haciendas where Monroy family grew were in semiarid region.
But due the political and government contacts Monroy family had, they knew about beatiful lands in the Tula valley, where the Tula river was used as irrigator of the lands and crops, beautiful options were opened for them, big trees, green lands, river with clean water, etc.
Other events may have affected the decision of relocation, as is the fact that both Rafael and his brother Pablo got jobs in government in the the District of Tula, it seem they got the jobs from the time they were working in the hacienda El Cedo and even his father Jesus got a government job before his death. Also the sisters of Rafael got permutes from Actopan District to Tula District as Elementary School teachers.
Another important event that could influence the decision of move of town was the news of the construction of a cement factory in San Marcos, Hidalgo.
So due to any reason in December 28, 1906 the Monroy family arrived to San Marcos village, where they bought two properties: El Capulin and El Godo
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